The Notebooking Daily 2020 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.
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Bonus Exercise: Also include the word "Follow" in your title, and the smell of black pepper.
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First Line Bonanza 1
First Line Bonanza 1
For today's writing exercise write a piece that begins with one of the following first lines.
- The bridge vibrated his soles with each passing semi.
- Beneath the streetlight two teenagers struggled to light a small fire of tinder made mostly of magazines and stuffed animals.
- Wind whipped the weeping willow's long lashes.
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Bonus Exercise: Also include the word "Follow" in your title, and the smell of black pepper.
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If you'd like some background music to write to, try the music for the Chinese civ in the game Civilization 5.
