Set your timer for 20 minutes, write the title at the top of the page and then start writing and see what kind of story you create with it.

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Use all of the following in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  The order in which they’re used doesn’t matter as long as you use them all:

• cycle
• expediate
• grain
• liable
• mulched
• poach
• quandary
• rhubarb
• tepid
• vanity

Write a story that must contain the following components:

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Think about your current state of health.  Write down how you’re feeling, and whether you feel things are OK, or if your health is generally improving or becoming worse.  Then objectively consider whether or not your lifestyle conbributes towards your health status, and if so is this in a positive or negative way.

Start a piece of fiction with any of the following and see where your creativity takes you:

1. The engine burst loudly into life, jolting the ………
2. It doesn’t really matter what happens next, the damage was done the moment that ……..
3. Waves swept up the empty beach, removing all evidence of ………

Ok, so today we’re going to be a little inflexible - see how your creativity handles it!

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Describe your favorite place to be outside of your home.  This is to be somewhere that’s not part of your property at all.  It could be part of your neighborhood, or town - or it could be somewhere far from where you live.  What makes this place special to you?

The scene before you is a swimming pool.  Beside it a pile of clothing, a tipped over patio chair and a plastic drinking glass floats on top of the pool.

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Do you think your tax dollars are being spent correctly?  What would your priority spending areas be if you controlled where they went?

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

• A tired dog was dragging ……..
• Down the track, the one that led to the ………
• Discipline, that’s what’s lacking in ………