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Writing Prompt 6/23/09

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Explore public funding of private education, special education or otherwise, in a poem, short story, or essay.  When and how might it work?  When and how might it go wrong?  Is there a moral obligation to provide or not provide such an opportunity?  You can use this article from NPR as a starting point.  Remember, you can post your writing to our comments section!

Writing Prompt 6/20/09

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Consider how an end to Iranian theocracy might affect you personally, wherever u are. Read this article for inspiration or just to be informed: http://tinyurl.com/l4gzyu.

Feel free to post your practice in our comments section (Note: due to excessive spam, all comments must be approved.  This can take up 48 hours.)

Externalist Writing Prompt 6/15/2009

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Write a story about a futuristic leadership campaign that uses only the Internet. For more info, visit this news article about the opposition campaign and protest mechanisms in Iran: http://tinyurl.com/lfoe62.  The article is worth the read even if you don’t use the prompt.  If you do use the prompt, feel free to post a portion of your story in the comments section.

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Externalist Writing Prompt 6/14/2009

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Write a story or poem about the National Health Care Day of Service.  You can post your work as a comment.

Writing prompts are posted first to http://twitter.com/TheExternalist.   We’ll post three or four a week using current events.