You're giving up everything and starting over.
Challenge: Do something daringly different.
Tip: Use your imagination and creativity. This may sound remedial, but many people lose sight of what's outside the box. Take a few steps where you've never gone before and explore your imagination.
Ready. Set. Restart.
Showing posts with label Explore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Explore. Show all posts
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Day 51
Take a drive (literally or just in the story) and write about what's on the way.
Challenge: Tell it entirely in flashbacks.
Tip: Context is incredibly important in building a backdrop. A familiar road should seem familiar with memories and the like while a new one should seem uncertain. If there's a store that's a common hangout or avoided territory, why? As you write, fill in the gaps and pieces to create a realistic place.
Ready. Set. Drive.
Challenge: Tell it entirely in flashbacks.
Tip: Context is incredibly important in building a backdrop. A familiar road should seem familiar with memories and the like while a new one should seem uncertain. If there's a store that's a common hangout or avoided territory, why? As you write, fill in the gaps and pieces to create a realistic place.
Ready. Set. Drive.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Day 49
Leave every inhibition, fear, and façade away from the story. Just write. Whatever you're holding back, let it out.
Challenge: Don't edit as you write.
Tip: Do this at least once a week and whenever you're bothered by something. At first, you may feel heavy or weary, but after a bit you'll feel wonderful and refreshed.
Ready. Set. Catharsis.
Challenge: Don't edit as you write.
Tip: Do this at least once a week and whenever you're bothered by something. At first, you may feel heavy or weary, but after a bit you'll feel wonderful and refreshed.
Ready. Set. Catharsis.
Day 48
Lay in the grass, close your eyes, and feel everything around you. Describe.
Challenge: Tell an entire story - detailed description and all - in under 400 words.
Tip: As you notice your surroundings, write it out in your head. The best parts will stick and the rest will be filled in as you write.
Ready. Set. Feel.
Challenge: Tell an entire story - detailed description and all - in under 400 words.
Tip: As you notice your surroundings, write it out in your head. The best parts will stick and the rest will be filled in as you write.
Ready. Set. Feel.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Day 47
Where do the telephone wires lead?
This may seem like a stupid or obvious question, but look at everything and everyone the telephone wires connect. Then wonder, where do the telephone wires lead?
Challenge: Use the wires as a symbol.
Tip: Describe everything. From the feel of the air to the ground beneath a character's feet. If it helps the picture, write it.
Ready. Set. Explore.
This may seem like a stupid or obvious question, but look at everything and everyone the telephone wires connect. Then wonder, where do the telephone wires lead?
Challenge: Use the wires as a symbol.
Tip: Describe everything. From the feel of the air to the ground beneath a character's feet. If it helps the picture, write it.
Ready. Set. Explore.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Day 45
Go to the ends of the earth. For something. For someone. For anything.
Challenge: Go farther.
Tip: You should feel everything you put into your writing. The more something feels, the more it's real.
Ready. Set. Travel.
Challenge: Go farther.
Tip: You should feel everything you put into your writing. The more something feels, the more it's real.
Ready. Set. Travel.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Day 43
Technology. Is it bringing us down, or holding us up?
Challenge: Write a dystopian short story about what technology's doing to society.
Tip: Sometimes, your own writing gives you the chills or frightens you a bit. That's okay. In fact, the more emotionally effected you are by the writing, the more your audience will be.
Ready. Set. Imagine.
Challenge: Write a dystopian short story about what technology's doing to society.
Tip: Sometimes, your own writing gives you the chills or frightens you a bit. That's okay. In fact, the more emotionally effected you are by the writing, the more your audience will be.
Ready. Set. Imagine.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Day 42
Sometimes, things aren't just things. They're memories, relics of what was. They hold information that would otherwise be lost. Write about a thing that's more than a thing.
Challenge: Write a story where the thing is almost a character in itself.
Tip: Draw the reader in. Start with a line that brings about questions and catches someone's eye. My personal favorite is to start with a five or six word sentence as its own paragraph and then go into further detail. Find what catchy starts work for you.
Ready. Set. Unravel.
Challenge: Write a story where the thing is almost a character in itself.
Tip: Draw the reader in. Start with a line that brings about questions and catches someone's eye. My personal favorite is to start with a five or six word sentence as its own paragraph and then go into further detail. Find what catchy starts work for you.
Ready. Set. Unravel.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Day 39
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -Ian Maclaren
Challenge: Write a satire with this quote in mind, possibly satirizing it using war.
Tip: Know the background of everyone and everything that pops into a story - whether it's a person or place. The tidbit of information may not make it into the piece if it's not necessary to the plot, but you should understand it to better understand your story.
Ready. Set. Explore.
Challenge: Write a satire with this quote in mind, possibly satirizing it using war.
Tip: Know the background of everyone and everything that pops into a story - whether it's a person or place. The tidbit of information may not make it into the piece if it's not necessary to the plot, but you should understand it to better understand your story.
Ready. Set. Explore.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Day 37
A bit depressing but, how would the world around you be different if you had died yesterday?
Challenge: Add this perspective into a current story you have.
Tip: This doesn't have to be a story, it can be a reflection or an essay. Find some thoughts that you have on the matter and string them together, playing with the form.
Ready. Set. Imagine.
Challenge: Add this perspective into a current story you have.
Tip: This doesn't have to be a story, it can be a reflection or an essay. Find some thoughts that you have on the matter and string them together, playing with the form.
Ready. Set. Imagine.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Day 36
What's the cost of freedom?
Challenge: Write a historically accurate piece about a revolution of some sort. It can be current or from a long while ago.
Tip: Look into real life stories. Whether it's a personal story, one from a friend, one from a memoir, or an account that you find from a source. Look around you and see the real life stories. There's inspiration in reality.
Ready. Set. Explore.
Challenge: Write a historically accurate piece about a revolution of some sort. It can be current or from a long while ago.
Tip: Look into real life stories. Whether it's a personal story, one from a friend, one from a memoir, or an account that you find from a source. Look around you and see the real life stories. There's inspiration in reality.
Ready. Set. Explore.
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