SaffiyaSmith
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Color Association
Write a poem or short piece centered around a color and the ideas, images, or symbolism that are brought up with that color.
Ended December 13, 2022 • 5 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
What Does Gender Feel Like?
What does gender feel like to you? How do you define and identify with it?
Ended December 22, 2022 • 17 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
The Heart
What is the difference between being heartsick and having heartache? Is there a difference? Write about your point on this.
Ended March 25, 2021 • 1 Entry • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Inner Child
Have a conversation with your inner child
Ended March 21, 2021 • 11 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Las Vegas
You wake up in a room in Vegas with a wedding ring on your hand and a stranger next to you....what do you do?
Ended February 14, 2021 • 2 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Unused Words 2
Make a piece inspired by one or more of these words. You can use the words in the piece or have them inspire a piece you write but you do have to include which word you choose in the final product either in the title or in the piece itself.
First Word: Midding, Second Word: Latibule, Third Word: Monachopsis, Fourth Word: Athazagoraphobia, Fifth Word: ūhtcearu
Ended February 10, 2021 • 6 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Unused Words
Make a piece inspired by one or more of these words. You can use the words in the piece or just have them be inspired by the words but you do have to include which word you choose in the final product either in the title or in the piece itself.
Filipendulous, Abulia, Forelsket, Nepenthe
Ended February 12, 2021 • 4 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Bad Villian v Bad Hero
Stretch out your comedic and storytelling by writing a piece about an incompetent villain fighting against an incompetent hero. How self-aware they are and whether they have help with them is up to you. Is their plan bad but their execution of a bad plan good. Do they have a good plan but they have horrible execution? Be creative.
Ended December 10, 2020 • 5 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Rewrite
Rewrite one of my pieces, from the oldest or the newest, into your style, a new perspective, or add something to it. Include what you choose to rewrite in your submission.
Ended October 31, 2020 • 12 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Myth of The Moon
Write your own myth that explains the phases of the moon and why it orbits around the sun.
Ended May 21, 2020 • 1 Entry • Created by SaffiyaSmith in Fiction
Bore Me
Write the most boring and lifeless paragraph you can write.
Ended April 15, 2020 • 18 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Color Association
Green...snakes, emeralds, and envy. I want you to write a story or poem that is either about the things 'people, objects plus feelings' that the color brings to mind or to write a short one to three-paragraph story that is fueled by the emotion this color brings to mind.
Ended April 21, 2020 • 1 Entry • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Creative Writing Exercise
This challenge requires you to use all of the story elements that I am going to list in a story. The main character is a bold woman in her late teens and the complementary character is a jealous woman in her late thirties. They are in a hotel. A storm suddenly blows up. The theme is about a loss of innocence. The main character is determined to get the truth.
Ended March 31, 2020 • 0 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith in Fiction
Time Traveler
You are washing your hands in a public restroom of a cafe when you hear a slamming sound and out from behind comes a person dressed in 1890's clothing. There is a swirling quickly disappearing orb of green light that disappears completely between blinks. You know you are the only one in the bathroom. No one was here when you came in and no came while you were there. The stride towards you, eyes wide, and ask: "Where am I?"
Write a short story following this scenario and how you would respond. Not how a character would respond but how you would respond.
Ended April 18, 2020 • 0 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith in Fiction
Agelast
An agelast is a person who never laughs. Write a story about a person like this.
Ended March 10, 2020 • 8 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Your Friends, Your Stories
Write up a short story that has you and two to four of your friends actually in the story. As in you and your friends are the actual characters of the story, as if they are actually there, IRL. If you do two friends one of them has to be from your offline life and the other has to be a friend from Prose. If you do four then you have two offline friends and two Prose friends.
If you are friends with people IRL who you are also friends with on here then you have to decide which category they fit in, they can't count as both. If you have questions about the challenge, message me.
Ended March 23, 2020 • 0 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Crush
Describe the last person that you had a crush on or someone you have a crush on now and why you had a crush on them
Ended February 29, 2020 • 28 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
L O V E
What do you think about soulmates, true love, and love at first sight? Is there such as a platonic soulmate, true love, and/or love at first sight? Or just sexual, sensual and/or romantic? Do you think true love can be given to anyone and what do you think it is? Love at first sight, do you think that exists or do you think that is the only attraction at first sight? Can any above occur in person or online?
Ended February 26, 2020 • 20 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith in Trident Media Group
Emotion: Nodus Tollens
n. the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore—that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don’t understand, that don’t even seem to belong in the same genre—which requires you to go back and reread the chapters you had originally skimmed to get to the good parts, only to learn that all along you were supposed to choose your own adventure.
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Write short prose or poem expressing this emotion. Regardless of which on you choose it has to be expressed within 6 to 12 sentences ( prose) or lines (prose or poem). I'll be doing four more of these challenges later. Thank you Thought Catalog for gathering these wonderful words. May the games begin!
On January 28th I'm doing an Emotion: Énouement Challenge
Ended January 28, 2020 • 3 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith
Genie
Your friend calls you up and tells you to meet them at their house. They say they found a magic lamp and they have three wishes. You meet the genie and it's undisputably a being of magic. Your friend then precedes to wish for a new pair of shoes, an iPhone, and some hair ties. The lamp disappears once they have completed their job. What is your reaction?
Ended January 23, 2020 • 10 Entries • Created by SaffiyaSmith in Fiction