Can you believe it’s Friday again?  Where does the week go?

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Write a letter to your local newspaper (whether or not to send it is up to you) drawing attention to your favorite good cause, and encouraging readers to support it.

Use the following 10 words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

• Bench
• Dresser
• Fleece
• Impede
• Magnified
• Olive
• Prison
• Seclusion
• Tracks
• Ventilation

Set your timer for 20 minutes, type the title at the top of the page and start typing.  Stop when your timer goes off and read back what you’ve created!

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What ignites your passion?  Write about the main passion in your life.

Use any of the following to start a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Only the words are set in concrete, the slant you put on their meaning is left to your creativity.

1. Candles surrounded the ………
2. It was a restless crowd that ………
3. There was no breeze yet the empty swing ………

Set your timer for 20 minutes, type/write the title at the top of your page, and start typing.

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Use all of the following in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Extra points for completing a short article or piece of flash fiction in less than 350 words!

• Madness
• Magenta
• Manicure
• Mercury
• Meticulous
• Miniscule
• Muse
• Musical
• Musky
• Mysterious

Write a fictional scene where your protagonist makes a bad choice, then summarize how the consequences of this choice will affect the rest of her story. 

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Which red carpet celebrity would you like to invite to dinner?  What would you serve?  What would you like to chat to them about.  Write a journal entry as if they had just left.