Start your story/non-fiction with any of the following and see where they lead.

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It’s New Years Eve in your novel/story, and your protagonist has been invited to a party. Decide the kind of event and dress her/him accordingly. As they enter the room in which the party is being held, the first person they see is the antagonist of your novel/story - write the scene that follows.

Write a review of your year. Think about it month by month, what were the highlights, lowlights, what stands out, what comes back to you as you think about it that you’d forgotten. Start with a heading "My 2004" and continue from there.

Use all of the following words in a single piece of fiction or non-fiction.

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Write a journal entry summarising the highlights reflecting your Holiday season this year. Assess if it went the way you wanted it to, or if there were things you wish had been different.

Write about the most thoughtful gift you’ve ever received. Then write about the most thoughtful gift you’ve even given someone else.

Use all of the following words in one piece of of fiction or non-fiction, maybe a scene from your novel, or the start of something new. It’s Christmas - so here’s a challenge of 15 words instead of the usual 10!

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Each year people become more and more creative with their Holiday decorations. Describe how you have decorated your home for the Christmas period? Are you a minimalist with perhaps a few touches of nature, or do you go all the way and have every window twinkling and the garden aglow with lit up reindeer and snowmen? Write a "snapshot" of how your home is dressed this Holiday season.

Use any of the following to start a piece of fiction or non-fiction.

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Your protagonist finds a $20 bill on the sidewalk. There appears to be no-one around, so she picks it up and starts walking again. Someone runs after her and points to the money she’s still holding in her hand.

Write the scene that follows!