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

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Describe your protagonist’s dream proposal and wedding? Who would propose? How? Where? What kind of wedding do they hope to have? Write an essay in their voice entitled "My Dream Wedding".

Often writers are given strict guidelines to follow by editors of magazines. This exercise has similar rules! You may write whatever genre you feel comfortable in, perhaps you may even find yourself writing a fictional news story, but you must keep true to the three compulsory elements.

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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 does winter mean to you? Write down your thoughts in three sentences. Try and make every word count so that your end result is three succinct sentences that encompass your feelings about this season.

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

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What does your protagonist consider his/her worst personality flaw? Write a scene where this is uncovered.

Write the title “A Siren’s Wail” at the top of your page, set your timepiece for 20 minutes, and then start writing - free writing, no editing. See where your creativity takes you with this - fiction, non-fiction, poetry? Only your muse knows.

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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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Describe 3 of your strongest non-physical characteristics. How do these characteristics show themselves as being stronger than others you have.