Tuesday, July 15, 2014  Prompt #72

Yesterday afternoon, I wandered through Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, the inspiration for today’s writing prompt.

 

Write about zoos.

 

 

 

Writing Tips:

• You can focus on a particular zoo, animal, visit, or a opinion about zoos.
• Or you can write in a more abstract, mixed-up, or interwoven kind of way.
• This prompt lends itself especially well to sensory descriptions: be sure to include the sounds, sights, textures, and smells all around you.
• Explore your emotions and state of being. What was your motivation for being at the zoo? Were you eager or reluctant to be there?

Further Writing

• Shift your perspective with that of one of the animals. Write for 20 minutes.
• Write about being in a zoo at dawn or dusk.

Writing Group Variations

• Visit a zoo and spend time writing there.
• Or swap zoo stories and write from there.