Loveday Writing

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

Write three differences between carpet and ice-cream** 1. Ice-cream is edible, carpet is not 2. Carpet is furry, ice-cream is not 3. Ice-cream has to be kept in the freezer, carpet does not   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

List ten things that go up and down** 1. Ball 2. Lift/Elevator 3. Pogo Stick 4. Kangaroos 5. Planes (when they take off and eventually land) 6. Birds (when they take off and eventually land) 7. Flies, bees and other flying insects (when they take off and eventually land) 8. Springs 9. Cherry Picker/Scissor Lift 10. Rollercoaster   **Reference: Marsden,

Suggest six ways to get a ping-pong ball out of a (vertical) drain.** 1. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of the drain 2. Put your hand down the drain and get it out 3. Scoop it out with a soup ladle 4. Use Drano (it will get it out of the drain but it will also end