What would you talk about if you could actually have a verbal conversation with your dog? Watch the video below of one man’s hilarious doggie talk. When you are done free write fifteen minutes of dialogue between you and your dog starting with one of you saying, “There is something I wanted to talk to…
Last week the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) rule for military homosexuals was classified as a “discriminatory law” and abolished. Within hours a young man in the military made this video of himself calling his father back home to tell him he was gay for the first time. Watch the video and then write…
Even though America’s last space shuttle flight has been launched it does not mean that American Astronauts will not play a pivotal part in space exploration. Watch this three minute video as it explores the Space Shuttle. Then write a short story about an astronaut’s last flight (or first); or a space story involving lead…
Humans love to laugh at other humans doing silly things or having silly things done to them. Watch this three minute “funny” video then write a 500 word essay on why it is fun to laugh at others? Or why it isn’t. Another option is to pick one of the scenarios in the video and…
This very short two minute film was created by Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith and Rob Stockman for YouTubePlay and later featured at the Guggenheim Museum. It gives an interesting perspective from a senior woman enjoying a bowl of soup and also one of a passerby at the end (I don’t want to give it away)….
The concept of physical feminine beauty is subjective but it is also influenced by outside forces. Watch this short two minute video featuring plus size model Rosie Mercado. Write a non-fiction piece about your own concept of physical beauty, or a piece about how you relate to Rosie, or a fiction piece about a plus…
This video is part of a film series about breaking up. Watch the first couple on this video and continue the dialogue of the couple for the next day. Or write your own skit about a couple breaking up. Or making up after a breakup. Or write about what each person in this video did…
One of the most popular plots is rags to riches. Watch this clip from Annie, one of my favorite rags to riches stories. After watching spend twenty minutes writing your own version of a rag to riches story. It doesn’t necessarily have to include a cute short redhead with dimples!