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

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Your protagonist returns home to find that her front door is unlocked and slightly ajar. Write the scene from there.

Use vocabulary that builds the suspense.

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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You’ve been asked to come up with a topic for a documentary. What subject do you choose to be investigated and examined? Why does this particular topic interest you?

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

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Your protagonist has received an invitation to their ten-year high school reunion. Are they thrilled or subdued at the thought? Who are they most looking forward to seeing and why? Then write the scene from where they are about to walk into the reunion and meet this person.

Write the title “A Fairground Attraction” at the top of your page, set your timer for 15 minutes and start writing. See where your muse takes you.

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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Which decade have you enjoyed the most culturally? Write about the main memories you have about that time - what you wore, read, watched, listened too. What made this a special time for you?

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