Dialogue writing is one of the writing skills that many fiction writers grapple with.  Write out your response to the exercise and then read it back aloud and see if it flows as a natural conversation or stilted.  If it’s stilted, take a look at the places where it doesn’t flow and see if you can correct it.

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Use the following prompt as the start of a journal entry.

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

• At a time of year when birds with good sense were flying south, here was I ………
• The stadium crowd rose to its feet as one.  They roared their approval as one, right up to the moment when ………
• Foreclosure? 

Consider the debate topic below, then argue for or against it.  Once you’ve done that, try to see if you can switch your opinion and successfully debate the argument for the other side.

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Use all of the following in a piece of fiction (or non-fiction if you’re really creative and looking for a challenge!) - word order isn’t important.

1. Catastrophe
2. Elegant
3. Gossip
4. Interweave
5. Medium
6. Originate
7. Plank
8. Season
9. Travesty
10. Viola

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

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Write a journal entry by writing the words below and then continue writing according to your life experiences:

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You know the drill!  Use any of the following to start a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

• Brandy stepped onto the quivering ………
• Blackberries, big, juicy, inviting were hanging heavy on the ………
• The annual harvest celebration was in full swing when ………

Type/write the title at the top of your page, set your timer for 20 minutes, then off you go!  See where your creativity takes you - it might not be in such an obvious direction as the title at first implies!

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Use each of the following in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.

1. Alligator
2. Cream
3. Easier
4. Gallop
5. Lean
6. November
7. Plaid
8. Revenge
9. Tangerine
10. Vendor