Are you a blogger?  Have you thought about blogging but haven’t done anything about it yet?  Have you no intention of ever writing a blog?  What’s your views on the blogging craze - write an opinionated essay on them.

Use the following components as your set guidelines - how you incorporate them is up-to-you, but they all must be in the piece of writing somewhere:

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Who do you love?   What 5 words would you use to describe this person, and why do these words fit the person?

Write a personal journal entry that has any mode of transport (car, train, plane, etc) as the central theme. 

Start your work with any of the following and see where it leads:

1. Jasmine’s stomach lurched as she saw …….
2. It had been a lovely day, even when the kids had ……
3. The headlines said it all. “Missing!” ……

Writing dialogue is the downfall of many an otherwise good fiction writer so this morning’s exercise is to work those creative muscles on an imaginery conversation.

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What’s the cause of obesity in today’s society?  Is it really the fast food outlets?  Or is it the individual’s choice of what to eat, or could it be that we have to pack so much into each day that we end up turning to fast food because we’re just too tired or too busy to cook?  Write an essay voicing your opinion.

When writing fiction it’s usually necessary to create a sense of place - and probably not a place you’re currently in.  This is where the ability to visualize something in your mind and be able to describe it comes in useful.  So with that in mind, this morning’s exercise is as follows:

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As you can see there’s been a few changes here at Wake up Writing as I’m dragged kicking and screaming into a more technically advanced way of doing things. 

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The only rules with idea seeds is that you start your writing with one of the following:

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