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30 in 30: Day 24 – Channel your energy

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Have you ever had someone tell you to write it out?

Even if you are feeling something that doesn’t seem to fit with what you are working, you should always try to find a way to channel that energy and throw it into your project.

This doesn’t always mean that your characters or your piece has to match the emotions you are feeling. Sometimes you  need to turn those emotions into motivation and write them out. Turn that stress and frustration into a beautifully creative piece. Use boredom as a time to throw your imagination into emergency boot camp.

 

So take whatever you are feeling and channel it. If you need to, time yourself to up the challenge factor.

 

Try to have some fun with this.

30 in 30: Day 23 – Anticipation

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Add some anticipation to your writing. Let your story, poem, or piece begin to build up to something that the reader may or may not see coming. Make sure not to give too much away. Leave bread crumbs. Let the clues add up. Let the pieces of the puzzle slowly come together.

Have fun!

30 in 30: Day 22 – Expansion

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Take a short poem, like a haiku or even a six word story/poem, and expand on it. Fit it into what you have been writing. Use one you haven’t written. Why? Because you need to imagine what the story is behind the piece. Imagine what was going on in the writer’s mind and run with it. How does that fit with what you are thinking with your writing.

Stretch the piece. Stretch your creativity.

Happy writing!

30 in 30: Day 21 – The character actor

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The character actor in a movie typically isn’t the star. Not only are they a supporting character but they are the glue that keeps the movie from being boring. However most movies would not survive without them. They provide depth the the movie. (They are usually my favorite characters.)

Create one for your fiction project. Write an essay about one. Develop a poem around the premise.

Play with it. Try some stuff. Think about your favorite character actors and your writing. Make something happen.

Trust me it will be amazing as long as you have fun with it!

30 in 30: Day 19 – Backstory

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Create some back story that doesn’t already exist in your writing. Pick a character you haven’t talked about much. Pick a topic you haven’t covered. Build up to what is already there.

 

Have fun with it!

30 in 30: Day 18 – Speed Drill

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Time yourself.

You’ve got fifteen minutes.

Start with a train of thought and run with it. It could be something on your character’s mind or something on your mind. It could be based off of a word or a feeling.

Just write. Do not stop writing until the fifteen minutes is up. Do not pause to think. Whatever you think is what you put down on paper.

Trust me… you can have fun with this!

Happy Writing!

30 in 30: Day 17 – When life happens…

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All the best plans get messed up in someone. Very few plans are executed as they were originally intended. That is life.

Take a moment to create a plan b and include it in your writing. Whatever your concept of plan b is, work it in. It is essentially the alternative but feel free to let your creativity roll with it however it sees fit.

The only rule is that you have fun with it!

30 in 30: Day 15 – Halftime Show

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Let’s throw in some lights and pyrotechnics. It is time for the halftime show. Feel free to insert a wardrobe malfunction, wave your lighter, shake you booty, or cause a massive power outage. Just do something exciting right now with your writing. Everyone’s idea of exciting is different so that is all the help I can give you.

Just have fun with it!

30 in 30: Day 14 – Go ahead. Get it over with.

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Okay, so you know that topic you have been avoiding. You know, the scene you really don’t want to write. There is always that poem you have on your mind but don’t want to go there just yet.

Guess what, tomorrow might not happen.

WRITE IT NOW!

No matter how awkward or troublesome it may be, put it down on paper or type it out. You can always trash, burn, or delete it later. You never know, it may add something wonderful to your collection or story. If anything, you will have leapt that hurdle and can move on to the next one.

Happy Writing!

 

30 in 30: Day 13 – Toss in some randomness

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Toss in five new words. By new words I mean words that you would not typically use otherwise. You can open to random pages in the dictionary, look at a few word-of-the-day lists, or break out the thesaurus. Expand your vocabulary or make your character sound pretentious.

Get your list of words. Find thirty minutes to write. Then challenge yourself to write using those words in that time frame. Make sure that it remotely makes sense.

But more importantly, have fun!