Writing Prompts

“Ideas won’t keep…” #22

Use what talents you have; the woods would have little music if no birds sang their song except those who sang best.

-Rev. Oliver G. Wilson

“Ideas won’t keep…” #23

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.

-Swedish proverb

“Ideas won’t keep…” #24

Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.

-Spanish proverb

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

-Elbert Hubbard

“Ideas won’t keep…” #25

Your expression is the most important thing you can wear.

-Sid Ascher

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

-George Eliot
(Mary Ann Evans)

Studies show that smiling can help a person feel better. When the body acts as if it is happy, it begins to feel happy.

How does you expression affect how you feel? Try a variety of expressions. Describe how you feel when you look pleased; when you look angry; when you look sad or depressed.

How do people react to you when you wear each expression?

“Ideas won’t keep…” #26

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

-Joseph Fort Newton

“Ideas won’t keep…” #27

What is intended as a little white lie often ends up as a double feature in technicolor.

-Madena R. Wallingford

“Ideas won’t keep…” #28

I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brillant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

-Sir Winston Churchill

How do you feel about colors? Describe your favorite colors. Why do you like them? What kinds of colors do you least like? Why? Explain how wearing certain colors affects how you look and feel.