Begin by setting up your page: Draw a line across the top where the title will go. (It's best to write the title after you have finished writing the page.) Draw a line across the bottom of the page that marks off enough space for exactly one line of writing. Draw 2 vertical lines down the remainder of the page so that it is divided into 3 columns Label the … [Read more...] about An Alphabet of Opposites
Imagination
Invent Something
If you could invent something, what would it be? Assume you could make it. Assume that it would work. Your invention doesn't have to be constrained by gravity or the speed of light. Nor does it have to follow rules of logic. But it can. What would you invent? How would it work? Who would use it? Why is it a good idea? Describe your invention in every way that you … [Read more...] about Invent Something
So Many Coats
Write about a coat that you have worn. Or a coat that you are wearing. Or might wear. You can write about a real coat or an imaginary one. Maybe you will write about a coat of paint or a coat of sweat. An imaginary coat would be any coat that you can think up. A coat that you could wear or would like to. Or a coat that couldn't exist anywhere except your … [Read more...] about So Many Coats
Older and Younger by 10
Set up your page before you begin writing. Draw a line at the top where the title will go. Then draw a line that somehow divides the remainder of the page in half. If you draw a bubble somewhere in that line, you will have space for illustration or doodling. Write the word "Older" somewhere on one half of the page. On the other half, write the word "Younger." Who is 10 … [Read more...] about Older and Younger by 10
No Pain
If someone says, "No pain," many people will respond, either aloud or in their mind, "No gain." There's a falsehood in that notion, however. While it's true that in overcoming pain, a person often grows, it's not true that the way to grow is to inflict pain on yourself. What can occur in the absence of pain? Write a page about that today. You can write about … [Read more...] about No Pain