Assignments, 2000

January 1, 2000

Write about a millennium - ANY millenium

January 8, 2000

Write using "diverge", "circuits", "class", "need", and "independent".

January 15, 2000

Write about someone seen in a mirror.

January 22, 2000

Begin every line (or paragraph) with the same word - except "The", "A", or "I".

January 29, 2000

Write something non-fiction.

February 5, 2000

Choose something simple, like a banana or a screwdriver, and give 80 different uses for it!

February 12, 2000

Write about first love.

February 19, 2000

Write your own version of some poem or scene from Shakespeare.

February 26, 2000

Write using "green", "exit", "plan", "jumble", and "shiver".

March 4, 2000

Create three views of a person, for example, as an infant, a young person, and as an adult.

March 11, 2000

Chose something from nature, and compare yourself - or a character - to it.

March 18, 2000

Chat cancelled - both hosts taking brief vacation.

March 25, 2000

Write about a trip to the Emergency Room.

April 1, 2000

Write about a joke or a trick played on someone... or write an original joke.

April 8, 2000

Write using "feather", "regard", "opulent", "time", and "seed".

April 15, 2000

Write about taxes.

April 22, 2000

Write about temptation.

April 29, 2000

What "material" like wood or steel or fabric are you made of?

May 6, 2000

Expand on this: "She sat and looked at him."

May 13, 2000

Write about some thing that has special meaning... to you or a character.

May 20, 2000

Write using "implore", "excommunication", "salt", "burly", and "angry".

May 27, 2000

Write about frustration.

June 3, 2000

Write a lie... or write about a lie.

June 10, 2000

Write about getting lost, being lost, feeling lost, or losing something.

June 17, 2000

Set your writing in another time.

June 24, 2000

Write using "lore", "spot", "slather", "crinkle", and "halt".

July 1, 2000

Write about an explosion.

July 8, 2000

Write about two emotions. Show how they are alike, or different, or how one changes to the other.

July 15, 2000

Write about sunrise.

July 22, 2000

Write about a current affair... something from the newspaper. Or write about an event in your life as if it were a newspaper article.

July 29, 2000

Write about a trip,

August 5, 2000

Write about balance.

August 12, 2000

Write about a habit - or breaking a habit.

August 19, 2000

Write using "deplorable", "bony", "spread", "quick", and "intrigue".

August 26, 2000

Write about regrets.

September 2, 2000

Write a scene where 2 or 3 people were to meet - but one doesn't show up.

September 9, 2000

Describe a scene through the eyes of two very different people.

September 16, 2000

Write about love... or the lack of love.

September 23, 2000

Write a commercial - for a product you invent!

September 30, 2000

Write about a scar on the body - or on the psyche!

October 7, 2000

Write using "potato", "mark", "older", "terminate", and "inadequate".

October 14, 2000

Write about a storm.

October 21, 2000

Write about a visit.

October 28, 2000

Write about an animal that does not belong to you.

November 4, 2000

Write about crayons.

November 11, 2000

Your writing should include a simile, comparing an abstract idea to something concrete.

November 18, 2000

Write about something you don't understand.

November 25, 2000

Write about Thanksgiving.

December 2, 2000

Write a children's story.

December 9, 2000

Write a story in which temperature is important.

December 16, 2000

Write using "ball", "fog", "shriek", "chill", and "golden".

December 23, 2000

Write about a gift.

December 30, 2000

Write about intoxication.

 

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