Welcome to our latest newsletter series! A cute lil springboard for writers, The Jumpoff will be serving up bi-weekly creative prompts to get you out of your head and onto the page.
To “jump off” means “to set off quickly, usually with success; a point of departure.” And that’s what we’re doing here, folks—we’re dolling out exercises to jolt your brain, jog your memory, spur inspiration, stimulate that genius wit of yours, cue the masterpiece!
Whether you’re writing fiction, poetry, nonfiction…what even is genre anyway? Who cares! The Jumpoff doesn’t, and you shouldn’t either…so whatever the prompt is giving, feel free to take and interpret on your own terms. Jump in…the water’s fine!
PROMPT
Last month, I wrote about literary friendship for my first installment of Treat Yourself. The title of my essay, “O, Friend, My Bosom Said,” is a borrowed line from the beautiful poem "Friendship" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A favorite moment from the poem: The world uncertain comes and goes; / The lover rooted stays.
Write about a friend– past, present, someone who: All things through thee take nobler form, / And look beyond the earth.