Creativity Week 2

 While searching for different sites to get creative exercises from, I discovered that Adobe has a series of blogs dedicated to helping build creativity, in both designing and in writing. While going through their different blogs I found one that included several prompts for writers- in the post they break down each prompt and explain how it helps your thinking process. After going through the post, written by Daisy Barringer, I went and picked 3 simple prompts to try, as I am mostly used to creating in a visual sense with drawing and graphic design, I wanted to branch out and attempt at writing instead of what I am used to.

If you would like to try/read for yourself you can find the site here! Just login with your Adobe account, there are 10 different prompts to try!

-Write a six word story-

1. Final note reads: "Meet me tomorrow"

2. Engine stalled- headlights faded, silence remained.

3. Stars flickered, the ship sat lonely.

-Avoid the Letter E-

(Continuation of #3) Dark void hung all around as the ships hum quit, plunging all into a "hush". Our pilot's hand shook, with controls failing to comply, lights blink, dimming and dimming, bit by bit. A call rang out- no signal. Cold unblinking dots sat far upon the horizon, distant and uncaring.

-Look at things from another perspective-

(Continuation of above) Gliding high above the body of blackened waves, I saw the strange floating object- once flickering and radiating signs of life, before it had hummed- now it drifted, no destination, dark and still. No wind carried sound from the platform, and no motion stirred from atop. Just a hollow husk swallowed by the vast stretch of water. I circled once, then twice, the scene almost painterly from lack of movement, the stars above still shone, but the defeated scene below now belonged to the ocean.

(The story from the perspective of a bird)

I got inspiration from one of my favorite poems/stories- Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.