Archive for the 'Prompt' Category

June's Writing Prompt

The summer is upon us and school will soon be over. WITS programs are wrapping up in the various schools and our latest anthology is in production. Because of this, WITS’s WOOTS is switching over to a summer schedule. We will still be updating and posting student work for you to enjoy. The biggest change [...]

Writing Prompt Monday: Pet Peeves & Haikus

Spend five to ten minutes writing from the prompt. When you are finished, head over to our Submit page and send it to us. On Friday we will feature the results that have been submitted to us on this blog. Be sure you keep it appropriate and follow the Guidelines. Writing Prompt: Describe your biggest [...]

Writing Prompt Monday: Thinking About an Older Person

It’s a very exciting week for WOOTS. We have made it simple for you to respond to the writing prompt and to send us prose/poetry for consideration to post on the blog. All you have to do is click Submit on the right hand side of the screen.  Let’s get on with the new writing [...]

Writing Prompt Monday: A Picture From a Magazine

Sit down for five to ten minutes and write something based off of the following writing prompt. When you are done, send it to us at witspdx@gmail.com or by leaving it in the comments below. On Friday we will feature the results that have been submitted to us on this blog. Be sure you keep [...]

Writing Prompt Monday: Things That Annoy You

We would like to draw your attention momentarily to our newly posted Guidelines. After that, sit down for five to ten minutes and write something based off of the following writing prompt. When you are done, send it to us at witspdx@gmail.com or by leaving it in the comments below. On Friday we will feature [...]

Writing Prompt Monday: Open a Book

And we are back again for our weekly writing prompt. This being our second. Before we get started some guidelines should be established. Guideline #1: I reserve the right to fix obvious spelling errors. For example, Thier = their. I’ll do my best to contact you should I need to make any changes along those [...]

Writing Prompt Monday: Your favorite song

Welcome to the first Writing Prompt Monday! Each Monday we will post a simple writing prompt to help writers jump start the writing process. Write until you feel you have nothing else to write about. When you are done, send it to us via e-mail (witspdx@gmail.com) or simply reply in the comments section. While it [...]