Archive for March, 2010

More Friday Story Seeds

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Use any of the following to start a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Only the words are set in concrete, the slant you put on their meaning is left to your creativity.

  1. Candles surrounded the ………
  2. It was a restless crowd that ………
  3. There was no breeze yet the empty swing ………

Timers at the Ready This Morning!

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Set your timer for 20 minutes, type/write the title at the top of your page, and start typing.

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March Madness in Today’s Weave-a-Word Challenge!

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Use all of the following in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Extra points for completing a short article or piece of flash fiction in less than 350 words!

  • Madness
  • Magenta
  • Manicure
  • Mercury
  • Meticulous
  • Miniscule
  • Muse
  • Musical
  • Musky
  • Mysterious

Choices

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Write a fictional scene where your protagonist makes a bad choice, then summarize how the consequences of this choice will affect the rest of her story. 

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner!

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Which red carpet celebrity would you like to invite to dinner?  What would you serve?  What would you like to chat to them about.  Write a journal entry as if they had just left.

This Week’s Supply of Story Seeds have Arrived!

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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

  1. Overnight the snow had thawed to reveal ………
  2. Squeals and chaos followed ………
  3. The daily 5 mile jog helped ………

Timers at the ready this morning!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Set your timer for 20 minutes, write the title at the top of your page, and start writing.  Simple, yes?

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Wednesday’s Weave-a-Word Challenge is Here!

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Use all of the following words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Word order isn’t important, just make sure you use them all.  The super-star challenge today is to use all 10 in a piece of short fiction that is a complete story in less than 300 words!

  • Copious
  • Flip-flops
  • Glaze
  • Homework
  • Interrogate
  • Knitted
  • Panel
  • Sizzle
  • Terminate
  • Waterfall

Shall We Dance?

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Today’s creative writing exercise is to write a scene where your protagonist attends a dance.  What kind of dance, who they take with them, what happens there etc is all up to you! 

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Are you a Slave to your Cell?

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Imagine waking up one morning and finding that cell phones were illegal.  Write about how you would feel.  Would this affect your life in a positive or a negative way?  Have you ever tried going without your cell phone for 24-48 hours (no texting/calls incoming or outgoing) either because you wanted to consciously take a break from it, or because you left it at home?  Did you enjoy the experience or did it make you unsettled?  How much of a slave to your cell phone are you?