Write a sentence that begins with the word "Before...' Follow it with a sentence that begins with the phrase "After that..." Begin the next sentence with "Before that..." and the following one with "After that..." Continue until you have filled the page, alternating between "before" and "after." You can write about yourself--or something else. You can jump eons in … [Read more...] about Before and After and Before
Creativity
Every Which Way
Write a single sentence that fills the entire page by continuously interrupting yourself with the word "which." At each interruption, the phrase beginning with "which" adds a (potentially) distracting detail about what was just written. Before that phrase is finished, another "which" can intervene and take the thought into different territory. Resist the urge to write a … [Read more...] about Every Which Way
Ask About Your Surroundings
Write questions, only questions. No need to answer them or explain much about them, just write questions. The only requirement about the questions, is that you not know the answer to them already. Begin with your surroundings. Write down a question about the very first thing your eye chances upon. What does your glance happen upon next? Write down a question about that. … [Read more...] about Ask About Your Surroundings
Start With the Sun
Write about things that the sun does and causes. Put the sun in the first part of every sentence. Here are some examples of how your sentences might begin: Until the sun ... Because the sun ... If the sun ... Without the sun ... The sun ... How the sun ... Where the sun ... ... the sun ... When you have filled a page with ideas and … [Read more...] about Start With the Sun
Summer’s Suitcase
Imagine that you are packing a suitcase that will contain everything you need for a summer. What will you put in it? Clothes, a toothbrush, and sunscreen? Are there attitudes you will need? Ideas? Backup body parts? What will you put in the suitcase to help you through unexpected and difficult events? Begin: "In my suitcase for the summer I am going to pack..." … [Read more...] about Summer’s Suitcase