Jumpstart your class with these 25 creative 5-minute writing prompts. Perfect for warm-ups, journaling, or daily bell ringers. Includes a free printable PDF for teachers.
30 Creative 5-Minute Writing Prompts for Students and Teachers
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Writing Location Without Naming It: A 2015 MFA Writing Exercise
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Originally written during a 2015 MFA writing exercise, this short story explores how to describe a location without directly naming it. Through memory, emotion, and sensory detail, a haunting narrative unfolds — followed by a mini-lesson breaking down the writing techniques used.
A is for Altar: A Short Story About Faith, Guilt, and the Search for Redemption
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A haunting short story of faith, guilt, and quiet desperation. When all is lost, one soul searches for forgiveness in the silence.
The Magic of Grandma’s House: Books, Music, and Love
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Agnes Elizabeth Franks Powell Peebles (1902-1979). She stood on the far right at my parents’ wedding–Grandma Peebles. In reality, she was my great-grandmother. Each year I would spend time at Grandma Peebles’ house. It wasn’t a very big house. It was a rectangular house with...
