Write the following title at the top of your page, set your timer for 15 minutes and then see where your muse takes you with the suggested topic.
A Time Out to Remember

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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Arriving at the bus-stop as the bus had pulled away had been bad enough, the but siren red sportscar that had sped through the large puddle near the curb completely soaking her new outfit was just too much to take, especially after..

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

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One of the fiction writer’s tasks is the draw the reader into the world of the protagonist by using words that evoke a sense of emotion, time and place. This morning, write a scene that places your protagonist at odds with the beauty and joy of the newly born spring morning.

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’s on your desk/workspace? Make a list and say whether or not it’s all necessary or whether some of it needs to be relocated.

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