Using one of the news headlines below as inspiration, write for at least 10 minutes without editing or censoring.
The idea is to write something that matches the headline – your own version of events. Create the news! It can be anything.
You can’t get this wrong, just let the words come and see where it goes.
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Use the following three words in your writing.
Write for at least 10 minutes wihout censoring or editing. Let the words flow, see where it goes.
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Sit quietly for 5 minutes. Notice your thoughts. 
When the time is up, write a 2-minute list, just start writing, see what comes.
Read what you have written.
Write something for 15 minutes. Without editing or censoring.
You can’t get this wrong, just let the words come and see where it goes.
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Continue the sentence below:
His hands were like shovels but…
Write for 15 minutes and see where it takes you. Don’t censor or edit, just let it come.
Writing prompt – His hands were like shovels but…
Use this photo from Lost Property as writing inspiration. Start writing and write for 15 minutes, without censoring, pausing or editing. Post your writing or thoughts in the comments section.
Take a look at your environment, inside, or outside. Focus your attention on one object or one aspect. Something specific. Try looking at it from a new angle, or thinking about it from a different perspective.
Make brief notes; whatever comes into your mind. Don’t censor, just write what comes.
Sit and read your notes then write something for 15 minutes. Don’t censor or edit, just let the writing come and see where it goes.
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Make a three-minute list; whatever comes to mind when you look at the picture.
Read your list. Now write for 15 minutes. Don’t pause, edit or censor.
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Pick two people from the photo.
Part 1
Answer these questions about each of them:
Question 1: Why are they distracted?
Question 2: When they see this photo ten years later, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
Part 2
They meet for the first time on the way home from this event. Write about this, include plenty of dialogue.
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Choose a novel or a short story. Turn to the beginning. Write down the first sentence.
Now rewrite the sentence, changing something, anything. It could be a name, the point of view, one word, several words.
Using your new sentence as a starting point, write for 15 minutes. Try not to pause, censor or edit. Just see where it goes.
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Spend 10 minutes wandering around your home, or outside. Pay extra attention to what you see, hear and smell.
As soon as you can, write, in simple language, what you noticed.
Read what you have written.
Write something for 15 minutes.
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