Saving the Endangered Species
Choose an endangered species and write a detailed profile on it, including its habitat, challenges for survival, and what can be done to protect it. Incorporate interviews with conservationists and your own reflections on why this species matters.
Suggested length: An essay or article: 800 to 2,500 words
Start the clock
Pick a sprint, press start and keep going until it stops. Momentum beats polish on a first draft.
Make it yours
Three ways to take this prompt somewhere nobody else will.
- Find one surprising fact and build around it.
- Use one example from your own life.
- Open with a specific story, then widen out to the big idea.
Writing essays
A mind at work, one subject at a time.
An essay collection gathers short nonfiction pieces: personal, critical, funny or all three. What ties them together is the writer's voice and way of seeing.
What readers expect
- A distinctive voice
- Personal stakes
- Surprising connections
- Pieces that stand alone
A tip before you start
Follow a question, not a thesis. The pleasure of an essay is watching someone think.
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- A Butterfly's TransformationCreate a detailed non-fiction narrative about the life cycle of a butterfly, but intertwine it with thematic elements of transformation and growth in…
- A Meeting in the WildDescribe your most memorable encounter with wildlife, focusing on sensory details and the feelings it evoked in you.
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