Writing Prompt 8 by DUO Inspirations

Hi friends,

     How are you?  Today is a writing prompt day.  I hope you are enjoying the writing prompts here at the Education Blog by DUO Inspirations.  I would be interested in knowing if you are trying them out and what you think of them.  Please, let me know in the comments. 

     Anyway, today’s writing prompt is a little bit different.  Today, your writing assignment, if you choose to take it is this:
 
     Start with an animal, any animal.  For example, I will choose a rabbit.  Now, add a word to describe the animal.  So, I could say “a furry rabbit”.  Yes, I know I added the indefinite article “a” to the phrase without telling you.  That is okay.  You can do it too.  LOL.  I wonder what you chose for an animal and what word you chose to describe it.

     Okay.  Where are we at now?  Yes, we started with an animal and a word to describe it.  Now, choose something the animal was doing and make it into a sentence.  I will say, “A furry rabbit was nibbling on some leaves.” I wonder what your animal is doing. 

     We aren’t done yet.  Now, let’s add a place.  I will say, “A furry rabbit was nibbling on some leaves under a tree.”  What do you think?  I wonder where your animal might be.

     You might think we are finished, but we aren’t done yet.  The next step is to rewrite the sentence to be more specific.  In my case, I need to try to make the rabbit easier to recognize if you were reading my sentence.  I can also say what kind of leaves it was nibbling and what kind of tree it was under.  We want to create as clear of a mind picture as we can for our readers.  They should be able to practically paint the exact picture we are describing just by reading our sentence.

  Let’s see.  I can say something like, “A small, furry, brown rabbit was nibbling clover leaves under a tall oak tree on the other side of my lawn.”  What do you think? 

     Now, you try it.  I would enjoy reading your sentence.  If you choose to try it, feel free to leave your sentence in the comments.  I am sure it is a good one.

     The fun part is that we can do this exercise as many times as we want.  It is short and fun to do.  Likely, it is something that may intrigue the timid writer when other writing prompts seem more lengthy or difficult.  Not only that, but also this exercise helps to teach many skills about writing descriptions, being specific, and adding details.  These are skills are powerful tools for a writer.

     This could be the end of the writing prompt and turn it into something more.  This could be the start to a paragraph or even a story.  (Don’t be surprised to see more on this in the future.)
 
Now, it is your turn. 
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