Write a poem that will be a cry for freedom** Resolutions Another year gone by, time sure does fly, it’s time to turn the page get ready to wipe life’s slate. Make a mental note of all you hope and seek for the New Year, check back here before your life begins again. Always have a few resolutions
Read moreThis year I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for the first time. Despite my attempts to write an “official novel”, I ended November with a novelette, How We Got Here, with a total of 15,729 words and 74 pages (the word count does not include the prologue). How We Got Here is about Lorraine Ramieres, a 49 year
Read moreWrite a conversation where someone mentions a type of fish in every sentence. (Adapted from ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’)** A seafood BBQ with friends W: Tommy Cod! I’m so glad you made it to our party! It’s been such a long time! T: I know Walley, we’ve both been busy with work or should I call you Mr
Read moreWrite a letter to an angel…your personal angel perhaps** To my guardian angel, Are you really out there? I recently wrote a letter to God and asked him or her the same question. If you both exist, do you work together? What is your role exactly? Does God create and you help us on our way? When I’m running late
Read moreWrite a poem thirty-four words long** Where I’m At I close myself off to the world, make myself invisible so no one can tear me apart or break my heart. I’m angry inside, cos I’m trying to live life right and getting nowhere. **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreWrite a letter to God** Dear God, Are you out there? Do you really exist? I guess I won’t know until I die. I’ve always held the belief that you exist, or if not you, that a higher power does. I’ve always felt that life is a combination of what I make of it and my destiny being pre-mapped. The
Read moreWrite a letter to your parent/s, thanking them for something** Dear Mum & Dad, I know we talk on the phone almost all the time and I already said thank you a bunch of times, but I also wanted to do it in writing. I wanted to thank you for giving me money a couple of months ago to help
Read moreWrite a letter to yourself, to be read in fifty years** Dear Rachel, So you’re in your seventies now, actually you’re more closer to 80 than 70….76. I hope we’re still alive. How do you feel about being in your seventies? In your life so far, what do you feel your best decade has been? Thirties? Forties? Fifties? Sixties? I’m
Read moreWrite a letter to yourself, to be read in five years** Dear Rachel, So you’re in your thirties now…31, where did that time go? Actually I know where it went–school, working at Woolies, moving away and going to uni, and working in Sydney–no wait that’s where I’m up to. Lately I’ve been feeling I haven’t really lived my life. While
Read moreWhere one is cool to the point of coldness and ten is wildly hysterical, write a sentence for each number between one and ten** 1. Coldness 2. Cool 3. Cool, but slightly worried 4. Concerned 5. Stressed 6. Shocked 7. Extremely stressed 8. Minor panic 9. Mild panic 10. Wildly hysterical 1. One of my workmates died last
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