Creative Writing--Prompt #3

*
*











Select ONE of the following options (You will NOT be receiving a print copy of this prompt on Tuesday):

Option #1: Fiction (250-500 words):

Using one of the above photos for inspiration, write a flash fiction story. The photos show the Temple of Zeus in Athens, Greece, from a hotel room balcony; the photos (actually from one photo) have been digitally manipulated in various ways, although the barbed wire is real.

Option #2: Building an Antagonist:

Pretend that the barbed wire in the above photos has assumed human qualities and emotions. If the barbed wire were a person, what would he or she be like? Use the character list on page 6 of “Creative Writing–Writing Fiction” handout (also on the website) to help build an antagonist whose main function in life is to be a source of conflict for a protagonist or main character (see Option #3).

Option #3: Building a Protagonist:

Assume that the person shooting the photo of the barbed wire and the Temple of Zeus is the protagonist. Use the character list on page 6 of “Creative Writing–Writing Fiction” handout (also on the website) to help build a protagonist (or main character) whose sole source of conflict is with the barbed wire on the balcony (see Option #2).

Option #4: Using Second Person (250-500 words):

Using Jamaica Kincaid’s Girl as a model, write a short story entirely in the second person.

_______________________________________________________

If you have an alternate idea that you would like to try out instead of the above options, please feel free to do so.

NOTE: Don’t worry if you don’t finish this piece today or ever; you might discover that this prompt, for you, is a “false start.” Writers should experience a lot of false starts. ☺

_______________________________________________________

The above photographs are copyright 2009, by Jennifer Semple Siegel, and may not be reprinted or reposted without permission from the photographer.
_______________________________________________________
*