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.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Day 34
Listen to Afraid by The Neighbourhood. Listen to the lyrics, sense the feeling of the song and write something based on the song.
Challenge: Write a science fiction/fantasy piece.
Tip: Read through the lyrics as you listen. Stories can be extracted from anything around you. In the lyrics of a song, there are often lines that trigger something that will make you want to write. Find that, pinpoint exactly what it is that you want to write and then write it.
Ready. Set. Listen.
Challenge: Write a science fiction/fantasy piece.
Tip: Read through the lyrics as you listen. Stories can be extracted from anything around you. In the lyrics of a song, there are often lines that trigger something that will make you want to write. Find that, pinpoint exactly what it is that you want to write and then write it.
Ready. Set. Listen.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Day 26
Listen to Seaside by the Kooks. Write a story with a tone similar to the song.
Challenge: Tell the story in a series of things you find or have like pictures, quotes, drawings, newspaper article, etc. It can be fictional or real, but find a way to tell the story using minimal writing. It should help your story telling techniques - something that needs a strong foundation to write well.
Tip: Tone can be something that you have in mind before you write or comes along the way. But tone can be a tricky thing. The words you use, the images you present, the symbols and metaphors you use all contribute to the tone. Harsh images and words will bring about harsh tones; softer ones, however, will give the reader calmer feelings. It's a bit like terrible cookies that mothers make but you still eat them. Why? Because they "make them with love." Your writing can be horrendous or choppy but as long as you put your feelings into the words, it won't be bland. You can edit to make something better, but if there's no feeling it's not worth editing.
Ready. Set. Listen
Challenge: Tell the story in a series of things you find or have like pictures, quotes, drawings, newspaper article, etc. It can be fictional or real, but find a way to tell the story using minimal writing. It should help your story telling techniques - something that needs a strong foundation to write well.
Tip: Tone can be something that you have in mind before you write or comes along the way. But tone can be a tricky thing. The words you use, the images you present, the symbols and metaphors you use all contribute to the tone. Harsh images and words will bring about harsh tones; softer ones, however, will give the reader calmer feelings. It's a bit like terrible cookies that mothers make but you still eat them. Why? Because they "make them with love." Your writing can be horrendous or choppy but as long as you put your feelings into the words, it won't be bland. You can edit to make something better, but if there's no feeling it's not worth editing.
Ready. Set. Listen
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