Writing Prompt / Exercise #1 (for 2010)

Ingredients:

1. First off pick from 1 of 3 people. A 24 year old female Runway model, a 63 year old grandmother or a teenage boy. Write that person at the top of your sheet.

2. Split your sheet into two halves and label the categories - "Cause" and "Effect".

3. Here are your causes - Unbuckled seatbelt, Open Bedroom Window, snowy driveway, first date, unattended stove, declaration of college major, breached firewall (computer), a present from a secret admirer, missed appointment, 3 consecutive hours on the internet.

4. Now, list an effect for each cause. Be descriptive, but not necessarily wordy, ie...a hand lifeless on the car hood or a pregnancy notification delayed.

5. After finishing the list, take the person you identified in #1 and write a poem using at least 5 of the effects you listed. You must use the effects to only describe the attributes of the person. For example; 'her smile was a hand lifeless on the car hood' or 'she laughed like a pregnancy notification delayed'.

Have at it!