Quickwrite of the Day #72: Places that capture the imagination

“Writing can be used as a vehicle to express ourselves as we negotiate the journey through our lives” (Gallagher, 2011: p.24)

Today’s Quickwrite:

In honour of International Literacy Day, today’s Quickwrite is connected to the act of reading. Think about this:

If you could visit one place which captured your imagination through reading, where would it be, and why?

Remember, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a real place, but a setting you have ‘travelled’ to in your mind when you’ve read a book (eg: Narnia, Hogwarts, Nevermoor, inside the mind of a character, etc.). 

You’re invited to consider any of the following to get you started:

• Why you chose the place - what does it mean to you?

•  What it would be like to be there -- what would you see, touch, taste, hear, smell?

• What would an ideal day in this place look like?

• What problems might occur in a place like this? How will you react if presented with a problem?

Go wherever your imagination takes you and write!

Want more Quickwrite topics? Check out the slide deck here, or see it in presentation mode on your Resources page.

Happy writing!