Make Something: Armor
On this 166th day of making things, today’s prompt recommends that I “get medieval” by making a piece or suit of armor—for me, an animal, or anything that needs protection. […]
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Make Something: Calendar
Business writing students often ask me what it takes to become comfortable and confident as a communicator. My answer may disappoint. But it comes down to one practical action: practice. […]
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: 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: 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: 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 […]
Make Something: Surreal
My high school and college educators would be dismayed that tonight I turned to Wikipedia and other online sources to refresh my memory on a subject I’m sure I studied […]
Make Something: On a T-Shirt
I’m going halfway on today’s make something project. Today, like most days, I didn’t even start on the making until after 8:30 p.m. It’s just easier to focus after the […]
Make Something: Music for Writers
What’s a song you hate? I mean really. You hate it. Detest it. Can’t stand it for a second. I’m a music lover, so this is a tough one for […]
Make Something: Faux Currency
On this 129th day of making things, Noah Scalin’s book instructed me to “make a passport, travel poster, monetary unit, or other item for a fictional country or another planet.” My […]
Make Something: 10 Words
Thank God today’s make something prompt is in my wheelhouse. If the assignment were other than writing, I’m not sure what I would produce. For only the second time in […]
Make Something: Passing Through
Day 124: Make something seem like it is passing through a wall or other solid material that it normally wouldn’t or couldn’t. Conceptually, I knew exactly what I wanted to […]
Make Something: Map
Today’s instruction was to work with an old map or create something that looks like a map. Rather than a traditional, geographical map, I wanted to work with a map […]
Make Something: Red
scrapes of red sully marked-up draft ’til revisions heal text with edits Today, in response to the make something challenge to work with red, I wrote the red haiku above. A teacher […]
Beth Nyland 