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Prompts and Inspiration
Prompts
1. Write about a place in nature that you have an emotional connection to. What is it like? Why is it so special to you?
2. What’s a bizarre plant you didn’t know existed? Research it.
3. You’re gardening one day. You run your hands through the soil, and they brush up against something hidden in the dirt. What is it?
Photo by Rahul Shah
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Photo by Piotr Kurczynski
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Inspiration
The Loose Leaf Journal takes a lot of its thematic inspiration from titles like Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne and The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin.
These works highlight the environment and nature in differing ways, but still center it in their novels. Both comment on class and gender, also, while using the environment in a meaningful way.