Writing about the Weather

Regardless of what's going on in life we chat about the weather. It affects how we feel and relate to others. It also provides a motif or framework for writing. Why do we feel such concern about the wild force over which we have no power?

Create Write:  Write about the weather.

Consider its influence on a situation and how the character in your story or poem feels powerless or indifferent to its forces.  Show the emotional effects.

Have a type of weather act out his or her own concern about the weather.

Create a dialogue between two characters where talk of the weather sets a tone and replaces the necessary discussion at hand.

Use weather in a humorous way. Devise a series of dilemmas based on changes in the weather for a character.  Let comedy shine through.

Describe a scene where you dealt with challenges of weather.

Weather the storm and play in the sun today!