Insert a bit of lateness in your piece. It can be an ode to how you feel about timeliness or it can be a bad habit your character has. A poem about time works too. Heck, you can even make a list of excuses as to why you are late.
Have fun with it!
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30 in 30: Day 23 – Anticipation
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!
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30 in 30: Day 22 – Expansion
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!
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30 in 30: Day 21 – The character actor
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!
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30 in 30: Day 18 – Speed Drill
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!
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30 in 30: Day 15 – Halftime Show
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!
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30 in 30: Day Twelve – Turn left… here!
Okay. Insert an argument. Let this argument start out with some tie in to what you have written previously or something deeply rooted to your character or theme. Then let the argument go left.
You know… when an argument takes on a life of it’s own and is no longer about what it started out to be about.
Yes. Do that.
Take it there.
The more absurd the better.
This makes for beautiful poetry and prose. It takes the reader on a journey that they are captivated with even though they clearly realize they are going in circles.
Have some fun today!
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30 in 30: Day Eleven – Monkey Wrench
Time to throw something in. No matter what you are writing you need to add this to the mix.
The theme is:
Finding Peace in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Okay… go ahead… you can make it work. No worries.
Have fun!
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30 in 30: Day Nine – Develop the picture
Your image that you described yesterday… take it and build something more from it. Build a scene. Make it a part of a poem. Write an essay on how that image relates to something, to your characters you created earlier, or to you. Develop that image.
Happy Writing!
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30 in 30: Day Eight – Meditate & Focus
Okay let’s try this.
Close your eyes.
Hum the first three lines to your favorite song.
Breathe deep.
Capture the first thing that comes to mind.
Hold that image in your mind for ninety seconds or so.
Now open your eyes and describe that image.
Use whatever format comes to you first.
Make sure you capture everything you saw in your mind. Capture what you felt.
Get it all down.
Happy Writing!
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