Writing Prompts for the weekend, or, how did I not think of this earlier!? for the Writing Hour on Monday! Happy writing!
Write a story, poem, or essay about the clocks one sees in the streets. Use this sentence from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf as your epigraph:“Shredding and slicing, dividing and subdividing, the clocks of Harley Street nibbled at the June day, counselled submission, upheld authority, and pointed out in chorus the supreme advantages of a sense of proportion, until the mound of time was so far diminished that a commercial clock, suspended above a shop in Oxford Street, announced, genially and fraternally, as if it were a pleasure to Messrs. Rigby and Lowndes to give the information gratis, that it was half-past one.” Write a short scene about a man who wishes to show his love to his partner but struggles to pick a gift for them. Use these sentences from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: “‘How much is that?’ he asked, but doubted his own taste. He wanted to open the drawing-room door and come in holding out something; a present for Clarissa. Only what?” to start or end your scene. Write a short scene between two people that includes the following sentences from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: “But he could not tell her he loved her. He held her hand. Happiness is this, he thought.” Extra points if you find a way to add those sentences in parentheses. 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