{"id":11650,"date":"2022-06-01T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=11650"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:08:55","slug":"colors-and-moods-prompt-655","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/colors-and-moods-prompt-655\/","title":{"rendered":"Colors and Moods . . . Prompt #655"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am fascinated with finding writing prompts in a variety of places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s prompt is inspired from the Editor\u2019s Letter in Better & Homes Gardens magazine, April 2018, by Stephen Orr, Editor-in-Chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cColor Theory\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRemember mood rings? As a kid, I was obsessed for one hot Texas summer about the idea that the \u2018jewel\u2019 in those rings could indicate how a person was feeling emotionally: Pink was happy, black was depressed, blue was optimistic. My little glass oval was often an indecipherable shade of puce . . .\u201d \u2014 Stephen Orr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What mood would you assign to these colors?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purple<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yellow<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orange<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose a color and write what mood, or emotion, or character trait comes up for you when you think about this color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using color when writing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describe your character by the colors they wear, or what colors they surround themselves with where they live, or work, or their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use color in an emotional scene to match your character\u2019s mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Utilize color to describe a space: Home, city, workplace, yard, vacation spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let color be your work horse as a force in your writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have fun with color!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about color:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Know Your Colors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paint Color<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describe colorful character using similes and metaphors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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