May 19, 2014 Prompt #18 Instructions Locate an object in your home that is generally considered ordinary, outdated, or unnecessary. Don’t spend too much time thinking about what to choose. One option: If you have a junk drawer in your home or accumulated odds and ends at the bottom of a bag, close your eyes,Continue reading “Junk Drawer”
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Sensory Weekend: Rolling Up Your Sleeves
May 18, 2014 Prompt #17 Today features a short prompt: less background, no further writing or writing group variations. Enjoy getting your hands dirty. Instructions Describe an action below. Include at least four different senses. Write for 15 minutes. Digging a hole. Shucking six ears of corn. Plastering cracks in a wall.Continue reading “Sensory Weekend: Rolling Up Your Sleeves”
Sensory Weekend: Smokin’
May 17, 2014 Prompt #16 Today and tomorrow feature short prompts: less background, no writing group variations. Have a good weekend! Surgeon General’s Warning If you are not a smoker, don’t light up to complete this exercise. Work from memory or sit near smokers and take notes. Instructions Write for 10Continue reading “Sensory Weekend: Smokin’”
Sensory Week: Taste
May 16, 2014 Prompt #15 To wrap up Sensory Week, it’s our long-awaited taste prompt. To enrich this exercise, I’ve included other senses as well. Tuck a napkin under your chin and let’s get started. Instructions Choose a fruit that you enjoy (or dislike) for this exercise. Other foods can work too; you mayContinue reading “Sensory Week: Taste”
Creating Atmosphere
May 10, 2014 Prompt #9 Here’s one of my favorite kids/science nerd jokes: Q. Why did the restaurant on the moon go out of business? A. Because it had no atmosphere! Like a good restaurant, good writing needs atmosphere, which I loosely define as the mood, tone, or feel of the piece. What contributes toContinue reading “Creating Atmosphere”
What If?
May 2, 2014 • Exercise #1 This first exercise gives you a series or words and phrases to work with. I suggest printing the text below on a sheet of lined paper or typing it onto a fresh electronic page. Once you’ve finished that, start your 10-minute times and fill in the blanks with a shortContinue reading “What If?”
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