Three writing prompts to work with over the weekend. Even if you make 15 minutes to write, it counts! Happy writing!
Write a story that begins or ends with this sentence from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: “‘Oh this horror!’ she said to herself, as if she had known all along that something would interrupt, would embitter her moment of happiness.” Write a story, essay, or poem where a character feels like she owes someone words. Find a way to incorporate all or part of the following sentences from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: “She owed him words: “sentimental”, “civilised”; they started up every day of her life as if he guarded her. A book was sentimental; an attitude to life sentimental. “Sentimental”, perhaps she was to be thinking of the past.” Write a story, essay, or poem about a sound or a song that affected you or affects one of your characters. You may use the following description from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf for some inspiration: “the sound of St. Margaret's [church bells] glides into the recesses of the heart and buries itself in ring after ring of sound, like something alive which wants to confide itself, to disperse itself, to be, with a tremor of delight, at rest…” Follow The Ways of Black InkFor free writing resources, information and announcements about reading and writing classes, and that random poem.For questions and comments in English:https://waysofblackink.wordpress.com/waysofblackink@gmail.comWeChat: nazlusha