Our latest writing assignment is Where the road ends… – but that needn’t be a barrier to your creativity.
What kind of road will you (or your character) choose? A winding, overgrown country lane, a street of suburban houses, an unmade track into the desert or a busy motorway?
How are you travelling? Trudging on foot, or walking easily and confidently? Cursing at your unreliable, battered old truck? Or speeding along without a care in the world, until suddenly…
Are you alone, or accompanied by your family or dog, or following a crowd of others?
So, where can your journey lead you? Maybe at the end of the road there’s a town or building which will be important, a strange experience, an escape from danger or someone you’ve been waiting to meet. Perhaps you don’t know what you’ll find, and the point of your story or poem is the journey itself rather than the ending.
Of course, it may not be an actual road you’re travelling. A road can be a metaphor for your journey through life, or through an emotional experience.
The next Island Writers meeting is Tuesday 19th March, so if you haven’t thought about your assignment yet, it’s time to get writing. After all, who knows where the road ends?
