Writing Exercise
Write this first line of your story then just keep going.
‘The drink can, now rattling and bouncing down the street, was thankfully the only reminder of last night’s party. …’
Today’s Writing Exercise
Write a story that involves a Superhero, a cup of tea, a pack of playing cards and the driver of cement mixer truck.
Pick your genre, age range, writing style, it’s all up to you. Just have fun.
Writing Trigger
Think about how you use the internet, what aspect do you use most? Messenger? News? Selling/buying? Research? Games? Emails? There are so many things available to us through online services but how many do we really understand. Imagine that you have come into contact with somebody or something from another planet, how would you describe what the internet is, how it works and what you use it for. Where would the communication take place? How would it take place? What would follow it?
I saw this picture in the header of my friend Melissa’s blog, it actually comes from MS Office but thought it made a good visual writing trigger. After all, what is at the end of the path? Why would you go there? Who lives there? What does it feel and smell like standing under the trees by the gate? Are the brick pavers slippery? What kind of mail do they get? Have fun writing.
I came across a quote today by writer, Alice Munro that says, ‘Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.’
It reminded me of quote I had heard by somebody else who was famous, but can’t for the life of remember who said it or where I read it. But it was along the lines of ‘nobody ever has a boring life just an unimaginative biographer’.
Writing Exercise
Think about a recent event in your life that you would have liked to have happened differently. Now write about it but give it a better ending.
I was contemplating today about what I would consider as the perfect blog, in other words what would make me log into a blog everyday. The solution I came up with was one that was friendly, honest and positive. One that gave me information and updates on writing and one that encouraged me to write. All quite simple really since all these things are important to me. Therefore, guess what? I have finally found a focused direction for this blog.
So here is a writing trigger to get you started.
Imagine you’re travelling down a road, when out of the corner of your eye you spot what looks like a journal. When you open the book only one page is written on and what it says answers a personal and burning question that had previously had seemed unsolvable.
What does it say?
How do you react?
What do you do with the journal?
How does it change things?
