https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales#List_of_fairy_tales
Pick a fairy tale and rewrite it.
Ideas:
Change the time period.
Change the point of view: rewrite in first person, change the point of view from to another character.
Change the relationship.
Change the gender.
Change the genre – turn the fairy tale into a Science-Fiction thriller.
Change the place – physical, cultural, socio-economic.
What was the #1 song when you were born? (not sure? you can find out here.) Write about how the song relates (or not!) to your personality.
You stumble upon a random letter on the path. You read it. It affects you deeply, and you wish it could be returned to the person to which it’s addressed. Write a story about this encounter.
We’re all drawn to certain places. If you had the power to get somewhere — anywhere — where would you go right now? For your twist, focus on building a setting description.
If you could zoom through space in the speed of light, what place would you go to right now?
A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.
— Joan Didion
Today, choose a place to which you’d like to be transported if you could — and tell us the backstory. How does this specific location affect you? Is it somewhere you’ve been, luring you with the power of nostalgia, or a place you’re aching to explore for the first time?
from Writing 101: A Room with a View (or Just a View) by Ben Huberman
ask VIBE for details
ask VIBE for details
ask VIBE for details
Watch some living creature(s) in their natural environment: a nest of garter snakes, an orb spider, a gopher mound.
Write a short story featuring the creatures, but describe them with human characteristics: personify.
Grab your smart phone and make your own “We Are Happy From…” video.
Team up with a group of friends, classmates, teammates … and work on your “lip dub.”
(name it Pharrell Williams – Happy – We Are from [name of the city])
Read about Pharrell Williams at wikipedia.
Read about youth who cannot create and share such a video.
Watch, but not all of it at once, a 24 hour version of Happy, http://24hoursofhappy.com
Put your town on the map: http://wearehappyfrom.com/map
Tools:
WeVideo and WeVideo Help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciVr0yvqDz4
Yellow: #ffd202
How to get your video to the YouTube without paying the premium?
Publish your project, once published the project can be exported. Export it to your Google Drive (notice the YouTube icon is grey and requires an upgrade premium to click).
Wait a bit of time.
Look for your exported “happy.mp4” inside your “My Drive”. Download this file to your desktop, then upload it to your youtube.
Worked for me.
Be careful how many times you “Export” there is a “bumper” on the free account that only allows a few MBs or minutes to be exported. Be certain you are ready for export and export only the once.
Write a narrative or personal essay about the ideas suggested by Christina’s World painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth.