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!
Since we just celebrated Labor Day yesterday, and by celebrated, I mean that my daughter’s daycare was closed, so I absolutely did not celebrate, let’s write about jobs.
PROMPT
Write three (3) sentences about the worst job you’ve ever had.
Now, write three (3) about the best job you’ve ever had.
Pick one sentence of these six as your opening line and write a scene, essay, flash piece, poem, etc. utilizing one or more of your past jobs–good, bad, or both!
Happy Labor Day!
*Quick note: These workshops are starting this week! (both will be recorded if you can’t attend live.)
Just hopping in to share my worst and best...
WORST JOB: Athletic retail store associate
BEST JOB: Waitress at a dive bar in hollywood
Anyone else care to share!?
WORST JOB: customer rep at a health insurance company 😵💫
BEST JOB: Managing Write or Die (duh)