Write a one hundred-word story in which no word is repeated** Travel Pillow Father always said that when you travel, the best thing to have is a good pillow not mattress. I never understood what he meant until adulthood and was offered sales rep work, being on road everyday—just like him. Sleeping in cheap motels nearly every second day, their
Read moreWrite a complete story of exactly fifty words, no more, no less. It should have a beginning, a middle and an end** Busted Tonight the U2 concert is on, but mum wouldn’t let me go, so I decided to sneak out the window. I tried sneaking back in by climbing the drainpipe. Just as I landed on my bedroom floor,
Read more‘Growing up beats throwing up.’ Do you agree?** This such a weird quote to me, I wasn’t actually sure whether Marsden was quoting something or someone, but considering he usually acknowledges when he does, I assume he made it up. To answer the question, I believe growing up does beat throwing up. With growing up, you can almost do whatever
Read more‘Obstacles are a stimulus to him/her.’ Is that true for you? Give examples.** I believe this is true for me as it makes life interesting, that being said it all depends on what the obstacle is. Examples for me include all of my uni assessments as they were obstacles to completing my subjects so I could graduate. My uni assessments
Read moreDescribe something you used to believe in but now don’t** I used to believe that abortion was murder due to my childhood spent at church, however when I started high school, my church was sold or something, I’m not sure what happened, but as my mother stopped going there, so did I, so I drifted away from being devout. As
Read moreYou have a magic button on your shirt. Every time you twist it…** At the Touch of a Button I have a magic button on my blouse with a clock on it that is second from the top and closest to my heart. Every time I twist it, I can travel back in time. I can twist it to
Read moreWrite a piece where the end of the story is told at the beginning** The Day When the Most Unexpected Thing Happened Wednesday March 23rd 2011 9.15am I was at campus, in the communications building, chatting with my friend and classmate; Kelly, awaiting the start of our journalism lecture when you were pronounced dead. There is a saying that
Read moreThe shortest poem ever written is claimed to be this, by Ogden Nash: ‘To my Goldfish’ Wet Pet. Write one of approximately equal length** To my Bra Rack Sack **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreThese are all the common words that rhyme with ‘-ainly’: plainly, mainly, sanely, vainly, urbanely, profanely, ungainly, humanely, insanely, inhumanely. Write a rhyming poem using some or all of these words** Plain Jane Jane looked plainly, this was due to her mainly not wearing make-up or her hair down. She acted sanely, never vainly or insanely, nor spoke profanely.
Read moreDescribe a zoo in which there are cages for the abstract: e.g. for hatred, for the wind** Mental Jungle We’re going to the zoo today! We’re going to the zoo today! What are we going to see? It’s not an ordinary zoo you see? The animals aren’t the ones on show: no lions, lemurs or chimpanzees, it’s not a
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Loveday Writing 