18/30
Take your main character, or one you create, through a stream of consciousness. Write what would go through their mind in a five minute period. It doesn’t have to make sense.
19/30
Go outside. Stand in one spot. Turn slowly in a cirlce, taking in all the scenery around you. Then do the same thing but in the opposite direction. Now go back inside, or away from where you just were, and write down everything you just saw. Be as specific and descriptive as possible.
Happy Writing!
Think of something that you really want… but for all intents and purpose can’t have. (I don’t like the word can’t.)
Now… write your argument on why you should have it. Give it the hard sell. Throw out your best sales pitch.
Happy Writing!
Sorry to have fallen behind…
13/30
Write from the perspective or your favorite super hero or villain (not their alter ego) ordering coffee from Starbucks.
14/30
Exercise your use of imagery. Describe something in a poem or prose without actually saying that that something is.
15/30
Create a bucket list for your character. Or create one for yourself and turn it into a poem or an essay.
16/30
Perform a brain dump. Take thirty minutes and just empty the entire contents of your brain onto some paper or into a word document. Do no editing. Do no formatting. Just write it all down. You can sort through it later.
Happy Writing!
Write about your alter ego. If you want, you can describe both your Superman and your Clark Kent. Compare and contrast. You could write a love letter from one to the other. Or you could send hate mail.
Happy writing!!!
8/30
Complete this line and then keep the thought going:
The first time I saw his/her face I thought…
9/30
What do you see when you close your eyes?
Happy Writing!!!
Write a haiku/senryu about “the morning after”.
A haiku is a three line poem. The first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
Then write a longer piece interpreting the haiku/senryu in a totally different manner than you originally intended.
You are in a grocery store/farmer’s market with the person you find yourself falling for.
Your vocal cords are not working.
There are no paper products to write on or with words that can express your feeling for you.
All you have is food and drinks.
How do you tell them how you feel?
Happy Writing!
2/30:
Write about a habit that you are trying to develop.
3/30
Write about a habit that you are trying to break yourself out of.
Happy Writing!!!
What does your muse look like?
Write in the format of your choice, being as descriptive as possible.
Happy Writing!
Take a moment and think about where you were on 9/11.
Even if you don’t want to remember the horror of that day, still think about where you were in life.
What were you doing?
Who were you with?
How did you feel?
Now run with it. Write a non-fiction or memoir piece about that day. Write a fiction piece using what you remember about yourself, taking the truth and spinning it. Write a poem about what you saw, heard, and/or felt.
Just write!
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