Read the location passage. What questions would you ask the author? What would help you understand the author's viewpoint?
Added TEXTure.
Writing is about more than just words. Look around to discover what textures are most prevalent in this place. Do a texture rubbing using a piece of paper and a crayon or pencil.
In the Margins.
What inspires you most
about this place? Draw
a quick doodle of it in
the margin of one of
your books.
Found sound.
Walk around the location and record the sounds of surroundings. Did what you hear depend on what time you visited?
Backward / Forward.
Cities change—what did your location look like in 1920? What will it look like in 2120?
Footnotes.
Find another perspective by walking to a different spot around this location. Do you notice anything new? Which of your five senses notices a change first?
Strike a Prose.
Write a short passage describing how this place inspires you.
Love Letter / BreakUp Letter.
Think about your relationship
with the place you’re visiting
or perhaps with your own
neighborhood. Is it time to
commit? Or time to let go?
Write a letter as if you’re speaking
directly to the place you have
in mind.
Field Notes.
Explore your stream of consciousness by writing down every thought that enters your mind.
