Archive for February, 2007

A timed exercise this morning - you’ve got a theme and 15 minutes, where will it take you?

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Timed exercise: The theme of your exercise is treasure. Set your watch or timer for 15 minutes and just write whatever comes to mind that incorporates the exercise theme.

Fiction or non-fiction - the choice is yours this morning!

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Write an essay or short story entitled Lost.

Putting a touch of reality into your fiction is today’s central theme.

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Today think about your morning routine. Write down what you do for the first hour after you get out of bed as if it were the routine for a character in a novel.

3 story seeds are planted. Take one of them and see what grows from it.

Friday, February 9th, 2007

The story seeds for this week are:

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5 minute speed writing exercise this morning!

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Get your timers at the ready and set them for 5 minutes. No editing. No stopping. Just read the word and start writing.

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Plan Ahead with Today’s Exercise!

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Think about one of the goals you’ve set yourself for 2007, and write down a logical series of realistic steps for achieving that goal. If you haven’t set one already, now would be a good time!

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Fiction Writing or Non Fiction Writing the choice is yours - take the title wherever your creativity flows.

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

The title for today’s exercise:

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Writers need to "keep it tight". Let’s see how you do with this exercise as the site relaunches!

Monday, February 5th, 2007

With no more than 250 words to use, write an overview of what you did during January. This shouldn’t be a list however, but a flowing paragraph as if you were writing it in a journal.

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