Yesterday was a day of bays: Red Bay, Hope Bay, Pike Bay, Stoke’s Bay, and Colpoys Bay, plus Sauble Beach, Oliphant, Lion’s Head, and Wiarton. Too windy for golf or sailing or enjoying the beach, we opted for a day trip to explore some of the Bruce Peninsula, dodging clouds like those above and enjoying sunny blue skies as in the photo below.
I hope your last long weekend of the summer held some lovely moments for you, too. Those of you heading back to school or who have family members doing the same, my good wishes for a healthy and smooth beginning to the school year are with you. Teachers, if you ever need any ideas or material to support your creative writers, please drop me a line anytime. I’m very happy to help in any way I can. I know your side of the desk well.
For the writers, here are some new writing prompts for September. I hope they keep you amused, distracted and creative in the days ahead.
Use one, some, or all of the words in one of these groups to create a story or poem.
- umbrella, storm, shelter, run, stranger
- car, highway, speed, escape, mountains
- windows, outside, broken, old, black, reflection
- table, meal, argument, whispers, over
- door, open, unusual, echo, empty, note
Here are some opening lines that might suggest a story.
- We did all we could.
- Others have written about this, but I think it’s time you knew the truth.
- When I watched his car top the crest of the hill, I knew that life would never be the same.
- Yesterday was not a good day.
- I never thought I’d say this, but trusting Henry was a good idea.
- The crowd was getting restless. Where was he?
- We didn’t know.
- Dragons have bad days, too.
- I thought that opting to live on Mars would mean leaving Earthly problems behind.
- Dungeons are as bad as you think they are.
Here’s a list of titles borrowed from mystery writer, Agatha Christie. What stories can you imagine belong with these titles: The Big Four, Dumb Witness, Cards on the Table, Death in the Clouds, The Hollow, Evil Under the Sun, The Clocks, Third Girl, Elephants Can Remember, Curtain.
Here are some short dialogue excerpts that might inspire a scene or story.
I thought you were leaving.
I changed my mind.
I though we made it clear that you didn’t have a choice.
I’m selling the amulet.
But it should never be sold.
You haven’t heard the price I’ve been offered.
Shouldn’t we be heading north?
Plans have changed.
Why? To what? And by whom?
Did you hear that?
No.
It came from over there.
It’s just your imagination.
Wishing you a writerly month ahead!
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