Idea Seeds! Start your page with any of the following and see where your creative muse takes you:

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Other people often see us differently than how we perceive ourselves to be. Using your storyline as background, describe your character firstly through the eyes of his/her parents, and then from the point of view of a partner/lover. Are they identical? Which does your character consider to be the nearest to how they are? Which is the closest to the character you originally created?

Write the title "The Stranger" at the top of your page, set your timer for 15 minutes and then start. Keep the writing going until your timer goes off. Fiction, non-fiction, personal memory – it doesn’t matter. Whatever the title brings to mind, write it down. You’re your timed session is over, read through what you’ve wrote – maybe there’s the start of a new work in progress there, or the bones of an article just needing some meat on it!

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Your exercise today is to incorporate all of the following words into an article, short story, poem or whatever comes to mind. You must use all of the words (in any order) to complete the exercise, but the context in which they are used is up to you. Think about the words for a few minutes before you start to write and see what pictures come to mind - then see if you can weave them all together into a piece of writing.

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Which invention or appliance in your home has improved your quality of life the most?

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1. The wheels bumped an announcement of arrival to ….

2. Beverley sighed gently as she ….

3. Piles of dry leaves remained untouched on ….

The Promise: One of your main characters has made a promise in his/her life. To whom was this promise made, under what circumstances and what was promised? Write a scene for your novel/short story where this promise is kept.

Write the title, "The Rainbow" at the top of your page, set your timer and then start writing whatever comes into your mind about this title. Keep the writing going until your timer goes off. Fiction, non-fiction, personal memory – it doesn’t matter. Whatever the title brings to mind, write it down. When you timed session is over, read through what you’ve wrote – maybe there’s the start of a new work in progress there, or the bones of an article just needing some meat on it!

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Your exercise today is to incorporate all of the following words into an article, short story, poem or whatever comes to mind. You must use all of the words (in any order) to complete the exercise, but the context in which they are used is up to you. Think about the words for a few minutes before you start to write and see what pictures come to mind - then see if you can weave them all together into a piece of writing.

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What, or who, is the biggest inspiration in your life? Write an essay describing why, and how, you derive so much from this source.