The more I write, the more I realise how important writing is to me and how beneficial. Below, are some of the reasons that I write. I’d love to hear your reasons. Let me know in the comments section.
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Announcing: NaJoWriMo Starting October 1st, 2015 – National Journal Writing Month
The theme of October’s National Journal Writing Month is “Unleashing Your Creative Mind Through Journal Writing.”
I’ve not participated before but joined #NANOWRIMO (novel writing equivalent) a couple of years ago and am nearing the end of the novel I started there. Definitely worth checking out.
http://najowrimo.org/announcing-najowrimo-starting-october-1s t-2015/
Writing prompt – noticing – 2
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.
If you’d like to share your writing or your experience of this and other writing prompts, please do – in the comments section.
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Writing prompt – Hands like shovels
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.
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Writing prompt – His hands were like shovels but…
Writing Inspiration – from Lost Property
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.
Writing prompt – new perspective
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.
Please feel free to share your writing or your experience of this exercise in the comments section.
Writing prompt – storm
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.
Feel free to share your writing or your experience of the exercise in the comments section.
Writing prompt
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.
Please feel free to share your writing or your experience of the exercise in the comments section.
Writing prompt – starting sentence
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.
If you’d like to share your writing or your experience of this and other writing prompts, please do – in the comments section.
Writing prompt – noticing
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.
If you’d like to share your writing or your experience of this and other writing prompts, please do – in the comments section.
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