Your Daily Theme: Opening Line

“Life isn’t kind,” my mother would always say, “so why should you be?”

Use this line as inspiration for a short story or poem.

What it would be like to date PLL’s Ezra, IRL

Uh yikes, he’s your English teacher. He says he’ll leave his job so that he can date you, but you say, “Excuse me? In these trying economic times? You’re an adult. Keep your job and date someone your own age.” Then, his former ex-fiance decides to stalk you. And THEN, you find out he has a son, which normally wouldn’t be scandalous because he’s an adult. But it IS scandalous because he has no idea he has a son. AND THEN! You find out he comes from a super wealthy, old money family who he wants nothing to do with. You tell him, “You’re such a hotbed of drama.  The only part of your life that seems under control is your wardrobe. You do dress very well.” And he says, “Life isn’t always romantic.  Sometimes, it’s realistic” (“Blonde Leading the Blind”). And you say, “And the reality is that we’re not going to date. Not sure if I’ve made mention of it before, but you’re an adult.”

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Your Daily Theme: Smiling

People smile during every type of emotion. It is a cover, or a front, or an instinctual/sarcastic response. Write a scene in which a character smiles, but he or she is not happy. Think about how someone smiles when they are angry, or sad, or frightened, or nervous. Pick one of these emotions to portray with a smile.

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Your Daily Theme: Clarity

Describe a human being that had translucent skin. Focus on the movement and color and shape of a human’s inner workings. Treat the subject delicately and beautifully; imagine the person was someone you love. Craft a description or a prose poem.

Your Daily Theme: Gender

Gender is a complex identity that is both extremely personal and extremely publicly scrutinized. Write a scene where one of your characters (or, as an exercise, a popular fictional character) is a different gender. What changes? What stays the same? As always, avoid over simplifying or relying on cliche. 

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Your Daily Theme: Blink

Imagine your character is blinking very quickly. What are the circumstances behind the action and how does it affect the character’s speech and other physical attributes. Incorporate this physicality into a scene.

Possible reasons:

• Contact trouble
• Something in eye
• Attempting to bat eyelashes or flirt
• Trying to prevent tears
• Surprised or startled