Monday, March 17, 2025

Poem Prompt: Who You Are

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How it works:

Use the following quote in your poem anywhere:

Add more of you to who you are

and you'll be able to travel far

It could be at the beginning, in the middle, at the end -- anywhere that suits you. You could even repeat it as often as you like, it is entirely yours to play with.

Notes:

Yes, this is improv so let it flow and yes it is poetry because improv is more than acting and because this site is intended to be a full tilt creativity generator. 

Generate!



-- doug smith


Sunday, March 16, 2025

Scene Prompt: Friction

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Use the following quote to develop an improvised scene in three parts:

Resistance causes friction; friction causes fire, and fire burns.

Optional part four: 

Resolve the fire.




Sunday, March 9, 2025

The Natural Order

Prompt:

"If love is the natural order of things, we should stop resisting..."

Situation:

Any conflict. Contrast that conflict into a more natural order. Wind it down. Search for peace.

"How do you make that happen?"

"That's the challenge..."


Sunday, March 2, 2025

Scene Prompt: Dealing With The Past

The more we pretend the past doesn't matter the more likely it is to haunt us.

Prompt:

Improvise a scene during which at least one character avoids dealing with the past -- its thoughts, its actions, and its consequences.

Notes:

It's drama, so of course, ramp up the stakes and the consequences


-- doug smith


Sunday, January 5, 2025

What If?

What if we could not acknowledge that we are not who we used to be?

And, what if we could?

-- doug smith

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Scene from a Quote: Thievery

When money rules, thieves will prosper.

-- doug smith

 

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Practice!

We do best what we do most.

Practice. It's the best way (maybe the only way) to get better.

-- doug smith