Monday, July 12, 2004
The Power Of Self
Spend a few minutes looking in the mirror. Just stare back at your reflection. Then write a self-portrait, describing yourself in detail. Try to imagine that you’re looking at a stranger. What assumptions would you make from this person’s appearance?
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Everything Turns Into Everything Else
Make metaphors. Lots of them. Compare one noun to another: a kite to a handkerchief, a lighthouse to a stick of candy. Let yourself go and write all over the page. Copy the ones you like best, for future use. If your stuck on how to describe an object or emotion use this approach. Push through the...
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Sunday, July 11, 2004
Great Openings
Steal an opening line or sentence from one of your favorites. Cut away the next lines and subtitute lines of your own. Try to match the tone and voice of the authors whose work you're borrowing.
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And The Truth Shall Set You Free!!!
You are afflicted with a rare (and getting rarer) disease in which you can only tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (so help you, God). Now introduce yourself to someone you doon't know - on page of course. Explain to the stranger who you are. Go into detail. Tell your life...
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Saturday, July 10, 2004
A Life of the Spirit
Write about your vision of the afterlife, if you believe in one. If you don't believe in one, write about what happens after we dieor, if you prefer, write about your vision of what the afterlife should be.
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Vast Is the Power of Cities
Buy some old postcards at an antique store. (They're usually very cheap.) Choose ones that have writing on the back. Begin a story, set in the time the postcard was sent, about a person or group of people going to that place. Or, if you prefer, begin with a description of the place pictured on the...
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