Writing prompts
Instructions:
The prompts below are for inspiration, yet you don't need to use them to submit your writing. Feel free to use these prompts to help you start your creative writing.
Prompt #1 :
"What are you courageous enough to stop normalizing?"
- Sonya Arenee taylor and Adrienne Maree Brown
Prompt #2 :
"At this point in the pandemic, people are either feeling too alone (unable to see loved ones due to high risk) or too together (quarantined with many people). Whichever one you are, write a piece from the perspective of the other, in which they get to experience either a gift of solitude or desired contact" - Adrienne Maree Brown
Prompt #3 :
"How would this moment be different if we had disability justice as a national practice? What does a world that values the contributions of differently abled as much as able-bodied look, feel, and function like?" - Adrienne Maree Brown
Prompt #4 :
"Tell a success story (even if it's only a fantasy so far) about managing relationships and boundaries with our pandemic-mates" - Adrienne Maree Brown
Prompt #5 :
"Create a technology, maybe one you need right now, and let us experience someone using it" - Adrienne Maree Brown
Prompt #6 :
"The day the humans left. Tell a story of the beginning of our quarantine and long term isolation from the perspective of plants and/or the non-human world- the day the humans left. Write as the trees, birds, pets, etc) - Kisahu
Prompt #7 :
"You are given the opportunity to travel back in time and make one change that prevents the crisis of COVID-19 in YOUR city. Tell the story of your intervention" - Adrienne Maree Brown
Prompt #8 :
"EOP emerged out of the civil rights movement 50 years ago. Pick a civil rights leader whom you admire and describe why you admire them. How are they still relevant today?"
Prompt #9 :
"During the civil rights movement, 50 years ago, the social and political climate was tumultuous with protests asking for equality erupting all over California. Students were calling out the barriers that where marginalizing communities of color. Students were leading social change by fighting for civil rights and the empowerment of their communities, which led to the creation of EOP. What are the pressing needs marginalized students face today? How will you use your agency to create change and continue the legacy of social justice advocacy?"