Describe your hair and skin care routine.

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.
With the end of April quickly approaching, it’s ALL "A’s" today!

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Make a list of the chores you do DAILY in your home. Pick the one you like least and then write about it. What does it involve? Why do you dislike it so much? Could there be a way of you ever liking this particular chore?

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

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One of your main characters is from a small town (invent a character if this doesn’t fit with your current work-in-progress). They lived there for at least the first sixteen years of their life – they may still do so. Describe the character of the town. How has living in this town helped to form your character’s personality? What characteristics and values does your character have that can be traced back to living within this community for so many of his/her formative years.

Write the title, "The Thing About Chocolate", at the top of your page, set your timer for 20 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. When 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!

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 does Easter mean to you? Is it a time of religious connotations and traditions? A time for family to get together? Another excuse for the commercial bandwagon to annoy you, or a time to celebrate the coming Spring? Write the title "My Thoughts On Easter" at the top of your page and start writing.

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

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The names we give our main characters are a crucial part of their "make-up". Do you choose the name first and then assign characteristics – or do you look at the characteristics you want your character to have and then assign a name you think of as appropriate?

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