While there’s nothing wrong with 30/30 challenges for National
Poetry Month, we at Writing Knights believe there is more to effective writing
than just writing piece after piece (we do not want to discourage you from writing as
many pieces as you want for NPM, you do what you do). Writing is also about sharing pieces and
editing those pieces to make them better.
Anyone interested can join the new Writing Knights
Roundtable group on Facebook and share pieces there (videos are preferred, but
shy people can copy/paste their words if they want feedback). URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wkroundtable/
Any questions can be directed to WK Pressman on Facebook
(please send a message referencing National Poetry Month): https://www.facebook.com/wkpressman
This entry will be updated daily. Savvy internet users can work ahead if they choose.
04-01: Prompt A: Write a piece equating love and foolishness with the struggle of life and death.
04-02: Prompt B: Write a piece from the point of view of a side character in a story, show, or movie you like, BUT don’t mention any names or the media.
04-03: Prompt C: Write a piece directed at someone you find attractive, but are out of reach for whatever reason (a celebrity, for example), BUT don’t mention any names.
04-04: Share A: with someone you care about.
04-05: Prompt D: Pick a monster and write a piece from their point of view as they interact with the world (brownie points if you make up your own monster).
04-06: Share B: with someone who is also a fan of that story, show or movie.
04-07: Share C: with someone you also find attractive (or a significant other), ask them how the piece makes them feel, take notes.
04-08: Prompt E: Write a parody piece of a well known song/poem. Change it enough to make it unique and/or funny, but keep it similar enough that someone would know the original.
04-09: Edit A: for cliché and over used terms.
04-10: Prompt F: Ask yourself five questions and answer them as thoroughly as possible in 100 words or less.
04-11: Share D: with someone who knows a lot about monsters. Take notes on what they thought.
04-12: Edit B: for stronger hints toward the character without mentioning names.
04-13: Prompt G: Describe someone you know only using poetry terms (example, your nose is the punctuation of the sonnet of your face).
04-14: Edit C: by incorporating the notes into the original piece, turn non-concrete words into something more easily imagined.
04-15: Prompt H: Write a piece where you are purposefully cliché. Go so far down the rabbit hole that the poem comes out the other end as brilliant.
04-16: Share E: with someone who is a fan of the song/poem you parodied. Take notes.
