Summer Solstice

Even though, it was just June 24, the "longest day", you might remember a day in your life that seemed the longest in a different way:

- emotionally
- physically
- mentally

Write about it for ten minutes without stopping.


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Dig in your past

Awake childhood memories with one of the following sentence starters:

- My mother once said...
- The worst punishment I got....
- The first time I painted my fingernails...
- When our puppy died...
- Downstairs in our basement....
- My favorite fairy tale....
- I didn't like to eat....
- My best teacher...
- I remember...
- The funeral of....


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Paint with words

Describe this picture, give it color, give it depth, give it life.



Write for ten minutes without stopping.


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Metaphors/Similes

Here's a brain teaser: compare and find metaphors or similes:
- woman's wrinkled face 
- old house 
- rusty truck 
- overripe banana  
- sick tree 
- broken computer 
- dull scissors 
- cracked chimney 
- smeared lips 
- shaggy carpet 
- shipwrecked sailboat
- ripped tent
Write quickly, the first metaphor or simile that comes to mind. 


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From here to there

It is not always easy to get characters from "here" to "there". For an exercise, try one of the following, describing the action using at least three senses.
- Peter: from the bed into the shower
- Mary: from the cellar into the attic
- Dad: from the carport to the office
- Suzie: from the house to the school bus
- John: from the classroom to the principal's office 
- Mom: from the laundry room into the garden
- Group of kids: from the campground to the water slides
- Dog: from the back alley into the kitchen
Write, without stopping, for ten minutes.

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Description

- lightbulb
- paperclip
- water glass
- sweater zipper
- ladle
- mouse pad
Choose one and write for five minutes non-stop. It might lead you somewhere unexpected.



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