Welcome to the first edition of ‘Writing Prompt of the Week!’

Try to be as descriptive as possible as you write. Describe the clouds – what color of grey were they? Perhaps your persona or your characters will experience a sun shower instead. Ask yourself about the ambient temperature in your scene or poem, and whether it is more suited to snow, rain, sleet, or hail.

Go further; dig deeper. Was the rain pounding on the roofs? Was the snowstorm a blizzard or a sudden squall? Did the Weather linger, or did it give way to clear skies relatively quickly?

How does this weather affect you, your persona, or your characters? Perhaps it keeps them (or you) inside. Perhaps it prompts them to go outside.

Add a few extra layers to your work by making literary or Biblical references, or references to other more ancient mythologies. Perhaps the deluge was just like Noah’s Flood, or the puddles that gathered in the aftermath were large enough to hide Jonah’s whale beneath their surfaces.

Your task now is to write a poem, scene, or short story about rain, thunder, or the weather. Good luck!

P.S. I’d love to see what you come up with!