video writing prompts

  • Movie Fridays

    Watch this video documentary from BBC Learning on reincarnation. This piece is about 50 minutes long. You do not need to watch the whole thing as I think there is enough in the first ten minutes to get your ideas forming into a story, article, or journal: Some ideas to get you started: write about…

  • Movie Fridays

    Here’s a preview to the next installment of one of my favorite Zombie series, Resident Evil: Afterlife. After watching it write your own version of a Zombie guide for staying alive. FYI: Resident Evil: Afterlife will premiere September 10th. Mark your calendar!

  • Movie Fridays

    I’ve always been afraid of knives, from the machete a woman I used to babysit for kept under her bed to the standard kitchen knife. There is a belief out there that a dull knife is a dangerous knife, in my house I’ve proven this is the opposite. Watch all or part of this video…

  • Movie Fridays

    Here’s some footage of the erupting volcano in Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland that occurred this past week. It’s a beautiful but also deadly sight. Watch the video then start writing: Possible topics: end of days scenario a team researching the volcano becomes trapped a crime in the small town near the volcanic eruption

  • Movie Fridays

    Here’s a short clip from a 60 Minutes interview with nurse Cissy Ssuuna from Kampala, Uganda about the children with aids she counsels. Watch the clip looking for your starting line or inspiration: Five possibilities for you: Create a profile about nurse Cissy or some other nurse. Write about a child surviving with aids. Write…

  • Movie Fridays

    The people in this video have gone to what others consider “extreme” alterations in their body via tattoos, body piercings, and cosmetic alterations. Today your options for writing include: writing about your personal feelings on “extreme” alterations, writing about your own alterations, picking one of the individuals and creating a main/minor character for a current/future…