Monday, March 23, 2009

BOASAS 2

GENRE: fiction, nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

Freewrite to the BOASAS strip below. Click to enlarge.

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Burn Up

GENRE: nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 6 minutes

Five things to throw in the fire.
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Robot Wars

GENRE: fiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

The Robot War of '76.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Her Morning Elegance

GENRE: fiction, nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

Freewrite to "Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie.

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Juice Box

GENRE: fiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

He always had a juice box.
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Color Test

GENRE: nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

Four colors that describe you.
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Monday, March 16, 2009

The Orange

GENRE: fiction, nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

Freewrite after watching "The Orange" by Benjamin Rosenbaum and Nick Fox-Gieg below.

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Perfumerie

GENRE: fiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

She smelled like an odd mix of....
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How-To

GENRE: nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

Write a how-to in paragraph form -- meaning, no bulletpoints or numbered lists.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Origami

GENRE: fiction, nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

Freewrite to the photo below. From Flickr.

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Trends I Hate

GENRE: nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

The 80's Revival.
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Titles

GENRE: fiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

Chicken Soup for the Roadsign Thief's Soul.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009

A Softer World

GENRE: fiction, nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

Freewrite to this strip of A Softer World. Click to enlarge.

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Hermitude

GENRE: fiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

You haven't left the house in twelve years.
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Blood Vessels

GENRE: nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

If I travel my veins a la The Magic School Bus, zooming through arteries and flashing my red blood cells, how would I know me from anyone else?
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

American Girl

GENRE: fiction, nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

Freewrite to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "American Girl."

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First and Last

GENRE: nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

Your very first memory. Is it related to what you hope will be your last memory?
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Stillwater

GENRE: fiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

The water is blue and still. I wonder what I'd find at the bottom.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Graffiti Eye

GENRE: fiction, nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 7 minutes

Freewrite with the photo below. From Photobucket.

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Cans

GENRE: fiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

Three empty cans of Diet Dr Pepper later...
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Insight

GENRE: nonfiction
RECOMMENDED TIME: 5 minutes

An epiphany you would have been happier without.
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