Bombogenesis? Frazil? Haboob?
Those “weather” words (check out this link at Dictionary.com) are a bit esoteric, but there are plenty more ordinary words related to weather that can make terrific writing prompts.
For example:
- Describe your first memory of snow.
- Describe your first memory of hot chocolate.
- Tell the story of the woman who lived in Seattle but yearned for a desert.
- Explain to a Man From Mars about the smell of autumn leaves.
- Write a letter to Summer, asking it to visit you soon.
- Write a letter to the other seasons, asking whatever you want.
- Make a prayer for rain.
- Conjure fire on the mountain.
- Tell us about thunder and lightning and that kiss.
- Explain the allure of a lukewarm pond on a blistering hot day.
- Make a list of reasons you like Spring.
- Describe – in slow motion – fog moving in through the Golden Gate.
- Use the first sentence of a daily forecast as the beginning of a story.
And so forth and so on. There are writing prompts everywhere. And with everyone talking about the weather, why not use some of those words?
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I lead writing workshops in the Bay Area, and spend much of my so-called free time writing. To support my avocation (and my family) I sell residential real estate in San Francisco; for more about that visit RealEstateTherapy.org or CynthiaCummins.com.