Max Tell / Writing Prompt / I'm a Monster

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PROMPT: I'm a Monster

TEACHER: If you were a monster what kind of monster would you be?

INSTRUCTIONS: See Monday's entry for general instructions.

Below, you will find Max Tell's 10 minute notes and final draft for today's prompt.

NOTE FROM MAX: Sometimes when I do this exercise, ideas jump out of my imagination in the form or poetry, but when the poetry stops flowing, I follow whatever thought comes to mind. Do not get stuck with poetry. Let your mind be free. You can always turn back to the poetry when you re-write.

If I were a monster, I would’t fright

I wouldn’t spook throughout the night,

I wouldn’t sneak, and peak, and shriek,

Max Tell / Emotions: Fear

Break the Fear with a Poem

This is Max Tell with his first instalment of writing exercises for those poets currently writing for children or wishing to, young or old. 

Whenever writing for children keep honest, write vividly, and write from the heart. Kids know when we aren't, even when it's only on the page.

Let's start with emotions, and an easy one.

FEAR

1. Create a long list of things many children are afraid of like bullies, spiders, and snakes.
2. Write one stanza for each fear.
3. End the poem with a switch, turning fear into its opposite, bravery.
4. Now try another emotion: love, anger, or joy. When writing about love or joy, rather than ending with an opposite, you may want to end with a twist.

Example:

I'm Afraid of Everything