Create a scene

brain injury - tickets - dishwasher
archangel - pickup truck - bedspread
volcano - contract - VW beetle

Choose a set of three and write, creating a scene, let your pen (computer)  be your guide, don't stop for two pages.


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Create a conflict

Choose a set of three verbs: 

peel - pluck - plunder

fix - fax - fathom  

swing - swap - swagger                                                             

Write for ten minutes non-stop. Don't think, just write, using the three verbs within your text. Who does what to whom?

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Sentence Starters

Start with one of the following sentences and write longhand, two pages without stopping:

- For our twenty-fifth anniversary....

- I grew up in....

- We named the goat...

- When he finally saw me, he was close enough to hug....

- Thunder and lightening called me to the window...

- Reaching for the bucket with the soiled clothes....

- Clearly I am overqualified for...

- Giovanni was only seventeen years old...

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How well do you know your character?

How well do you know your character?

　　
　
Interview your protagonist:
- Who will he/she vote for during the next election?
- Why?
Write a page without stopping.

Now ask your antagonist:
- Who will he/she vote for during the next election?
- Why?
Write a page without stopping.

You might just find another conflict.

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