Loveday Writing

List ten ways to cross a crocodile filled river. There’s no bridge and you have no tools** 1. Walk on rocks in the water 2. Climb across trees to get from one bank or side to the other 3. Swim across the river (not recommended but still a way) 4. Distract the crocodiles with food and swim across (The topic

List your five favourite smells** 1. Rain 2. Home-cooked meals 3. Roses 4. Ocean air 5. Men’s deodorant (especially when men DON’T use the whole bottle on themselves)   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

List three big things in your house that you’d be prepared to get rid of if you had to make space** 1. Inflatable bed in second bedroom 2. Both sets of shelves in second bedroom 3. Computer desk in second bedroom   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

Suppose your house burns down. List six ways you could turn this into a positive experience.** 1. I can rebuild my house into my dream home 2. I can use the insurance money to rebuild my dream home 3. I don’t have to worry about break ins. 4. I can be a minimalist now that my possessions have burnt to

List five ways you pass your time in class when you’re bored.** (I finished school seven years ago, this is what I used to do to pass time in class when I was bored, or got my work done) 1. Writing stories 2. Scribbling/Doodling 3. Doing puzzles in a magazine 4. Reading a book (usually fiction and for leisure) 5.

What’s the loudest noise you ever heard?** So far, live rock music coming from a speaker that I was dancing next to.   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

What’s the loudest noise you’ve ever made?** A scream   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

What seven items would you want to have if you were the last person on Earth?** 1. One set of clothes (undies, bra, socks, pants, shirt, jumper)* 2. A blanket 3. A pillow 4. Panadol 5. A (big) bottle of water 6. A stove 7. Food (of some sort)   *For the sake of this exercise, I’m counting this as

What’s your favourite tinned food?** At the moment, my favourite tinned food is Heinz Big N Chunky Beef Bolognese soup. It’s simple to cook, tasty and I eat it everyday for lunch at work.   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

List six bizarre excuses for not doing your homework** 1. I was sucked into a vortex 2. I was too busy travelling through time 3. My homework magically disappeared 4. My homework decided to escape/run away 5. My pens and paper kept magically transforming into food 6. I had a fight with my textbook   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything