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Writing Prompts and Exercises

Write Life Challenge #25:Love

February 2, 2007

1) What is the best writing about love that you know of? Write about it.
2) List 5 things that you love. Then, list 5 people that you love.
3) Write about your first love.
4) Create your own definition of love.
5) Complete the sentence: “Love brings…”

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Write Life Challenge #24:Fullness

December 7, 2006

1) How can you describe fullness or being full?
2) List as many adjectives as you can describing fullness.
3) Create a character that appears “full”. What does he/she look like? What does he/she feel like? What is he/she doing?

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Write Life Challenge #23: Unexpected

September 7, 2006

1) Finish the thought: “It came as an unexpected…” Make sure to keep on writing!
2) What is the most unexpected thing that happened to you in your life? What about something unexpected that happened to you recently? Write about that experience.
3) Write a poem/story/essay that uses the word ‘Unexpected’.
4) What can you write using any [...]

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Write Life Challenge #22: Double Trouble

July 31, 2006

1) Think of the ways that you can write about the number 2. Write down all your ideas – even the ones that seem far fetched.
2) Start a sentence with “Two…”
3) Think of two characters: Describe one of the characters. Then, make the other one completely the opposite of the first character. Let them talk [...]

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Write Life Challenge #21: The Joy of Writing

July 26, 2006

What makes writing JOYFUL for you?
Do you find joy when you write? How – and why? If you don’t, why not?
Write about things that make you feel joyful.
Some sample starter sentences:

“I am joyful when…”
“My heart is filled with joy because…”
“Writing is joyful because…”
“Joy is…”

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Write Life Challenge #20: The Phone Rings…

July 15, 2006

The phone is ringing. You rush to pick up the receiver.
Then…
What happens next? Write down your first thoughts and see where it leads you.

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Write Life Challenge #19: “Writing Means…”

June 26, 2006

What does writing mean to you?
Is it just a hobby – or is it a passion? A lifelong dream – or a passing fancy?
Something that you feel you’re good at? Something that other people just tell you you’re good at?
Is it the one thing that occupies your waking moments? Or, is it one thing that [...]

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Write Life Challenge #18: “You”

May 21, 2006

In Write Life Challenge #16, the main idea is to get yourself involved in a writing project that begins with the simple “I”…
Now, try the same writing exercise. This time, begin your sentence with the word “You…”
Imagine someone you’d like to write for or about. Think about addressing a person, as if that [...]

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Write Life Challenge #17: “The Perfect Writing Day”

April 13, 2006

If you were to describe a perfect writing day, what would it be like? Write at least 3-5 sentences to define this day.

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Write Life Challenge #16: I

February 18, 2006

Today, start a sentence that begins with “I”…
Then, start another one. See where it leads you.
And again, write “I…”
Keep writing until you’re ready for another project.

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