Writing Prompt: Old Car

Stimulate your imagination and flex your writing muscles with a writing prompt! Take a minute to observe the contents of the picture below. When you're done, write a story fragment 200 to 300 words.

It is three in the afternoon. A vintage car, paralyzed by a lost wheel, sits in a Havana plaza.



Quick! Imagine a person entering the scene.

• The person entering the scene has a relationship with the car. What is that direct or indirect relationship?
• Seeing the car makes this person think deeply of something else. What does the person think about? What memories emerge from seeing the car? Identify feelings associated with these thoughts. What is the quality of these feelings?
• After going through thoughts and feelings, the person makes a decision. What is this decision?

Whatever you write as a result of this writing activity might lead to your next great story! Have fun writing!

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