Set up your page by first drawing a line where the title will go. Then divide the rest of the page into four equal-sized sections. On a sheet of scrap paper, write down the names of four objects that you are familiar with. For each one, write down three informational details. The details could be about the object's appearance, history or function. Adopt the voice of an … [Read more...] about Exciting Introductions
Letters Looming Large
Begin by drawing about a half-dozen circles spaced randomly over your page. Make the circles about two inches in diameter. Inside each circle, draw a letter. Any letter. You can choose letters that spell out a word, but you don't have to. Decorate the letter inside each circle. Make them all ornate. Then begin to write. Tell a story from your day, your week or your life. … [Read more...] about Letters Looming Large
An Alphabet of Opposites
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
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