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Fall Back Into Creativity: Day 8
Describe a recent vivid dream.
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Fall Back Into Creativity: Day 6
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Has that changed as you got older?
Are you there yet?
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Fall Back Into Creativity: Day 5
What bothers you? What really gets under your skin?
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Fall Back Into Creativity: Intro and Day 1
Whether you are struggling with a creative block or gearing up to work on a big project; this month’s set of prompts are designed to get you going.
It doesn’t matter if you are a writer, painter, photographer, or musician. No matter what your method of expressing creativity, take each prompt and express yourself. As a writer, you can choose to respond to the prompts as yourself or look through the eyes of a character you have created.
No matter what, make sure to have some fun with it!
DAY ONE
Who are you?
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Hello June! No Fear Creativity Challenge
In the month of June make a daily effort to face your creative fears. Challenge yourself to step outside of your comfort zone and try new things. Take your creativity in a direction that you may have thought was out of your reach.
Why?
Because sometimes you don’t know how long your arms are until you try to reach for something you thought was too far away.
Take some risks. Write that memoir. Write the essay that has been on your mind for a long time. Write the poems you have been afraid to write. Try a different art medium. Take the pictures you have dreamed of taking. Try a new art form. Challenge yourself to journal, draw, or blog every day. Write the lyrics that you haven’t written for fear no one would get it. Start that novel that you’ve always wanted to write and work on it every day. Create a character that challenges and even scares you.
Don’t let fear keep you in your comfort zone.
No one has to see what you are working on but you. You are accountable to yourself. Prove to yourself that fear is not going to stop you from taking your creativity to the next level.
Ready…
Set…
CREATE!
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What are your writing fears? Preparing for the June Writing Challenge.
We are coming up on another month with 30 days in it.
What a great time to create a new writing habit and complete a new challenge.
In preparing for next month, begin to think about what you are afraid of when it comes to your writing. What subjects are you afraid of addressing? What forms are you afraid of writing in? Where are you afraid to take your characters?
Begin to compile a list of these things.
Starting June 1st, you are going to tackle them. Write the story, poem, or article you are afraid to write. Put pen to paper and get down huge sections of the memoir that has been haunting you. Tackle forms and genres that you have found difficult.
June will be when you face your writing fears.
Get prepared now.
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30 in 30: Day Ten – Insert random story
Throughout your travels, take a moment to people watch. Pick a particularly interesting person out. Add that person to your mix. Do not approach them or ask them about who they are. Imagine it. Write their story. What brought them to the place where you saw them? What is their current set of circumstances? What goes on in their mind?
Variety in a longer story adds spice. It can add freshness to a collection of poems, essays, or short stories.
Have some fun with it!
Happy Writing!
*Sorry for the delay in this post. I thought I hit publish.*
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30 in 30: Day Four – So what’s the problem?
Now is your time to create the conflict in your piece. There might be one big conflict or several small ones. It can be external or internal. Play with it. Use it to build your piece. Get creative.
Happy Writing!
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30 in 30: Day Three – Antagonism
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Antagonist – An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist or protagonists must contendOkay… let’s start to build this story. Your character needs someone to highlight who they are. They need someone to assist in building conflict. There needs to be an antagonist.Take some time to build that character today.Remember how this character is different from your initial main character is important. However, so is how they are alike.Happy writing!
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