I wrote this for my Edina Community Education Writers Group–a prompt from Maureen Millea Smith. On this Mother’s Day weekend,… Read more Remembering Mom
Category: Creative Writing
Child #3, Lee
Prompt Me! Maiya Strouth: Giving birth to your third child and what follows. I was old to be having a third… Read more Child #3, Lee
Prompt Me! Ski Trip with the Girls
Susan de Hoog How about, ‘the ski trip with the girl friends…’ From the time I was a little girl,… Read more Prompt Me! Ski Trip with the Girls
Box Social
Jan Simpson Favorite child hood memories Box Social I hate to even say it, but I had the perfect childhood. As… Read more Box Social
It Happened One Night
Ruth Conn: The night that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon….The whole family went for icecream malts. A night that… Read more It Happened One Night
One is the Loneliest Number
Sherry Becker: My prompt is a character… a single birth child born into a world of Twins. M2475121A was finishing… Read more One is the Loneliest Number
Alphabet Poem
Write a 26-line poem using all the letters of the alphabet. Have the first line start with the letter “A,”… Read more Alphabet Poem
American Grafitti
You’re downtown, and see graffiti in an unlikely place—graffiti like you’ve never seen before, concerning someone you know. Life got… Read more American Grafitti
Sent to the Wrong Printer
Writing Prompt: You’re at work and you print something personal (and sensitive). Unfortunately, you’ve sent it to the wrong printer and,… Read more Sent to the Wrong Printer
Mystery Cookie
Writing Prompt: One Day you come into work and find a cookie mysteriously placed on your desk. Grateful to whoever… Read more Mystery Cookie
ELAINE KOYAMA WRITES 