Take note of something in your present world. It can be a physical object in front of you, or an idea that's on your mind. Write a line or two about it. Skip three spaces, take note of something new, and write a line or two about it. Continue that way, skipping three spaces between each item until you reach the bottom of the page. Return to the top. After each thought … [Read more...] about Present and Past
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
Live and Learn
Use the sentence opener, "I have learned..." Complete the sentence by describing something that you have learned in your life. Write a line or two and move on to something else, beginning again with, "I have learned." Compare yourself to a newborn. Remember that everything that you know and everything that you can do, you have learned at some point in your life. Everything … [Read more...] about Live and Learn
Make Something!
Before you write anything, spend 20 minutes or more making something. Then write about what you did. You can make anything--arts and crafts, piles of laundry, order in your room. Feel free to spend more than 20 minutes working on what you make. When you are finished with whatever you make, write about the experience--what you did, what you thought, and whatever else … [Read more...] about Make Something!
Mysterious Help
Describe situations in which you have received help. Allow a line or two for each one. Provide some vivid details, but none that reveal the story. Don't tell what you needed or why the help was important. You could write about times when someone's help averted a disaster you asked for help and received it someone helped you without knowing it someone helped you … [Read more...] about Mysterious Help