Maybe you have absolutely no idea where to start but have always wanted to try being a writer. Maybe you want to write the great American novel or you thought you'd write a poem about hidden life of a grain of sand. Maybe you just need a little inspiration to get you started or you find yourself just a little stuck. Maybe you find yourself trying to break out of your comfort zone or mix things up at work. Whatever your reason for landing here, practicing a little creativity can impact your life in ways you didn't expect.
But let's be honest. Creativity is a muscle and it needs exercise to work properly. That's where this series comes in. With any luck, this series will get your creative juices flowing and get you thinking in ways you hadn't before. A new prompt will appear once or twice a week. It's up to you what you do with it.
Oh, and be sure to check out our Community-Written Stories books and help us add to one of six stories we are writing and circulating this summer.
Writing Prompt for July 16th, 2021:
Welcome to World Emoji Day! Today is a day to celebrate those qwerty little faces and symbols that we use more and more as the days roll on, even making it into professional letters and otherwise serious correspondence. The emojis below are actual full sentences. Seeing as emoji have more in common with cave drawings than with the written word (no, I'm not making fun of them), it is sort of like we are constantly hovering between the stone age and interstellar communication.
So here is your prompt for the weekend:
Write a story in which each sentence you use at least one emoji instead of a word or concept (whole sentences if you can manage). If that works, try a poem.
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