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The Time Is Now, Week 33
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The Time Is Now August 23, 2012 |
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| | Welcome to The Time Is Now. For even more inspiration, check out our Tumblr, Lines We Live By, a collection of excerpts from our favorite books.
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Poetry Prompt
| | Write a poem that addresses a past or future version of yourself. Write in the second-person singular. Reassure a younger self, send warnings to a future self, or ask questions to which you don't know the answers. |
Fiction Prompt
| | Compose a story by making a fairy tale or old folktale contemporary. Aim to retain the basic plot of the original tale, but have the characters' tensions and fears reflect twenty-first-century encounters and conflicts. For an added challenge, offer an alternate ending or tell the narrative from an unexpected perspective. |
Creative Nonfiction Prompt
| | Compose a table of contents for your life. Include titles, subtitles, sections, and chapters that outline a period--or the entirety--of your life. Once you've finished the table, write a brief summary for each section. |
The Best Books for Writers | | Each week we recommend a book--a newly published title or an invaluable classic--that will help you on your writing journey. This week's pick:
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (University of Chicago Press, 1995) by Joseph M. Williams |
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the Newsstand Price A profile of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet laureate Natasha Trethewey,
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