Make Something: Thumbprint
My thumbprint inspired me to make a haiku this evening.
Category Archives: Make Something 365
Make Something: Board Game
Make a board game? Okay. But it has to be about writing. If you’re not a writing nerd, this may not have much appeal. But I see potential for writing students […]
Make Something: Light Seem Heavy
After a day spent toiling with words and presentations and video footage, I was ready for something completely different this evening. So I opened Pixler.com and experimented with image layering. […]
Make Something: Rube Goldberg
Today’s make something challenge was to make a Rube Goldberg machine. Wouldn’t it be grand if someone would invent a contraption that would eliminate a writer’s temptation (okay, MY temptation) […]
Make Something: Crayons
I have always loved to color. Show me a brand new Crayola box, all green and gold and sharp-cornered and tidy, and my fingers will twitch at the possibility of getting […]
Make Something: Nose
Why do the make something prompts seem to be extra challenging on Friday evenings? I’m sure it has nothing to do with my mental state or level of fatigue. Here […]
Make Something: Utensils
What if someone told you to make something with all the utensils you own today? Would that seem reasonable? Simple, even? Then you are not a cook who has merged […]
Make Something: Purple
Purple is not my favorite color. It does rank well ahead of yellow, which I hate. It edges out blue and red, which are other people’s favorite colors (my mom’s […]
Make Something: Movie-Inspired
On these days when I teach an evening business writing class in the city, after a full day of consulting and parenting, it’s tougher to make something before day’s end. […]
Make Something: Visual Definition
Create a visual definition for a word chosen randomly from a dictionary. When I discovered that this was today’s make something prompt, I wanted a word I didn’t know. I […]
Make Something: Incongruous
Now this was a fun prompt for a writer and writing instructor: Make something incongruous. Of all the valuable lessons I, an experienced communicator, can teach a hopeful, impressionable writer […]
Make Something: With Feet
Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and make it happen. Today’s creation forced me to sit down, think, and put pen to paper … with my foot. […]
Make Something: Taste
Make something in which the sense of taste is the essential component. That was the creative assignment for this day. This one-meeting-after-another workday. This end-of-a-busy-week-must-get-the-family-organized Friday. This beginning-of-a-busy-but-hopefully-fun-filled weekend. Although I […]
Make Something: Holes
This day’s make something task was to cut holes in a magazine or book page, revealing what’s underneath, to create something new. I sliced into a page from Sports Illustrated, […]
Make Something: Paper Pop-Up
By dinnertime today, I was dragging. My consulting, coaching, and teaching business is beyond busy, and I’m feeling the long hours in my bones, my eyes, my feet, my jaw […]
Beth Nyland 