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: You must include the following five words in your piece: Armful, Doubted, Gushed, Varnished, Envelope.
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First Line Bonanza 10
First Line Bonanza 10
For today's writing exercise write a piece that begins with one of the following first lines.
- Everything was on fire.
- It seemed like the bottle fell forever.
- Few souls remained around the bonfire.
- A third child balances on the backs of his brothers in the faded Polaroid.
- "Tectonics plates do not care about your day plans!" he shouted.
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Bonus Exercise: You must include the following five words in your piece: Armful, Doubted, Gushed, Varnished, Envelope.
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If you'd like some background music to write to, try this "Solitude" lofi mix from our friend Dreamy.
