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Journal Writing

Are you thinking about keeping a journal – or struggling with deciding how to go about it? There are many books about creative journal writing out there. The approaches vary wildly. Some advice is quite rigid with rules hurled at the reader from every page. Some writers believe that writing down their free-flowing thoughts each morning […]

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WRITING EXERCISES

Each of the following writing exercises describes a dramatic situation and each one is designed to appeal to our visual senses. The images we see in our mind will depend on our own personal experiences, including experiences we have of similar situations in books or films. WE ARE UNIQUE We are all unique and our […]

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CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITIES

 CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITIES OPEN YOUR MIND The creative writing activities I am going to talk about here are more general than the specific creative writing activities described in the other sections. These activities are designed to open the mind and maybe even change your mind – creatively of course. CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITIES – SELECTIVE READING […]

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Abstract Writing Exercises

Abstract writing exercises give you less information than other exercises. These exercises take the smallest of situations as a starting point and allow your imagination to expand from there. Think of abstract writing exercises as visual triggers. For example, think about this sentence for a moment: ‘The scraping sound grew louder.’ Try and hear the […]

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