Write the letters of the alphabet across the top of your page for quick reference. Draw a dot halfway down the page or so. It will be a signal for you to stop and take a look at what you have done so far. Then begin writing words at the top of the page, one that begins with A, followed by one beginning with B. Then a word that begins with C and so forth. Write the words … [Read more...] about Alphabet Salad
A Talking Object
Choose an object that's somewhere in your living space. A thing. Write a page from the point of view of that object. If the object could talk, what would it say? It might brag or complain. It might tell about its past or its aspirations. It could talk like a professor or a social media influencer. It could sound like a child or a space alien. As the object delivers … [Read more...] about A Talking Object
How to Make a Fort
Begin your page with the words, "Well, you could make a fort out of..." Then finish off the sentence with whatever pops into your mind next. Let the word well give you the freedom to say any old thing. It signals that you haven't committed to coming up with a good idea, just an idea. See where that idea takes you. It might turn out that you write a page that looks like a … [Read more...] about How to Make a Fort
You Know Where
Everybody's got to be somewhere. So does everything. Everything that happens, happens somewhere. Begin writing with the words, "I know where..." and see what pops into your mind next. Maybe it will be an object, a plant, a pet or a person. Maybe it will be an event. Whatever it is that has floated to the surface, tell as much about it as you like, but withhold all the … [Read more...] about You Know Where
Ah, Chores
Write about chores: chores you love, chores you hate, chores you procrastinate. Consider the regular and repeated tasks which you do to maintain yourself and your world. Do you have morning and evening chores? Seasonal chores? Chores you do for others? What chores will you do today? If you kept a chore score, what chore would you have done most in your … [Read more...] about Ah, Chores