Things I'd love to try writing about, and see friends write about!
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Some of these could be great as blogs; others would work nicely as one-off looseleafs :)
meta-prompt:
Share favorite spots, things to do…maybe even invite others to contribute
If you write a post that fits one of these prompts, link it in the comments on that page!
Collections
Write about sites you love visiting, exploring, returning to and re-reading
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Pick a few recent favorite photos, write up a short sentence or two for each as caption, maybe play with fun ways of sequencing / organizing into sections
Blogs
Share a reading list of favorite books, or ones you want to read but haven't yet! could be around a theme, or just ones that have caught your eye recently
Even more fun if something out of the ordinary; you might, for example, review…a tree! some PDFs you've got on your computer! This could be fun as a standalone essay, or a series.
Share media that means a lot to you, in any form: favorite books, movies, albums, essays…
Play with form — an open letter, a public recommendation; play with topic — write about a person, a place, a poem, a product…whatever!
Things You Love
Collect recent conversations that have resonated, links on a topic you've been exploring, etc., and maybe include some light commentary or reflections
Share a vision for the future, a reality to inspire: grand; bombastic…or intimate; dreamlike; arcane
Visions & Ideas
Perhaps a specific route; perhaps a park or neighborhood you love exploring…if others were to share this walk, what should they pay attention to?
What's something you really want to make but has been on the back burner…can you share your vision, re-excite yourself, ask others to help, or just to share feedback and encouragement?
Write about people you'd like to meet and learn from; ideas or areas you'd like to explore more…
Describe favorite variants that you love to play with friends or family…or, invent a new game or new set of rules you think it'd be fun to try!
Plan a series of several posts that could be fun to blog about over the coming weeks…what might part one look like? can you start by writing that?
To learn or to teach at, or both! what's its special niche, its particular vibe, its structure, its programs of study, its course catalog?
Describe something longer you'd love to write, or that you think should exist; channel your inner Borges or Lem in sketching a speculative text
Describe an event, party, meetup or other gathering you'd like to host, on or offline; start planning it!
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