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Prompt: “Make a List”
It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for another prompt from Z and J! Let’s be honest, though. Sometimes I’m just not feeling it when I sit down to write. (Okay, a lot of times I’m not feeling it.) I park myself...
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Prompt: “Next Top Model”
Hey PRISMers!! Zach and Jeff here with your latest fierce, fun writing prompt instalment. They say mimicry is the highest form of flattery (unless you’re a 5 year old repeating everything I say–knock...
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Prompt: “Maybe you need to write a…”
Greetings PRISMers!! Tuesday’s here, which means another titillating prompt from your Wonder Twins of writing workshops! Today’s prompt is inspired by American poet Robert Hass (via poet extraordinaire...
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Prompt: “The 30 Minute Villanelle”
Dylan Thomas Hey PRISMers!! Today, we’re diving deep into formal poetry to challenge you to write a villanelle. Originally an old French form, sung by madrigals, the villanelle has since evolved its...
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Prompt: “A Piece of Work”
If it’s Tuesday, it must be time for a writing prompt. So, let’s talk character, shall we? It’s only natural that we fall in love with our characters a little. Or a lot. In particular with our...
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Prompt: “Assayer’s Office”
Greetings PRISMers!! Today’s prompt is inspired by American poet Jane Hirshfield, and in particular, her book of “assays” titled After. The term assay derives from the same root as the word essay and...
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Prompt: “Glosa”
Greetings PRISMers!! Today’s prompt is inspired by a 15th century Spanish form referred to as a “glosa.” Glosas are a fun, challenging way for poets to celebrate and reinterpret the work of other...
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Prompt: “Warning Labels”
Greetings PRISMers!! Today’s prompt is inspired by warning labels–on food, on carnival rides, on alcohol–everywhere! It got Zach thinking: What would his warning label be? Or love’s warning label? Or...
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Prompt: “Erasure Poems”
Greetings PRISMers!! Time for another kick in your writerly butt! But today, you won’t actually be writing at all–you’ll be erasing. That’s right! You’re about to sculpt a hunk of prose into delicate...
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Prompt: “One-Minute Film”
Greetings PRISMers!! Today’s prompt is simple: watch and respond to these one-minute short films by director Janusz Kaminski, featuring a diverse cast, including Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker, Cate...
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Prompt: “Abecedarian/Acrostic”
Greetings PRISMers!! Form is one of the great anchors of poetry (of all writing really)–it gives the poet a wall to push against–a surface to stand on. But strict poetic rules can also be downright...
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Prompt: “The 30 Minute Sonnet”
Greetings PRISMers!! So you’ve never written a sonnet? Never? If you’re a poet, you’ve probably written dozens of them without even knowing it. How’s that possible? Well, because sonnets have as many...
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Prompt: “Haiku”
Greetings PRISMers!! Haiku are some of the oldest, most celebrated forms of poetry in the world, but just what makes them so special? Isn’t it just 5-7-5? That ain’t so hard! Well, yes and no. Haiku...
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Prompt: Make Headlines
I spent the better part of an hour recently fighting with a newspaper’s customer service department. Our subscription seems to have lapsed, and for the life of her the woman on the other end of the...
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Prompt: “The Rick Roll”
Greetings PRISMers!! If you’ve ever been rick rolled, you know the effect can be surprising and hilarious. After seeing the following meme on the interwebs: Zach thought it would make a great prompt....
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Prompt: “The Meditation”
Greetings PRISMers!! Today’s challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a meditation, by which we mean, a layered, nuanced description of an image, thought, event, etc. The subject of your...
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Prompt: “Lyrics”
Greetings PRISMers!! Today’s writing exercise is to write a poem or prose piece inspired by the lyrics of one of your favorite artists. In fact, put on some of your favorite tunes. Right now. And turn...
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Prompt: Party People
I went to a Super Bowl party a couple weeks ago. (Stop laughing, Zach.) This would be a big surprise to people who know me, because I don’t like football. (I don’t hate it, but mainly because that...
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Prompt: In the Mood
Given that the theme of our latest issue is Love & Sex, it comes as no surprise that somebody recently asked Zach for a sexy prompt. When he mentioned this, I immediately said, “Oh, let me do this...
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Prompt: A Different Point of View
There is a new building under construction not far from where I live. (This is not uncommon in Vancouver.) It’s a big project, but given that I approach it from the same direction just about every day,...
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