Archive for the ‘Creative Exercises’ Category

Will You Choose Fiction or Not Today?

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Today’s exercise for fiction writers is to write the dialogue for the following:

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The Wednesday Weave-a-Word Challenge Awaits

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Use the following words in a piece of fiction, or non-fiction.  As always, the order in which you use them is unimportant, as long as you use them all.

  1. Abyss
  2. Baseball
  3. Carols
  4. Feline
  5. Hem
  6. Jog
  7. Leaf
  8. Pottery
  9. Slander
  10. Walnut

I’d Like to Thank…..

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Following on from yesterday’s exercise, today your creative mission is to write an acceptance speech for an award.  This could be an award as a great parent, or a fabulous writer ….or if you aspire to act, why not think big and write your acceptance speech for your Oscar!    When you’re finished being modest about your talent and thanking everyone you need to for helping to achieve this precious prize, read your speech aloud and see if you’ve managed to do so in your allocated 45 seconds!

Do you have opinions to spare today?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

The annual Oscar ceremony was held a few days ago and statues given to those in the movie making business that the powers that be thought worthy.  Today’s exercise is to think about these ceremonies and write an opinion essay.  Perhaps you think they are great entertainment.  Perhaps you think that there are other professions that are more deserving of this kind of attention.  Perhaps you think that it’s just a publicity stunt to get more people to go to the movies and increase the profits for the movie companies.  Whatever you think, remember it’s a personal opinion so it can’t be wrong but it should be substantiated by reasons why you have this opinion.

There are Seeds Awaiting your Creativity Today

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Use any of the following as the beginning of a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

  • Bluebells were poking through when …….
  • The branches of the trees were outstretched like skeleton hands as the snow came down on ……..
  • On this day, ten years ago ……

How are your Descriptive Skills?

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Today your exercise is to write about ice, without actually using the word.  Your finished piece when read aloud should allow someone who can’t see ice understand what it is.

Weave a Word Wednesday

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Use the following 10 words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Word order isn’t important, but you must weave all 10 into your work.  Virtual chocolate to anyone who can do this in 250 words or less.

Olympic Coverage Opinions

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Write an opinionated essay about the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.  Did you think there was too much in the media about the games?  Did you think you were given a biased viewpoint in your local newspaper/TV channels?  Did you follow them with interest or did the hype leave you cold?  Did you think it was a Olympic Dream or a Olympic Disaster?

It’s the weekly story seeds, so today must be Friday!

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Use any of the following to begin a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

  1. Shona watched as Jed’s spade suddenly stopped digging in the ………
  2. Rainbows had always held a special attraction to ………
  3. Floods at that time of year were ………

Is procrastination your friend?

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

With so many things to do each day, most of us find that procrasination prevents us from getting as many ticks on the daily “to do” list as we should have managed.  How do you handle procrastination in your life?  Or is it handling you?

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