Write a sentence, any old sentence. 10 or 15 words long. Or so. Look at the individual words you have written. What are their opposites? Choose one of the words that is the opposite of some word in the sentence you wrote. Use that word in the second sentence, however you happen to write that sentence. Your third sentence will include a word that is the opposite of one … [Read more...] about Opposite and Opposite
Opposite
What It Isn’t
In order to describe something, your awareness narrows to focus on what you are describing. When you describe what something is not your awareness widens to an infinity of possibilities. This exercise invites your mind to relax, open up and travel widely. It's also an opportunity to awaken your whimsey. Begin with something: an object in front of you, a memory from … [Read more...] about What It Isn’t
Not You
Invent a character by making a list of details that describe someone who would not or could not be you. Make the list by taking note of details about yourself, twisting them into something unrecognizable, and applying that detail to your character. What are you wearing? Who do you look like? What's on your mind? What don't you remember? Use what you know about yourself to … [Read more...] about Not You