Letters From Summer Camp
Imagine your character is a child or camp counselor at a summer camp that is the setting of a horror-comedy movie. Write a letter home to family or friends from your character’s perspective, telling your family about the strange happenings at camp.
Imagine if you were a child sent to the summer camp in Friday the 13th or any of the many horror films that used or made fun of the scary summer camp trope. What kind of letter might you write home to your parents?
Creative Writing Prompt: Letters From Summer Camp
Imagine your character is a child or camp counselor at a summer camp that is the setting of a horror-comedy movie. Write a letter home to family or friends from your character's perspective, telling your family about the strange happenings at camp.
Post your response (500 words or fewer) in the comments below.
About Cassandra Lipp
Cassandra Lipp is managing editor of Writer's Digest. She is the author of Queen City Records, which tells the stories behind the indie record shops of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Her work has appeared in Greener Pastures, The Belladonna, Little Old Lady, Points in Case, and Ohio's Best Emerging Poets 2019. Follow her on Twitter @Cassie000000.
