Wordle of the Daydle

Wordle of the Daydle

Tuesday Tickler

Use description to investigate the effects of a catastrophe.








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Wordle of the Daydle

Challenge yourself to use all the words in a short story, poem, or dialog. Or use 10. Or focus on one word for inspiration.

Tuesday Tickler

Personify a plank of wood!

Tuesday Tickler

Emphasis on description: Describe the journey of a bird headed south for the winter.










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Wordle of the Daydle

Challenge yourself to use all the words in a short story, poem, or dialog or focus on one of the words for inspiration!

Wordle of the Daydle

Challenge yourself to write a poem or story containing all the words or choose one for inspiration.

Tuesday Tickler

Each Tuesday, we'll feature a prompt designed to tickle your fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and scriptwriting fancies.

Thursdays, we'll feature a Wordle prompt of random words. You can challenge yourself to use all the words in the Wordle, attempt 10, or focus on one.

The tickler for Tuesday October 4 is below. Have fun!






The protagonist (antagonist?) hires two private investigators to tail each other. What intrigue ensues?

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Thanks to writing major Merit Mitchell for the suggestion!

Launch of the UCA Writing Center Blog

Hello and welcome to the UCA Writing Center Blog!

Beginning Thursday, November 8, a creative writing prompt will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday. These prompts are designed to help you develop all aspects of your creative writing: character, plot, voice, dialog, and even genre.

If you don't write creatively, don't worry. As the semester progresses, we hope to post resources for academic writing as well.

Be sure the check the sidebars for updates and announcements for upcoming workshops and other UCA Writing Center resources including Online Sessions and Online Workshops. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email us at ucawritingcenter@gmail.com or leave a comment here. We would love to hear from you!