I love today’s clip. Actor and comedian John Cleese investigates the concept of laughter as medicine. Watch the 3.5 minute video. Pick one of the ideas and write a non-fiction piece from your point of view. For fiction, write about a man who doesn’t laugh, or a man who can’t stop laughing, or an angry woman who gets arrested for willful damage of property and the judge orders her to laughter therapy. The ideas are endless. Have a good laugh (then make someone else laugh!):
The people in this video have gone to what others consider “extreme” alterations in their body via tattoos, body piercings, and cosmetic alterations. Today your options for writing include: writing about your personal feelings on “extreme” alterations, writing about your own alterations, picking one of the individuals and creating a main/minor character for a current/future…
Here’s a short time lapse movie watching a man who has been trapped in an elevator for 41 hours. I could give you the whole back story behind it but that would take all the creativity away from you. Watch the video then write a piece about this man beginning with what he was doing…
Everyone loves a good conspiracy story. Often times they are based on real stories and some times real life stories spur on new ideas. Watch this three minute clip about death row inmate Marco Chapman, then spend some time writing a passage from a book by a death row inmate (either this one or one…
Study the image for a few minutes then write about it. officer image copyright Idol, flickr
Study the image for a few minutes then write about it. wrinkles image copyright Kroszk, flickr
Watch this extensive four minute clip for the new television series Chase about U.S. Marshals. Afterward write a short story about a U.S. Marshal with red hair chasing a serial killer across Nebraska. Continue writing for at least 500 words. Only use the video for a frame of reference don’t write it as fan fiction.