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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How do you react to change? Do you welcome it or is it something that you fear? Does it come too frequently in your life - or not frequently enough? Write an essay entitled: “On Change”.

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

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Is your main character competitive? Are they are good loser or a bad loser? Write a short scene today where they are playing their favourite game - and lose. Now write the same scene with your main character winning! Can you use this aspect of your character’s personality in your fiction writing?