Writing Challenge Week 10 Horror Story

Can you believe only a couple more weeks until school starts?  Where did the summer go?  We're trying to get all those last minute fun activities planned before summer ends, along with back to school shopping and getting ready to gear up for the new year.  Anyone planning to go see Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters this week?  The boys and I can't wait to go see it!  I'm also still working my way through the Mortal Instruments series.  I have just a few chapters left of City of Glass.  I caved and bought the last two at Costco on Saturday, so I will have the whole series in my classroom library for those who haven't yet read it, or haven't finished the series.

On to this week's challenge.  This has been all over the internet the last couple weeks, and I thought it was fun.  It's a short one, so feel free to write a couple of them.

Writing Challenge #10

Remember, you can only use two sentences, so make each word count!

Writing Challenge #9 Story Starter

Sorry I'm a day late this week.  We were in California for two weeks and got back Sunday night.  Yesterday, I was busy getting everything back in order from the long trip.  This week's challenge is a story starter.

Writing Challenge #9
You wake up in the morning, and when you look in the mirror, a different face stares back at you.  Take the story from this point.  

Writing Challenge #8 Chalk Art Prompt

I love when people create amazing artwork with chalk.  Some of these 3-D images blow me away.  One of my favorite movies growing up was Mary Poppins.  I loved the scene where they popped right into Bert's chalk drawing.  I want you to look at them and imagine the places they would take you to if you could jump into these chalk worlds.

Writing Challenge #8

Choose one of the above drawings.  Imagine you traveled into the world the artist has created (your journey there can be part of the story).  Describe your adventure.  

Writing Challenge #7 Happiest Poem on Earth

They say Disneyland is "The happiest place on Earth."  I love Disneyland, and it is one of my favorite places to go.  Allow me to indulge in a couple photos from past trips.  

Photo by Angela Knight

As much as I love Disneyland, I don't know if I would consider it my "happy place."  When I think of my happy place, it is somewhere where I can relax and be at peace.  Disney is way too fun for that.  I would choose the beach or even my back patio, where I sit every morning and evening.  

Where is your happy place?  The mountains?  The beach?  The soccer field?  

Writing Challenge #7 Happy Place

Write a poem about your favorite place.  That place in the world that just makes you happy.  Be descriptive.  Use lots of sensory detail.  Make us feel like we are there with you.

Writing Challenge #6 Fan Fiction

Lately, I keep seeing a lot of references to "fan fiction" on the internet.  It's been around a while, but I hadn't given it much thought until recently.  I have a cousin who is writing Jurassic Park fan fiction.  Merriam-Webster defines fan fiction as this:

Definition of FAN FICTION

: stories involving popular fictional characters that are written by fans and often posted on the Internet —called alsofan fic,

Basically you take characters from a favorite novel, television show, or movie and create a new story with those character.  I thought this would be fun to try this week.

Challenge #6

Write a piece of fan fiction using your favorite book or movie characters.  Create a new story for these characters.  It can be related to the original story, but not a copy of it.  Write your own original piece.  

2013 Writing Challenge #5

Happy July!  I don't know about you, but I'm having a tough time with it being July already.  Summer is flying by way too fast!  Does anyone have big plans for July 4th?  We haven't decided what we'll be doing, but we are staying close to home.  This heat is killing me, so I don't think we'll spend too much time outside.  On this holiday week, we're going to write a little historical fiction.

2013 Writing Challenge #5

Write a fictional story that takes place before or during the Revolutionary War.  Your characters can be early colonists or soldiers, regular people or famous historical figures.  

*For those going into 8th grade, you will be writing a historical fiction piece for the Revolutionary War as a requirement this year, so this could be a head start for you to get the ideas flowing.

Happy Writing and stay cool!

Writing Challenge #4

I was surfing around online and found a great site containing lots of writing prompts.  You can find it here.  The one I'm going to use today is from that site. It intrigued me because it combines two of my favorite things, writing and books (and movies).  I think there's something for everyone in it.  I'm still thinking about which one to choose.  I'm fans of all of them, except Dr. Who.  I keep saying I'm going to start that show on Netflix, but haven't yet.  I'm afraid I'll be hooked and won't get anything else done.

Happy writing,

2013 Writing Challenge #3

I saw Man of Steel over the weekend, and it inspired this week's challenge.  Whenever I see a superhero movie, I always think about what it would be l like to have those powers, and of course I think about which powers I'd like to have.  For every superpower, it seems like there would be both good and bad aspects.  I liked that in Man of Steel they showed just how difficult Clark's powers were for him when they first manifested.

Challenge #3

Create your own superhero.  What are his/her powers?  Now write a story that shows the negative side of having that particular superpower.  

2013 Summer Writing Challenge #2

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer break so far!  Ours has been really busy, so I'm hoping for some relaxation time this week.  For the writing challenge, I think it's time for a story starter.  You may use this as the actual beginning of the story or simply to spark an idea.  I'll even give you a choice of two starters.

Remember to upload your story to Dropbox or email it to me directly.

Challenge #2

1) The waves crashed across the sand and I knew....

or

2)"That will show them," I thought as I hammered the last nail into place.

Happy writing!

2013 Summer Writing Challenge #1

Hello!  Welcome to another summer of writing challenges.  If you played along last year, this will work in much the same way.  Every week, I will post a new challenge for you.  Some weeks it will be personal writing, others weeks a story starter.    I will try to play along every week as well.

Week #1 Challenge:

Vacation.

What is the best trip you've ever taken?  Describe the trip and why it was so special.  

Remember, to have a chance at fun prizes, you need to email it to me or post it on Dropbox.  If you would title your file as your name and #1, that would be great.  For example, mine would be name nschuette#1.    I look forward to reading your pieces, and I will post my own sometime this week.  I have to decide which trip I want to describe.  Have fun!