Writing Prompts About War. In the throes of World War II, a soldier writes letters to his beloved. Fifty years later, a young woman stumbles upon these letters in an old trunk and feels an irresistible urge to respond, attempting to heal old wounds and bridge the chasm of time. What messages does she pen, and what mysteries unfold as she delves ...
Creative Writing
Creative Writing - War. We all heard the disquieting crunch, off in the far distance. For a few seconds, we remained still, sinking deeper into the mud, anticipating another sound to calm our nerves. Instead, a fraudulent silence followed. General Loft's reaction was delayed; his hand shot up immediately as he remembered his position.
31 Military Fiction Writing Prompts
Historical Military Fiction Prompts 15. A soldier helps start what would become known as the World War I Christmas Soccer Game. Write a fictionalized account of how the famous soccer game happened during the Christmas Armistice of World War I. Make your protagonist the person who suggests the soccer game and describe how he felt in the battles leading up to the Christmas Armistice.
60 historical fiction writing prompts
by The History Quill. We're delighted to share this list of 60 historical fiction writing prompts to inspire your creative writing. We've put them on a historical timeline, starting in 399 BCE and ending in 1969. They cover a range of periods, places, and situations. Feel free to adapt them in any way you like.
PDF Writing War, Writing Peace
War Blooms. By Grace Howarth. Violet had known war, and she had known peace. Peace was long, childhood days of dancing in grass long enough to reach your armpits, and paddling in the cold shock of morning sea, watching the horizon roll out from under the clouds. It tasted of strawberries and cream, and laughter.
The Best War Writing
Interview by Beatrice Wilford. 1 Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer. 2 The Iliad by Homer. 3 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. 4 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. 5 If This Is a Man by Primo Levi. Y ou've chosen three novels, a memoir and a poem.
Contemporary Writing on War and Conflict
Contemporary Writing on War and Conflict. This project examines the contemporary war experience as reflected by writers, poets, journalists and bloggers, and interrogate how we write about war and conflict today in contrast to the writing that was written on WW1. Thought pieces from leading contemporary UK writers are a starting point for ...
Creative Writing Prompts Inspired by Historical Events
Today's prompts include selections from the book 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! Nonfiction writers are obviously inspired by the real world, but fiction writers and poets also take inspiration from real people and events. Wars, scandals, scientific advances, and famous figures in history have all been represented in every form of writing.
Creative Writing Competition
'Long Live War' by Ishaabyha Tripathi. As a piece of creative writing this entry focusses on one simple idea and uses this to epitomise the writer's experience of the war away from the Western Front, where the majority of troops on both sides were colonial, and many of them - as described - not English speakers. The entry also manages ...
How to Write Authentic War Stories by Lucy O'Callaghan
She truly found her tribe when she joined Writer's Ink in May 2020. Experienced in beta reading and critiquing, her debut novel, The Lies Beneath is out now, published by Poolbeg. Follow her on Instagram: lucy.ocallaghan.31. Facebook and Twitter: @LucyCOCallaghan. Writing stories set in war times is one of those.
The Literature of War
Buzzell's , written in a style reminiscent of Hunter S. Thompson and Allen Ginsberg, is fueled by an antiauthority, punk-rock attitude. Esquire magazine hailed the memoir as "the most extraordinary writing yet produced by a soldier of the Iraq war." follows Buzzell, a bored twenty-six-year-old high school graduate from northern California ...
Writing War, Writing Peace
'Writing War, Writing Peace' is a creative writing anthology written by students who spent a week at The National Archives, learning from our records about the experiences of Nurses in the First World War. ... diaries and photographs to put together their own creative pieces inspired by real events. These stories and poems are the result ...
Essays About War: Top 5 Examples and 5 Prompts
1. War Is Not Part of Human Nature by R. Brian Ferguson. "Debate over war and human nature will not soon be resolved. The idea that intensive, high-casualty violence was ubiquitous throughout prehistory has many backers. It has cultural resonance for those who are sure that we as a species naturally tilt toward war.
Imagine you were a soldier in World War One. Explore your feelings in a
The sky is murky and grey. The clouds are black, moving above us like symbols of death, reminding us of our mortality. The war planes are whizzing through the sky, moving at rapid speed compared to the clouds that moved at their own natural, God given pace, no matter what else was happening beneath them.
the Trenches; a description of WWI Trench Warfare
Rats gnaw at our ears and noses, the sizes of which rival that of a small dog. The smell overpowers the most iron fortitudes, reducing most new recruits to fountains of bile, spewing their insides over the walls and floors of the thin, muck ridden trenches. The smell rises from the urine in the soil, the rats and their feces, and the bodies on ...
War Creative Writing Examples That Really Inspire
The Realities of War Creative Writing Example. When World War I broke, earlier poets wrote poems celebrating the outbreak of the First World War. These poems reflected an over-optimistic, sentimental and unrealistic attitude to war that mirrored the attitude of the British people, who assumed that the war was chivalrous and heroic.
War Story-creative writing
War Story-creative writing. GCSE English. War Story. <<Die invasion kommt, wiederholen ich, Die invasion kommt>>. "The invasion is coming!". I repeated and walked over to the opening of the concrete bunker, picking up my binoculars on the way. I peered through at the horizon. I put my hand down on the ledge and realized with a jolt how cold ...
1800+ Creative Writing Prompts To Inspire You Right Now
Here's how our contest works: every Friday, we send out a newsletter containing five creative writing prompts. Each week, the story ideas center around a different theme. Authors then have one week — until the following Friday — to submit a short story based on one of our prompts. A winner is picked each week to win $250 and is highlighted ...
War creative writing/descriptive writing
War creative writing/descriptive writing. Subject: English. Age range: 11-14. Resource type: Lesson (complete) File previews. pptx, 1.32 MB. A lesson which plans a descriptive writing/creative writing piece inspired by war (specifically the film Greyhound and the Battle of the Atlantic). It include clips/links for context as well as a clip from ...
10 Engaging Creative Writing Pieces for Inspiration
Keep in mind that learning from creative writing examples like To Kill a Mockingbird can help you develop your own engaging and well-crafted creative writing pieces. 3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is a timeless example of creative writing that continues to be popular more than two centuries after its publication. It ...
100 Years since the First World War Lesson 3: Creative Writing
Twinkl KS3 / KS4 English KS3 English - Full Collection Seasonal Resources KS3 War & Conflict 100 Years Since WW1 Unit of Work. To commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War, this short scheme of lessons includes a range of comprehension and creative activities around the topic of war and being a soldier in this time period.
10 Types of Creative Writing (with Examples You'll Love)
A lot falls under the term 'creative writing': poetry, short fiction, plays, novels, personal essays, and songs, to name just a few. By virtue of the creativity that characterizes it, creative writing is an extremely versatile art. So instead of defining what creative writing is, it may be easier to understand what it does by looking at ...
Creative Writing- war
Creative Writing- war. Subject: Creative writing. Age range: 11-14. Resource type: Worksheet/Activity. File previews. docx, 65.47 KB. This is a good resource to provoke imagination and discussion. I used this resource with a group of students who have speech and language difficulties. This activity can be used as a starter or as a whole lesson.
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Writing Prompts About War. In the throes of World War II, a soldier writes letters to his beloved. Fifty years later, a young woman stumbles upon these letters in an old trunk and feels an irresistible urge to respond, attempting to heal old wounds and bridge the chasm of time. What messages does she pen, and what mysteries unfold as she delves ...
Creative Writing - War. We all heard the disquieting crunch, off in the far distance. For a few seconds, we remained still, sinking deeper into the mud, anticipating another sound to calm our nerves. Instead, a fraudulent silence followed. General Loft's reaction was delayed; his hand shot up immediately as he remembered his position.
Historical Military Fiction Prompts 15. A soldier helps start what would become known as the World War I Christmas Soccer Game. Write a fictionalized account of how the famous soccer game happened during the Christmas Armistice of World War I. Make your protagonist the person who suggests the soccer game and describe how he felt in the battles leading up to the Christmas Armistice.
by The History Quill. We're delighted to share this list of 60 historical fiction writing prompts to inspire your creative writing. We've put them on a historical timeline, starting in 399 BCE and ending in 1969. They cover a range of periods, places, and situations. Feel free to adapt them in any way you like.
War Blooms. By Grace Howarth. Violet had known war, and she had known peace. Peace was long, childhood days of dancing in grass long enough to reach your armpits, and paddling in the cold shock of morning sea, watching the horizon roll out from under the clouds. It tasted of strawberries and cream, and laughter.
Interview by Beatrice Wilford. 1 Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer. 2 The Iliad by Homer. 3 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. 4 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. 5 If This Is a Man by Primo Levi. Y ou've chosen three novels, a memoir and a poem.
Contemporary Writing on War and Conflict. This project examines the contemporary war experience as reflected by writers, poets, journalists and bloggers, and interrogate how we write about war and conflict today in contrast to the writing that was written on WW1. Thought pieces from leading contemporary UK writers are a starting point for ...
Today's prompts include selections from the book 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! Nonfiction writers are obviously inspired by the real world, but fiction writers and poets also take inspiration from real people and events. Wars, scandals, scientific advances, and famous figures in history have all been represented in every form of writing.
'Long Live War' by Ishaabyha Tripathi. As a piece of creative writing this entry focusses on one simple idea and uses this to epitomise the writer's experience of the war away from the Western Front, where the majority of troops on both sides were colonial, and many of them - as described - not English speakers. The entry also manages ...
She truly found her tribe when she joined Writer's Ink in May 2020. Experienced in beta reading and critiquing, her debut novel, The Lies Beneath is out now, published by Poolbeg. Follow her on Instagram: lucy.ocallaghan.31. Facebook and Twitter: @LucyCOCallaghan. Writing stories set in war times is one of those.
Buzzell's , written in a style reminiscent of Hunter S. Thompson and Allen Ginsberg, is fueled by an antiauthority, punk-rock attitude. Esquire magazine hailed the memoir as "the most extraordinary writing yet produced by a soldier of the Iraq war." follows Buzzell, a bored twenty-six-year-old high school graduate from northern California ...
'Writing War, Writing Peace' is a creative writing anthology written by students who spent a week at The National Archives, learning from our records about the experiences of Nurses in the First World War. ... diaries and photographs to put together their own creative pieces inspired by real events. These stories and poems are the result ...
1. War Is Not Part of Human Nature by R. Brian Ferguson. "Debate over war and human nature will not soon be resolved. The idea that intensive, high-casualty violence was ubiquitous throughout prehistory has many backers. It has cultural resonance for those who are sure that we as a species naturally tilt toward war.
The sky is murky and grey. The clouds are black, moving above us like symbols of death, reminding us of our mortality. The war planes are whizzing through the sky, moving at rapid speed compared to the clouds that moved at their own natural, God given pace, no matter what else was happening beneath them.
Rats gnaw at our ears and noses, the sizes of which rival that of a small dog. The smell overpowers the most iron fortitudes, reducing most new recruits to fountains of bile, spewing their insides over the walls and floors of the thin, muck ridden trenches. The smell rises from the urine in the soil, the rats and their feces, and the bodies on ...
The Realities of War Creative Writing Example. When World War I broke, earlier poets wrote poems celebrating the outbreak of the First World War. These poems reflected an over-optimistic, sentimental and unrealistic attitude to war that mirrored the attitude of the British people, who assumed that the war was chivalrous and heroic.
War Story-creative writing. GCSE English. War Story. <<Die invasion kommt, wiederholen ich, Die invasion kommt>>. "The invasion is coming!". I repeated and walked over to the opening of the concrete bunker, picking up my binoculars on the way. I peered through at the horizon. I put my hand down on the ledge and realized with a jolt how cold ...
Here's how our contest works: every Friday, we send out a newsletter containing five creative writing prompts. Each week, the story ideas center around a different theme. Authors then have one week — until the following Friday — to submit a short story based on one of our prompts. A winner is picked each week to win $250 and is highlighted ...
War creative writing/descriptive writing. Subject: English. Age range: 11-14. Resource type: Lesson (complete) File previews. pptx, 1.32 MB. A lesson which plans a descriptive writing/creative writing piece inspired by war (specifically the film Greyhound and the Battle of the Atlantic). It include clips/links for context as well as a clip from ...
Keep in mind that learning from creative writing examples like To Kill a Mockingbird can help you develop your own engaging and well-crafted creative writing pieces. 3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is a timeless example of creative writing that continues to be popular more than two centuries after its publication. It ...
Twinkl KS3 / KS4 English KS3 English - Full Collection Seasonal Resources KS3 War & Conflict 100 Years Since WW1 Unit of Work. To commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War, this short scheme of lessons includes a range of comprehension and creative activities around the topic of war and being a soldier in this time period.
A lot falls under the term 'creative writing': poetry, short fiction, plays, novels, personal essays, and songs, to name just a few. By virtue of the creativity that characterizes it, creative writing is an extremely versatile art. So instead of defining what creative writing is, it may be easier to understand what it does by looking at ...
Creative Writing- war. Subject: Creative writing. Age range: 11-14. Resource type: Worksheet/Activity. File previews. docx, 65.47 KB. This is a good resource to provoke imagination and discussion. I used this resource with a group of students who have speech and language difficulties. This activity can be used as a starter or as a whole lesson.