Why do you Write?

List ten reasons why you write.

- Cut that list in half.
- Choose three of the five
- Choose the one main reason you write.
- Why is this the main reason?
- Write for a page, nonstop.


Next time you feel blocked, remember why it is you like to write!


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On the other hand...

You just bought your friends crimson Jaguar convertible. As you drive around the corner and out of sight, the sports car breaks down.
What are you going to do? 

Your friend should reimburse you, on the other hand, buying a private car is buyer's beware, on the other hand, if he is your friend, he should have told you the Jaguar was not running properly, on the other hand .....


Keep going for a page, don't think too much, just write. What's the outcome?


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Stretch!!!

Choose one of the following professions you know nothing about:

- Lobster Fisherman

- Clown

- Surveyor

- Trapeze Artist                                                                  

- Soldier

- Drawbridge Tender

- Prime Minister
- Pharmacist
- Cowpuncher
- Telemarketer for cemetery


Describe a day at work. Fake it. Make it up.
Then google the profession and find out how accurate you were. 


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Bring out the animal in you

If you were an animal, which one would you like to be and why?

Choose one and write for ten minutes without stopping.

-spider
-rhinoceros
-dog
-humming bird
-cougar
-mosquito
-salmon
-squirrel
-pelican
-hyena

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What if?

What if I picked up this mushroom?
What if I ate it? Raw?








All sorts of things could happen.
Free-write, fill a page and find out...




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Continue

In the middle of the night, a drunk husband comes home. His wife is in bed, but he sees she is still awake. He takes a chair, places it in front of the bed and sits down. 
"What are you doing?" the wife asks.
He answers, "I want a front seat for the lecture."

What happens next?
You decide. Write for ten minutes nonstop.



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