Planning for a special outing is great isn’t it? Or is it?
Monday, June 30th, 2003Describe a day when your best laid out plans were either completely destroyed, or needed to be modified, because of unforeseen circumstances.
Archive for June, 2003
More idea seeds to spark your creativity.
Friday, June 27th, 2003Idea Seeds! Start your page with any of the following and see where your creative muse takes you:
Can you show and not tell your character’s opinions about things? Find out in today’s exercise.
Thursday, June 26th, 2003Your main character is spending a weekend in the country. Write a scene which shows how he/she feels about the environment they are in. At no point may you say outright “I love the country” or “I hate it here” or anything to that effect. SHOW not tell is the object of the exercise.
An opinion is required this morning.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2003Are school holidays too long? Write an opinion essay as if for your local newspaper giving your views on the length and amount of school vacations.
A weave-a-word challenge awaits you today.
Tuesday, June 24th, 2003Your 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.
"Summertime …and the living is easy." Or it is it?
Monday, June 23rd, 2003Think about the summer ahead. Write down your thoughts about it. What do you look forward to? What fills you with dread? Start with a title “My Summer” and write an essay on how you envisage your summer.
Three more idea seeds for your creative thoughts today.
Friday, June 20th, 2003Idea Seeds! Start your page with any of the following and see where your creative muse takes you:
What does our carry around stuff say about us? Think about this with your main character in mind as you write today’s exercise for fiction writers.
Thursday, June 19th, 2003What’s in your main character’s purse (handbag) and/or briefcase? What does it tell your reader about them?
Kitchen timers, watches and clocks at the ready for this morning’s timed exercise.
Wednesday, June 18th, 2003Write the title “Under the Stairs” 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 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!
Another weave-a-word challenge awaits you. For an added challenge why not pick another weave-a-word at random from the archives and use both sets of words in your exercise? No cheating and checking if the words are ok first! Pick a week and add the Tuesday exercise to this one! LOL
Tuesday, June 17th, 2003Your 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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