tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948989023630552062.post248868321879467012..comments2023-06-19T06:49:22.187-04:00Comments on CHICKS ROCK!: My Writing Muscleskristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428469769524564496noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948989023630552062.post-56795645773663433792009-09-13T08:29:02.281-04:002009-09-13T08:29:02.281-04:00The best thing, as you say, is to read and write. ...The best thing, as you say, is to read and write. Write short randomness, and do it often, playing with different styles and subjects until you find something that excites you that you want to devote more time to. I am a fan of the word count goal for each day, rather than the set time to write every day. I had the same problems you mentioned.<br /><br />If you are just trying to flex, without any finished product in mind, I like to look for prompts in the world around me. Usually they have nothing to do with anything, but it gives you a jumping off point to write a story, scene, essay, rant, whatever.<br /><br />Example of fiction prompts:<br />1. Listen to people talking in public. Take a random line or two of dialogue and use it to start a scene.<br /><br />2. Pick a stranger and try to describe them physically in the best most creative way, and then make up a personality, habits, lifestyle, etc. about them.<br /><br />3. Think about a conversation/experience you had with someone and re-write it as if it happened differently. (i.e., Someone stepped on your foot in the subway, so you got mad and yelled, when in reality you smiled and walked away instead of blowing up.)<br /><br />Non-fiction prompts:<br />1. Write a response, rebuttal, or letter to the editor based on an article in the newspaper. (Well, i guess you do this anyway blogging)<br /><br />2. Make lists of childhood memories. What did you play? What is the first vacation/trip you remember? What do you miss and not miss about living at home? How did you feel on the first day of elementary school, high school college?<br /><br />There is a ton more. On my writer blog, I want to start listing writing prompts every week, because I want to be doing more of this kind of thing myself.Kekla Magoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17483824618846300911noreply@blogger.com