10/24/19

Fall Writing Exercise Series #54 Title Mania Plus Defects 08

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The Notebooking Daily Fall Writing Series is a daily writing exercises for both prose writers and poets to keep your creative mind stretched and ready to go—fresh for your other writing endeavors. The writing prompts take the impetus—that initial crystal of creation—out of your hands (for the most part) and changes your writing creation into creative problem solving. Instead of being preoccupied with the question "What do I write" you are instead pondering "How do I make this work?" And in the process you are producing new writing.

These exercises are not meant to be a standard writing session. They are meant to be productive and to keep your brain thinking about using language to solve simple or complex problems. The worst thing you can do is sit there inactive. It's like taking a 5 minute breather in the middle of a spin class—the point is to push, to produce something, however imperfect. If you don't overthink them, you will be able to complete all of the exercises in under 30 minutes.
#54
Title Mania Plus Defects 08

For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which uses one of the following as its title. For a bonus challenge use the additional exercise of five random constraints.


Titles:
  1. Brunch, Again
  2. Turning From the Sun 
  3. How to Inflate Your Sense of Self Worth Until You Physically Pop
  4. Flung
  5. Cut Diagonally

Bonus Exercise: 5 Random Constraints
(I recommend picking any required words or lines before writing with a little surplus for options, but with your chosen title in mind)
  1. Your second paragraph must be a line of dialog that is exactly five words long.
  2. You must include at least six words which begin with the letter combination "Tr".
  3. You must include one sentence (or at least 5 consecutive words) from the lyrics to the song "Rings" by Aesop Rock.
  4. You must include one creature that walks on four legs.
  5. You must describe the taste of something salty.

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If you'd like some background music to write to, try the album "The Iron Horse" by The Sound Defects