I spoke earlier in the year about some exercises or
activities to help with creativity, skill and enriching writing.
A search of
the internet will provide a lot of exercises or activities for different levels
and different interests. I have pulled together some from different sources
that appealed to me. You can adjust or adapt any of these for your own needs.
1.
Dream journal – keep pen and paper by the bed
and write down dreams when you wake, or a story of the images that come to
mind. I can’t always remember my dreams clearly but sometimes an idea of the
dream leads to some very interesting stories.
2.
Google image prompt – or review favourite
websites for pictures, and one as a prompt to write a short story.
3.
5 minutes of blind writing – I’m not so sure
about this one but it works for some. It is what it sounds like, blindfolded
write for five minutes.
4.
Eaves dropping – take part of an overheard
conversation and write a story.
5.
Describe your favourite place in detail,
capturing what makes it special.
6.
Detail a memory from the past – it could be
yesterday, it could be years ago, big or small.
7.
Writing off the page – take a line of poetry, or
a famous saying, or line from a book/film/tv and continue writing.
8.
Colour – choose a colour, go for a walk and then
write about everything you see that is that colour or reminds you of that
colour.
9.
Take something already done and twist it – such
as a funny story, like Home Alone and make it scary, or take something scary
and make it funny, like Dracula.
10.
Take a well known story or character and make it
modern – What would red riding hood have to face on her way to grandma’s house
today?
11.
Use a crossword – use all the down solutions in
a short story.
12.
Take a headline – rearrange the words and then
write the new story.
Happy Scribbles
