Making Things Up

Making anything up is a great exercise for the creative mind.  Anything you make up from scratch in your head offers the chance to practice.  I offer the silliest of little exercises here to keep you working, so forgive me, but if you do find any prompts or inspirations, I've done my work.


There are all sorts of holidays.  The big ones are New Years, Halloween, Fourth of July, etc.  They honor dates from history; the oldest of customs; beginnings, ends; famous historical figures.  The little ones, sometimes created on purpose for commerce; fun; or whatever other reason Groundhog Day or Sadie Hawkins Day came into existence.


Come up with a new holiday.  What does it celebrate?  What day is it?  Is it every year or only some?  What is it based on?  How is it celebrated?  What gets sold, what gets eaten, do people get together for dinner or a party or go out on the town?


Write it up however you want...