The Notebooking Daily Fall Writing Series is a daily writing exercises for both prose writers and poets to keep your creative mind stretched and ready to go—fresh for your other writing endeavors. The writing prompts take the impetus—that initial crystal of creation—out of your hands (for the most part) and changes your writing creation into creative problem solving. Instead of being preoccupied with the question "What do I write" you are instead pondering "How do I make this work?" And in the process you are producing new writing.
These exercises are not meant to be a standard writing session. They are meant to be productive and to keep your brain thinking about using language to solve simple or complex problems. The worst thing you can do is sit there inactive. It's like taking a 5 minute breather in the middle of a spin class—the point is to push, to produce something, however imperfect. If you don't overthink them, you will be able to complete all of the exercises in under 30 minutes.
#13
Ekphrastic Moon Service
Ekphrastic Moon Service
For today, we're going to write a poem or prose piece inspired by another piece of art or an ekphrastic piece. The piece of art in question is the following image entitled "Full Moon Service" by artist Erik Johansson.
If nothing right off strikes you try the following exercises along with the image.
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If you'd like background writing music try the album "Bullfrog Blues" by Rory Gallagher.
If nothing right off strikes you try the following exercises along with the image.
- Who is the boss of this service company? Show us some behind-the-scenes of this moon service company.
- Write the scene happening, a commonplace moon servicing, and invent some interesting conversation which has little or nothing to do with moons.
- What was the moon like before this service? Write of the company's origins.
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If you'd like background writing music try the album "Bullfrog Blues" by Rory Gallagher.
