Writing Exercises

Sometimes we all need a little boost to get us going. So today I'm posting three writing exercises - maybe one will work for you.

My goal is to light a tiny fire of inspiration in your writing soul.

Exercise 1
First Line - You complete the story.
The old woman hobbled toward the checkpoint, a net bag swinging from her shoulder.

Exercise 2
List at least ten things about each of these words. Your ten things may be synonyms, related items, emotions, moods ... whatever comes to mind. Write a story using at least one thing you derived from each of the starter words.

powder     
factory 
empty
accident
hair
love
toy

grinder
malnourish

dawn

Exercise 3
In one paragraph, describe one of the locations in List A from the point of view of one of the characters in List B. Mix and match and do as many or as few as you want.

List A
beach
mall
hospital room
arcade
unfamiliar living room

List B
firefighter
thief
man late for meeting
sculptor
pregnant woman

Have fun with these.

And WRITE!