Ego...

 

We make ego into a bad word but try excelling without it.

That tension between control and out-of-control? That's magic!

-- doug smith

Bold!

Get bold or get forgotten!

Who's your favorite actor?

What performer grabs your attention?

When you are on stage where is YOUR focus?

There is a place for nuance. There is a time for subtlety. And, there is a time for drama!

Get bold or get forgotten!

-- doug smith

 

Scene Prompt: Burning Hatred

Build a scene from this quote:

Hatred burns the hater more than the one hated.

-- doug smith

 

Scene Prompt: The Price of Evil

The price of evil is paid long after the evil is forgotten. 

-- doug smith

Going On

Some people will do things that will never make sense, and still we go on.

-- doug smith

 

The Memoirist

Reading someone's descriptive intro of themselves a while ago I remember that they said they were a poet and a memoirist. Hmmm. How do they live? How do they earn money? Are they so successful with social media ad dollars (or something else?) that jobs are even a consideration?

Far be it for me to judge but seriously, doesn't it take a large swallow of solipsistic hubris to declare oneself a memoirist?

Oh, truthfully, everyone SHOULD be a memoirist and keep some kind of journal (says the man on volume 63 of his) but to announce it to the world? Maybe, yes! Good for her!

What do you think is IN those memoirs? Juicy stuff? Dramatic stuff? Profound stuff?

That's the topic of your scene: now improv it!

-- doug smith

 

Poem Prompt: Who You Are

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