Set your watch, kitchen timer, whatever, for 20 minutes, write the title "Through the window I see….." as the first few words of your page, and then continue down. Now no running backwards and forwards to the window - this doesn’t have to be the window in your room, your house, or even a real window at all! This can be fiction if you so choose. See where your muse takes you with it.

Use the following words in any order to produce a piece of fiction or non-fiction.

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Mentally go through your usual weekly grocery shopping list. Choose 6 things that you MUST buy each week. Why are these 6 more essential than the rest. Then choose 4 items that you would miss out if you had too - why these and not some of the others? Which item would you never not buy, regardless how little money you had? Why is this item so essential to your weekly shop?

Set your alarm for 20 minutes, write the title “The Avenue of Whispers” at the top of your page - and start writing. Don’t stop until the 20 minutes is up. What did you end up with? Is it a possible short story? Could it be the inspiration behind a novel? Is it a piece of non-fiction suggested by the title? Who knows where freewriting can take you.

Use the following words in a single piece of fiction or non-fiction. Will you take the obvious route, or can your creative muse weave a little magic and take a road less traveled?

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Write a journal entry about the most romantic day, or even moment, that you have either experienced or witnessed. It can be real, or something that you saw on tv or in a movie. What was so special about that one memory that took your breath away?

Your protagonist is sick with chicken pox. The doctor has told them to stay home from work. How do they fill their time?

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The headline reads "Man Extinguishes Off Bush Fire". Twist this headline any which way you like - just write the story to go with it!

Use the following words, in any order, in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.

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Ebay, the online auction site, is where you’ll find almost anything you could possibly wish to purchase. Your assignment today is to sell yourself! Well not literally - unless of course the idea appeals!

What I’d like you to do is to write an ad that would offer you as the "lot" for sale. Think about your best attributes and present yourself in your best light.