From the book, “Just Write One Thing Today; 365 Creative Prompts to Inspire You Every Day” by John Gillard
Photo from Creative Commons Flickr, Patrick Slaven
Jesus Wept
“Jesus wept” is the shortest sentence in the Bible, made up of only a noun and a verb. List random nouns and verbs below and see if any fit well enough together to create a short, impactful and perfectly crafted sentence.
Noun:
- Dogs
- Cats
- Fish
- Birds
- House
- Cars
- Waterbottles
- Fishing Poles
- Canoes
- Boats
Verb:
- Ran
- Walk
- Sing
- Dance
- Jumped
- Skip
- Cry
- Laugh
- Yelled
- Floated
Crafted Sentences:
- Fish jumped
- Birds sing
- House dance
- Canoes floated
- Cars ran
- Waterbottles floated
- Boats floated
- Fishing poles jumped
- Cars jumped
- Birds dance
- Birds jumped
- Birds skip
- Birds cry
- Birds laugh
- Birds yelled
- Birds floated
- Birds walk
- Fish dance
- Fish floated
- Cats ran
- Cats walk
- Cats floated
- Cats sing
- Cats jumped
- Cats yelled
- Cats laugh
- Cats cry
- Dogs ran
- Dogs walk
- Dogs floated
- Dogs sing
- Dogs jumped
- Dogs yelled
- Dogs laugh
- Dogs cry