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Prompts and Activities

I Double Dare You to Write a Fantasy this Summer

If you stepped into your back yard today and found a tumbling, shimmering magic portal, would you dive through? Or might you first load up a backpack or recruit a friend to come along? What you’d choose would tell me a lot about you … and the same is true...
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Force of Nature: A Quick-Draft Game for Writers

This brainstorming game invites you to create two character possibilities based on forces of nature. Personify your characters as humans or otherworldly creatures, and then further develop them with our interactive writing tool:   Take Your Thinking Further ......
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Dinner on the Town: A World-Building Game for Writers

  This writing exercise game guides you through visualizing the everyday life of your story world. Once you're done, you'll take a mental step back to observe three important elements of this world. What else would you want to know about this place? Would you like to...
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Why is Summer Writing Important?

Why is Summer Writing Important? Just like summer reading, summer writing is a valuable gift you can give your child in the months when they are away from school. From an academic point of view, writing over the summer prevents summer “slide,” where youth lose some of...
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Meet the Special Agent

Apr 5, 2018

Over the past few weeks, we've been exploring a few different creativity styles. You’ll likely...

The Lens of Imagery

The Lens of Imagery

Apr 2, 2018

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we're playing with poetry in this month's Facebook Live...

Meet the Collaborator

Mar 29, 2018

Over the past few weeks, we've been exploring creativity styles. You’ll likely find that one (or...

Cause and Effect Plotting

Cause and Effect Plotting

Mar 25, 2018

How does a plot build from one event to the next? While "What happens next?" may seem like an...

Are You an Architect?

Mar 13, 2018

Every thinker is unique. Still, I’d like to introduce you to four creativity styles.  You’ll...