Use any of the following as the start of a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

1. A shot rang out across the ………
2. It had always been this way, and as far as Marny could see, there wasn’t any chance of ………
3. The exploitation of ………

Use all of the following in a piece of flash fiction - that’s 250 words or less! 

1. Abstain
2. Courage
3. Domain
4. Foster
5. Leaving
6. Mermaid
7. Rattle
8. Startle
9. Willow
10. Yearling

Type the title at the top of the page, set your timer for 20 minutes and then see where the theme of the exercise takes you.  Fiction or non-fiction, the choice is yours!

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Write a piece of fiction or non-fiction where a picnic plays an important role.  Use apporpriate language that shows the setting both in terms of location and time for the picnic.

If you had the opportunity to “do-over” one particular time in your school life what would it be?  Write a journal entry about how that day was, and how it would be if you could go back and do it over - would you do it the same, or would it have a different outcome?

Use any of the following as the first words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction. 

1. As usual the coffee served at the ………
2. Fishing had been his passion - right up until that day when ………
3. “And so what am I supposed to do now?”  I asked the ………

An exercise in writing dialogue today.

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Use all of the following a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Word order doesn’t matter as long as you use them all.  Use them all in a piece of writing less than 350 words in length and give yourself a virtual gold star!

1. Bloated
2. Error
3. Image
4. Kennel
5. Minor
6. Pungent
7. Quiet
8. Scratch
9. Tumor
10. Waiver

Set your timer for 20 minutes, write the title at the top of your page and then see where your creativity takes you.

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You’ve been offered a large amount of money to appear in the reality show of your choice.  Write about the show you’d choose (make one up if you don’t want to choose an existing one), and explain why you’d choose this particular kind of reality show instead of one of the others.