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Genre Blender
Musicians remix songs all the time, interpreting one piece of music through another genre. Why can’t we do the same with the written word? Need help figuring out what to write about for this challenge?...
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The Butterfly Effect
I found my dog outside of the animal receiving center for Animal Care and Control in the Bronx. It was my first time in the Bronx and I was going for an interview with a nearby doctor. At the time, I...
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Find a Muse in the Masters
In today’s writing challenge, you’ll choose a scenario (or invent your own) and write a poem, a short story, a vignette, a scene, or flash fiction based on Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. Nighthawks by...
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Oh, The Irony
In everyday language, we now use “irony” as a synonym for snark or sarcasm (or, sometimes, for unusually bad luck). At its core, though, irony is something much more interesting: a moment in which the...
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Pie
In the the warm climate of coastal Georgia, in the southeastern United States where I grew up, most of the pies I ate as a child were chilled – key lime, lemon meringue, chocolate pudding. At...
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Overheard
My mother would be horrified at my bad manners. When I hit the wall with my writing and need motivation, I go to my local coffee shop, and listen in on the conversations around me. At my cafe, I’ve...
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Digging for Roots
Many writers and citizens of the world have explored what it means to find your roots and the essence of what makes you, you. To pull from the title of Thomas C. Wolfe’s book, which has become a...
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Countdown
Everybody loves (or at least loves to hate) a list. This is especially true around the end of the year, when our inclination to rank things and to build coherent narratives out of the chaos of...
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Hindsight is 20-20
I am the queen of the perfect comeback. If someone makes an inappropriate remark, I am really great at thinking up a witty way to deflect the discomfort of the moment. The only problem is, I tend to...
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Ice, Water, Steam
Know thyself. A common axiom, it’s a phrase that can carry many meanings, ranging from know who you are to know your place in the universe. Each and every one of us can attest to the journey of getting...
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