Writing Idea!!

Brush off your pens and keyboards, for here is a quick little writing challenge to get your creative juices flowing.

Write a play, song, poem, or story involving three of the following:
St Patrick's Day
Ireland
Leprechauns
Faeries (spelling required)
4-Leaf Clovers
Mac______ (fill in the blank)
Finn
Pot o' Gold
End of the Rainbow

Story Ideas!

Hey everyone!

Since no one has been posting lately, I have some story ideas that you might enjoy continuing (or at least reading). I am excited to see what you create out of them! Have fun with it! :)

Vanishing Act
Lightning streaked across the sky. A crack of thunder followed that shook the earth with its tremor. People frantically rushed to get to shelter. The streets became vacant. It was obvious that a dangerous storm was brewing. 
Only one person sat outside, happily enjoying the rain as it streaked down her face and soaked her clothing. It was a little girl of only six. She laughed as another bolt of thunder made the ground shudder. 
Suddenly, the air shimmered and she vanished. If others had been observing her at that very moment, they would have seen a beautiful woman in white take her hand right before she vanished.
Other strange occurrences have happened around the world at different times. A terrifying storm, and a child's disappearance. Each time, it is as though the child vanishes into thin air.
But I know the secret.
~~~~~~~~~~~

Light vs. Dark
The tension was thick between us as I struggled to bend him to my will. He knew something was wrong the instant I locked my eyes on him, but now it was too late. His strength was weakening, and I was gaining the energy I needed to defeat the evil within him.
Suddenly, with a burst of shock that made my limbs tremble, he broke my control and evaporated into the shadows.
The intensity of that moment knocked my breath away and I shuddered, gasping. I realized with pain that there was no way to eliminate the darkness alone. I needed help.
~~~~~~~~~~~

Enjoy!
-Jemison Stripes

Curiosity Killed the Cat

(This isn't a story... yet :))

OK, so here's the deal. I had this idea to come up with a book called "Curiosity Killed the Cat" and in it, there will be stories about cats who died because of their curiosity.(if you want to, you can do a "Satisfaction Brought it Back" part, too).
I thought it would be cool if you guys (and your friends) could come up with stories (real or fake) and post them here with the label "CKC" (or we could do Kuriosity Killed the Kat, and have it be KKK :))

If you want, it's out there!

Try This!! Character to character

Ask your characters...

How does each character think of/ depend/ feel about the other character?

I started doing this and ideas and connections just started flowing. I simply started with

Character A to Character B

and then wrote a little something about what Character A feels about character B and what their relationship is.

I then continued with Character B to Another Character... and so on and so forth. Until all my main characters had been cycled through, then I started again Matching character A to a different character.

This is a great exercise! TRY IT NOW!!!!

-Anna

Another Writing Prompt

(someday, I'm going to write a story about every one of my ideas, I just need to finish a few first :S)

Twice Upon a Time The main character is followed up until a major decision. The book then follows two possibilities.
Does it sound interesting? :)

Dirty Trick

This is a story I wrote for my Vanguard Writing Class, from a writing prompt, "The Hole Waist Deep."
I wrote it with a beat, sort of like a poem, but with little rhyming. Enjoy! :)


Dirty Trick
By Jemison Stripes

My sister told me to dig a hole, she said I'd get to China.
So I started out, just my shovel and I, and my dog decided to join me.
Dig--dig--dig! I thought to myself. Digging and digging to China!
My curly blond hair became a big mess as the dirt flew all around.
My dog became spotted with brown mushy mud. Quickly my skin was turned dark.
I was proud of myself as I kept going down. Deeper and deeper I got.
'Til fin'ly I felt I couldn't get out, but I didn't care, no way!
Determined to get to China one day, I shoveled more and more.
Then suddenly, the sun went out! I didn't know what to do.
Until my mom's voice came from above, shouting angrily, too.
"Cooper Matthew Davis what on earth have to done to the yard?!"
That's how my adventure ended, my mom scrubbing dirt from my hair.
I knew then that I had been tricked. My sister would get it someday!

The End

-Jemison Stripes

WRITING PROMPT

-Anna

Help!

Help! I am trying to choose between two stories to send for the Teen Writer's Conference writing contest. Could I get your opinions on which one I should do?
Here are the stories I am considering:
-Part One of the Fairy Tale Add-On Story (I've been writing it with Megan and Tova)
-The very beginning of my Random Person story (from a writing prompt)

Let me know soon what your opinions are.
Thanx!
Jemison Stripes

Writer's Challenge (good for a History class, too)

Pick a historical landmark. Write a story about what it has seen from it's point of view.
OR
Find a mistake in history. Write about what would've happened if it hadn't happened.
OR
There are mysteries in history. Solve one of them.

That's all, folks!!

Writing Prompt

Using the book closest to you, turn to page 102 and look at the 3 line. whatever sentence is on that line Use as a writing prompt for your book. 

I did it and this is what i got: 

              "Your knowledge of how the world works makes it possible for you to live, eat, hold a job, get a spouse, start a family, have friends, throw a party, celebrate holidays, travel, write a will, file a lawsuit, and get protection from your enemies." 

(its pretty good considering it came from Writing Fiction For Dummies.) 

-Anna

Writing Prompts

Here are some topics that I'm going to write about (someday :)) But if anyone else needs some ideas, here they are:

The Fourth Little Pig (It's about the 3 little pigs' brother. I'm making him younger, and setting out after the 3 Little Pigs' story.)


????? (It's about Ariel's Sister, who is also sneaking off to do something behind her dad's back, but he is too obsorbed in Ariel's problems to realize what the other sister is doing... until the very end!)

Good Luck!
And May the Force be with You.

Random Person Story Part 2

Hey everyone! Here's the next part for the Random Person writing prompt story I've been working on!

Enjoy...

PREVIOUSLY:

...I heard men shouting from above and behind me and the young man urged me to keep going. "We have to get away from here! Come on!"
I had no other option then to follow.
                             ------------

Here's the next part:

        After many twists, turns, and nearly getting caught, I jerked to a stop. Why was I running?! I still had no idea who this guy really was, and I was taking off with him! What if the men chasing us were actually his enemies and he was using me? He could be some freak who wanted to kidnap me!
         "Aphria, you can't stop now! They'll see you!"
"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me who you are and what you really want with me."
"I'll tell you everything once you are safe from harm. I can't let them hurt you! Aphria, please listen to me!"
       I gritted my teeth. "My name is not Aphria, and my life is NOT in danger! I don't know what you are talking about, and I am going to find out who these men really are." I spun and bolted around the corner, back in the direction of the men. They were only a short distance away from me now.
"Hey guys! I'm over here! Perfectly safe, he didn't hurt me!"
I stopped, trying to figure out what they were doing.
Suddenly, three shots rang out. A bullet whistled by me, barely missing me by inches. I shrieked and started to run in the opposite direction. They were shooting at me!
"APHRIA!" The young man appeared and started running towards me, somehow managing to dodge all the bullets flying at us.
Before I could escape, one of them pierced my jacket. The impact made me stumble and I screamed in agony as pain shot through my shoulder. I continued running. The young man was right. I had to get away from them before they took my life! He reached me and managed to keep me from further harm as we took off down the street. By now my whole arm was numb from the pain.
The rest of everything happened in a blur. They chased us down street after street. After a while I started hearing police sirens. Then the men suddenly disappeared and we were able to escape down an empty road.
                                                        ------------

-Jemison Stripes

Writing Prompt, Drawn to the sea

I found this picture and though I would share it as a writing prompt.

why is she wading towards that strange building out at sea?

I think it's an intriguing picture. use it if you like it.

-Anna

Writing Challenge!

Hi Everyone!

I thought this blog looked bare, so I'm posting a writing challenge for you all! (Also--just my opinion--I think we should all end our posts with our pen name, so if you don't have any you should create one for yourself! Trust me--it's fun!)

Writing Prompt--Random Person

Write a story about a random person you saw somewhere. (Or you can start observing random people as you go shopping, take a walk, drive w/your family, etc.) Make sure it is a person you have never met before. Have fun and save what you wrote.

Enjoy! :)
-Jemison Stripes