WRITING PROMPTS
In Sampsell’s “Distress” (view here), we are presented with the scenario of a woman asking a man to call her when he finds himself in…
Here (view piece), Todd Dillard has created a story that uses the foreign language of a country to illustrate the traveler’s ignorance. We can see…
Meagear’s piece (view here) recounts an experience that both characters participated in, using second person as if the speaker were narrating it to the other…
Muratori’s speaker (view here) has almost no authority in his life; his ideas remain largely unacknowledged or ignored. It’s somewhat ironic, then, that he is…
Meyers’s piece (view here) presents a character—Mr. Ragman—who is entirely figment. Readers do not get his actual name, his actual age, or any concrete details…
Simonsen’s piece (view here) proceeds as a triptych, three disparate sections that inform one another while remaining distinct. The first two connect thematically through the…
Syzdek’s piece (view here) proceeds from the perspective of a child who offers an explanation for the father’s physical deterioration. The stiff joints, limp, and…
Higgs crafts a speaker (view here) whose confession is both chilling and engaging, largely due to the fact that he never overtly states the motivation…
Murphy’s piece (view here) takes an unexpected event—the death of the fox—and uses it to reveal several different elements of human nature in the story’s…
By starting in media res, this piece (view here) asserts a kind of familiarity with readers. However, it skillfully weaves in elements of backstory, ensuring…