Writing Prompts

Writers are Readers, and Readers are Writers

Using context clues, describe the Rhame family. How big is it? What religion are they? How well off are they?
Do you think Iris or Collette is the dominant force in their friendship? Explain why.
Sergeant Wood says that the police only looked for Elijah Landry because his grandfather was the Parish president. What do you think he meant by that?
Compare and contrast Mrs. Thacker and Old Mrs. Landry. How are they alike? How are they different? Do you think they would be friends?
Do you think Shea and Ben Duvall were right to defend their mother the way they did? Why or why not?

Write a vignette that introduces your reader to Jules and Cecily Claiborne.
Choose a scene from the book and write it from another character's point of view.
Miles Took at the barbershop "exaggerates" and Mr. Ourso at the convenience store likes to change the way he sorts his stock. If you could add a new shopowner to Ondine, what would their name be, and what would be their most interesting trait?
Invent another game that Iris and Collette might have played together before this summer.
Write the scene between Nan Burkett and Elijah Landry, when they have their last conversation.