PROMPT: You have two choices. Choose one (1) of the following, and please number it:

1) Hitting Budapest: Noviolet Bulawayo depicts her childhood growing up in Zimbabwe. She is able to depict the conditions in these countries while still telling the story of her childhood. Tell a story from your childhood that also depicts the time and place you grew up.

Examples: In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou depicts her childhood growing up in Arkansas; in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee depicts young Scout Finch’s childhood growing up in Alabama. Both are childhood stories, but both also depict conditions in the deep south in the mid-twentieth century.

2) The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon: What is your work-related story? Is it your first job? Your current position? If you do not have a job-related story that you want to write about, still, the Coyote Ugly story can be useful as a prompt. For example, that bar was a little community all on its own. What little community have you seen or been a part of, whether in school, at work, in the neighborhood, on the playing fields, etc.