This week’s prompt is from Shilpi Suneja, alum of the UMass Boston MFA program in Creative Writing for Fiction. Shilpi has titled her prompt: The one you didn’t know you lost Shilpi writes: By the end of May 2020, the US lost 100,000 people to coronavirus. The New York Times visualized this massive loss withContinue reading “DotWrite21 Prompt: Week 16”
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DotWrite21 Prompt: Week 15
This week’s prompt comes from Cherish Collins, a 1st year writer in the UMass Boston MFA program. Cherish writes: Writing uses the five senses to describe scenes, actions, etc. So much information can be relayed to a reader based on what a character sees, touches, tastes, hears, or smells. But could you still achieve theContinue reading “DotWrite21 Prompt: Week 15”
DotWrite21 Prompt: Week 9
This week’s prompt comes from Chelsey Grasso, alum of the UMass Boston MFA program in Creative Writing who has published in past volumes of the Write on the DOT journal. Chelsey writes: There is a beautiful craft essay out there by Carole Maso entitled, “Notes of a Lyric Artist Working in Prose: A Lifelong ConversationContinue reading “DotWrite21 Prompt: Week 9”
DotWrite21 Prompt: Week 7
This week’s prompts are from Kurt Klopmeier, an alum of the UMass Boston MFA program in Creative Writing. “And Then the ______Walked Into the Room” Imagine or recall the details of an ordinary day. Put a mythological creature, supernatural being, or famous monster into the mix. Would they be familiar to you like family orContinue reading “DotWrite21 Prompt: Week 7”
DotWrite21 Prompts: Week 5
This week features three prompts to jumpstart a short story from Andréa Rivard, a 2nd year fiction writer in the Creative Writing MFA program at Umass Boston. 1. “Our first last kiss was better.” Write a story where this line of dialogue is said by one of the characters. 2. Grab the book closest toContinue reading “DotWrite21 Prompts: Week 5”
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