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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Start the week with an opinion! Write an essay giving your opinion on public zoos. Do you think they are good for animals or not?

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

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Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US which took the lives of thousands of people. Take your exercise writing time today as a time to reflect on that day, and what you remember of it.

A timed exercise today. Write the title “The Brightest Star” 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!

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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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How was your day yesterday? Write a horoscope for yourself that would accurately reflect the kind of day you experienced!