Metaphors

Today's Writing Exercise: Metaphors


If you were a piece of equipment, what would you be, and why? Where do you work? Whom do you work for? Are you reliable or do you constantly purposefully break down?
Find a story.







Write for fifteen minutes or until the job is done.



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Metaphors

Today's Writing Exercise: Metaphors


You are food. What are you and why?







Write for ten mintues.


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Metaphors

Today's Writing Exericse: Metaphors


You are a planet. Which one are you and why?






Write for ten minutes nonstop.



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Metaphors

Today's Writing Exericse: Metaphors

You are a plant. What are you and why?






Write until you fill a page; go with your first thought.


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Metaphor

Today's Exercise: Metaphors.

You are an animal. What are you and why?






Write for five minutes, nonstop.





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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

10. Write
Someplace, sometime, every day, write. Honour yourself. Book the time to write.





Do you write every day? If so, when is your writing time? If not, why aren't you writing every day? Who or what is more important than you? Does life interfere too often?


Write for fifteen minutes. Today, take the time to do it. 



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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

9. Connect with another Writer
Start or join a writer's group. Write to an author you admire, call a fellow writer.





Do you network with other writers? What benefit do you see in keeping in touch with other writers?

Write for ten minutes.


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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

8. Pay Attention
Observe your family, your home, your town. Stop and smell the air, listen, really listen. Slow down.

Can you afford to slow down? Do you know how? Where do you get your story ideas from if not your environment? 

Write for ten minutes.

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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

7. Meditate
Be mindful, pray, meditate. Take the time for whatever keeps you in touch with your spiritual self.



Are you a spiritual person? How so?  How important is spirituality to you?  Why?


Write until a page is filled.



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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

6. Give Back
Be kind to your environment, your community, and our planet. Be generous with whatever it is you have to give.


Do you agree? Do you find enough time to give time to another writer, your neighbour, someone in need? How does it feel when you volunteer your time and talent?

Free-Write for five minutes.


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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

5. Laugh out Loud
Did you know that laughing helps rid the body of toxins? Find something funny and let loose.


When was the last time you had a honest-to-God great laugh? Are you funny? Are you funny as a writer? Would you like to be? Where do you find humour in your life?


Write for fifteen minutes, or until you get a laugh-cramp.


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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

4. Cross-Train
Practice another art form: painting, music, photography, acting, singing, work with clay, wood, plastic. Stimulate your eyes, your hands, your brain.







Is there another art form you practice? What is it? If not, what would you like to try? Do you think cross-training might enhance your own art?


Write for ten minutes.


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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

3. Read
Read, read, read. Read as a reader and read as a writer. Read the genre you write in. Notice what inspires you.

What is your favourite book and why?  What grabs you when you shop for a new book? How much time do you spend writing the first sentence?

Write for ten minutes.



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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

2. Exercise
Walk, run, stretch, exercise, preferably oudoors.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Free-write until a page is filled. Go with your first thoughts.



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Ten Daily Habits That Make a Good Writer

Today's Writing Exercise

1. Eat Healthy
Eat for a sharp mind, endurance and the sensory experience of it.


What comes to mind when you read this suggestion? Free-Write for five minutes. Don't think too much, put pen to paper and write.


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Truth be told.....5

Today's Writing Exercise
Did you write anything in your exercises this week that someone should know about? If you could write a letter of apology or assault..who would be the recipient?





Write for fifteen minutes. Read it and then either mail it, or burn it and put the incident behind you for good.



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Truth be told .... 4

Today's Writing Exercise
What is the biggest lie you have ever told? (I bet you knew this one was coming today!) Would you do it again?






Write for ten minutes. Write the truth, nobody is going to read it..




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Truth be told.....3

Today's Writing Exercise
What is the biggest lie you have beend dished out? (That you know of) How did it feel? Did you confront the person? If not, you can write about it now.



Write for ten minutes, don't hold back. Vent!


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Truth be told.....2

Today's Writing Exercise
How often do you bend the truth? Do you do it so not to hurt other people's feelings or to benefit yourself?

Write, fill a page, come on, be honest.


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Truth be told.....1

Today's Writing Exercise

Are you a fibber, or a liar? 
Where do ou draw the line between the two?

Write for five minutes.


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Halloween 5

Today's Writing Exercise

Reflecting on your week's exercises, is there a story somewhere? Did any day, any one exercise stand out? Why? Might you find an interesting character or premise?






Write for fifteen minutes or until the story emerges.


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Halloween 4

Today's Writing Exercise


Clean up day! What is left in your house? Bags of candies? What will you do with them? Do you recycle your costume? Your decorations? Was this year's Halloween worth all the work you went through, all the money you spent?






Write for ten miutes.


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