Thursday,  July 24, 2014  •  Prompt #81

 

 

As I walked across campus tonight, I saw a yellow banner above the bridge across Varsity Pond. “Be Confident,” it read.

Prompt

Write about a piece of advice, such as “Be Confident” that you heard growing up or as a young adult.

 

Instructions

1. If no single phrase jumps out at you, write six pieces of advice that you can remember and see if anything resonates.
2. Or, use one of these phrases.  Save for a rainy day. Turn the other cheek. Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost. You snooze. You lose.  Cheaters never prosper. Don’t slouch. If first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. Fake it ’til you make it.
3. Use that phrase as your first line.  Write in response to it.  Write for  10 minutes.

 

Variations

• Have one of your characters offer another character advice. How does the second character respond?
• Write a short fable for which the last line is a piece of advice.