Body Language 2

What do you see?



Write until a page is full.



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Body Language 1

Posture and facial expression show many emotions. What do you see here?




Write for five minutes.



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Metaphor 5

An odd couple: a mountain goat and a worm.


Write for fifteen minutes. There is a story somewhere.


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Metaphor 4

A Spider.



Write for ten minutes.


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Metaphor 3

They were pigs.


Write for ten minutes.


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Metaphor 2

She is a snake.


Write until you fill a page.


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Metaphor 1

He was a dog.


Write for five minutes.


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Write about ... 5

Write about packing a suitcase.


Write for ten minutes or until the suitcase is packed.


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Write about...4

Write about a gate.


Write for ten minutes.


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Write about...3

Write about a premonition


Write for ten minutes


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Write about...2

Write about a recurring dream.


Write, filling a page.




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Write about ... 1

Write about a series of mishaps.


Write for five minutes.





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Reflection 5

This week's exercises, your memories, present you with the beginning of a story: introduction of protagonist, conflict, introduction of antagonist, another conflict. 
Now you can let your conflicts climax, then write the resolution. 


Write for ten minutes or until you found your story.


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Reflection 4

Did anybody add to your grief? How?


Write for ten minutes.


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Reflection 3

What could have been worse than the "thing" that gave you sleepless nights?


Write for ten minutes.


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The Elements of a Page-Turner - video - Author Learning Center

The Elements of a Page-Turner - video - Author Learning Center

Reflection 2

What gave you sleepless nights in 2011? Why?


Write, filling a page.



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Reflection 1

What was the happiest day in 2011? Why?


Write for five minutes.


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Definition 5

"No sooner did his energy sag than he felt it being replenished, as though tiny valves in his arteries were spritzing out the elixir of life."

spritzing: spurt, gush, eject
elixir: remedy, cure-all


Write for ten minutes, or however long it takes, to incorporate both words into your exercise.



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Definition 4

"It wouldn't have been beyond Peter to go to that length of verisimilitude."

verisimilitude: authenticity, credibility


Write for ten minutes, using the word verisimilitude once. 


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Definition 3

"John grinned lecherously, fishing his driver's licence out of his wallet."

lecherous: lustful, lewd.


Write for ten minutes, using the word lecherous in your exercise.



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Definition 2

"Shirley looked up with an aggrieved expression, brushing her leonine hair out of her face."

leonine: lionlike


Write, filling a page, using the word leonine once.


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Definition 1

Lately I found some new - or was reminded of -  interesting words and thought we could incorporate them in this week's exercises.

"It seemed as if it had taken place in an alternate reality, dreamlike and ephemeral."

ephemeral: momentary, passing.



Write for five minutes, using the word ephemeral.


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