Tell Your Story

We have begun the tenth week of Tell Us Your Story!  We encourage you to select any of the prompts below (or from any of the prompts previously posted in HCPL’s blog) that inspires you and share your story with us here.

Writing prompts for the week of July 06:

Adults

1. How do you feel about traveling at this time? Have you had to cancel or modify plans for a family vacation? Are you doing something else instead?
2. What change would you like to see in the world? How can we as individuals and as a community make that change occur?

Teens

1. Create a piece of art to reflect your thoughts on the pandemic. It can be a drawing, painting, photograph, poem, song, dance, short video, etc. Get creative!
2. Do you use social media? What are some positive and negative aspects? How can it be improved?

Kids

1. Do you like wearing a mask? Do you have any with a fun design? Did you make some yourself?
2. July 1^st was International Joke Day. Tell us your favorite joke!

Today begins the ninth week of “Tell Us Your Story”.  You are encouraged to select any of the prompts below (or from any of the prompts previously posted in HCPL’s blog) that inspires you and share your story with us here. Feel free to include drawings, artwork, photos and poems.

Writing prompts for the week of June 29:

Adult

1. Have you or anyone you know contracted COVID-19? If you feel comfortable, elaborate on what that experience was like.

2. Does change scare you, or do you embrace it?

Teens

1. Are you nervous about a second wave of COVID-19 occurring later this summer or in the fall? If so, how do you cope with those feelings of fear?

2. Do you have a favorite piece of African American art (music, book, movie, etc.)?

Kids

1. What has been your least favorite part about this pandemic?

2. What does being different mean to you?

Today we begin the eighth week of “Tell Us Your Story”! Please feel free to select any of the prompts below that inspires you and share your story with us here. Be as creative as you would like, and you can also include drawings, artwork, photos and poems.

Elementary students, download your own “Tell Your Story” booklet to print, fill out and submit to HCPL. All students’ booklets will be scanned and compiled into a book.

Adults

1. We’ve had some shortages of items.  What do you think will be the next thing that is hard to find in stores?
2. Best Friends’ Day was June 8th.  Who was your best friend in high school?  Are they still your “bestie”?  How has your relationship changed?

Teens

1. Do you feel it’s better to wash your hands with soap and water or to use hand sanitizer?
2. Do you like manga?  What’s your favorite series?  If not, why?

Kids

1. What changes do you think there will be in your classroom this fall?
2. What qualities make a good teacher?

As we begin week 7 of the Tell Us Your Story project, we are surprised to have received so few responses to the weekly prompts. It is our hope that if any of the prompts posted from May 5 through the present–from any age range–inspires you, that you will share that story with us. We also welcome your poems, drawings and photographs!

Click here for more details and to share your story. If you would like to review previous weeks’ writing prompts, please click here.

Writing prompts for week 7

Adults
1. Has the pandemic situation made you more grateful or appreciative of things or people in your life? Have you become aware of things you previously took for granted?
2. What charities do you donate to and why?

HCPL would like to hear your story and preserve it for future generations. Your story is important–share as much or as little as you would like, and feel free to send drawings, photos or poems in response to the prompts. Choose any of the prompts below that inspire you, and share your story any time by clicking here.

Week 6 writing prompts

Adults
1. How do you feel about the new normal now that many restaurants & places of business are back open (with modified rules, masks, etc.)?
2. How has racism touched your life? What could be done to improve our community/country?

As we enter the fifth week of “Tell Us Your Story”, we at HCPL encourage you to select a prompt below that inspires you and to share your story here. Be as creative as you’d like–you can also submit drawings, artwork, photos and poems.

Writing prompts for the week of June 1:

Adults
1. Did you read your first on-line book during this time? Did you like it? Will you do it again?
2. What is your favorite type of book? Mystery, Historical, Romance, Non-fiction, How -to?

The Harrison County Public Library invites you to respond to the following writing prompts during the pandemic.  You may choose to write from the prompts that inspire you and include artwork.  Your submissions will be archived in the Frederick Porter Griffin Center and may be included in a time capsule.

Click here to submit your work to HCPL.  There is no deadline; enter your story when convenient to you. You are encouraged to submit drawings, artwork, photos and poems, and please feel free to select a prompt from any age range.

Writing prompts for week 4:

Adults

1. How has Covid-19 affected your work life? Are you working from home? What adjustments have you made?
2. Tell us about your favorite hobby.

Teens

1. What is your favorite meme (PG please!) right now and how does it relate to our current situation?
2. Tell us about a place you’ve never been but would like to visit someday.

Kids

1. Have you done any family projects or activities during the quarantine? Have you built or created something together?
2. Tell us about any pets you have or one you would like to have.

The Harrison County Public Library invites you to be creative in responding to weekly writing prompts during this pandemic.  You may choose to write from the prompts that inspire you and include artwork.  Your submissions will be archived in the Frederick Porter Griffin Center and may be included in a time capsule.

Click here to submit your work to HCPL.  There is not a deadline–enter your story when convenient to you. You are encouraged to submit drawings, artwork, photos and poems, and please feel free to select a prompt from any age range.

Be sure to take a few minutes and enjoy the short video below that draws parallels between the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and today’s COVID-19 pandemic in Harrison County.

Writing prompts for the week of May 18, 2020:

Kids

1. Write a Covid-19 inspired poem to or about first responders/healthcare/frontline workers.
2. Tell us about your idol/hero.

Teens

1. Tell us how you cope with fear and anxiety during this time.
2. What are your aspirations?

Adults

1. What has worried you the most during this pandemic?
2. Spring has begun–have you noticed anything different this year about nature?

Today we begin week two of “Tell Us Your Story” writing prompts!

Please click here for more details and to submit your writing, art, poetry and photos. Feel free to select a prompt from any age range.

Prompts for the week of May 11:

Adults
1. What have you learned about yourself or someone close to you while you were quarantined?
2. What traits do you admire in others?

Teens
1. How does eLearning (online) compare with face-to-face learning?
2. What is your favorite hobby and how does it make you feel?

Kids
1. Tell us about your daily routine during quarantine. Do you have a set time to get started? Do you work straight through and get it all done or do you take breaks?
2. What is your favorite poem (or nursery rhyme)? Why do you like it?