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April Creativity Prompt 17 of 30

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Let’s have a bit of fun. Take your birthday and write it out in numbers.

For example: November 3, 1978 would be 11-3-1978

Now add those numbers up, however you want.

Examples: 1+1+3+1+9+7+8=30        

or 11+3+1978=1992              1+9+9+2=21    

If your two digit number is greater than 26 then you need to add those two digits together.

Example: 3+0=3

Take the number you get (as long as it is under 26) and match it up with it’s corresponding letter in the alphabet.

Take that letter and list ten words.

Take one, some, or all of those words and use them to inspire or be part of a piece.

Play around. Have fun!

 

April Creativity Prompt 16 of 30

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Create a piece about having a creative block.

April Creativity Prompt 15 of 30

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Take a newspaper or magazine and create something from it… or with it.

 

Examples: use words or headlines to title a piece or as a line in a piece, cut words and/or pictures out and make a collage, or origami…

April Creativity Prompt 14 of 30

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Come up with titles. These can be titles of stories, poems, art pieces, or songs. Create titles for works you haven’t created yet. You simply like the title you come up with.

 

Then later you can read your list of titles and see if it sparks a creative burst.

April Creativity Prompt 12 of 30

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Paint a picture of your muse… literally or figuratively.

April Creativity Prompt 10 of 30

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Take time during your lunch break to reflect on what goes on around you. Give a detailed description in what you write or create. Focus on what you see and look past the obvious.

April Creativity Prompt 7 of 30

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Make use of your horoscope for today (even if you don’t believe in that stuff). Create something with what it tells you.

April Creativity Prompt 4 of 30

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Create something based on a fictional/fairy tale/movie character that you didn’t like when you were younger.

Exercise your creativity and your imagination!

April Creativity Prompt 2 of 30

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Take a standard set of instructions on how to do something or how to work an item and turn it into something more creative. Write a poem. Draw or paint a picture. Begin a short story. Free Write what it makes you think of or feel. Begin a memoir piece around those instructions. BE CREATIVE!

NaNoWriMo prompts – 29/30 & 30/30

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29/30

Attempt to describe a color to someone who has been blind their entire life.

 

30/30

What does true happiness look like to you or your character? Truly take some time to allow to the reader to feel what you feel.

 

Happy Writing!