We all need a little help once in a while getting our brains moving in the “write” direction. So please stay tuned for a series of simple writing exercises you can use to get your mind going, or as a primer for your daily work on your WIP. Feel free to come back and drop a line to let me know what you came up with:)
Write 9 random alphabet letters in your journal or onscreen. Then use those letters, in the random order you wrote them, to build a sentence, the first letter of each word matching the letters you chose.
Here is an example:
G Y T R B W P A F
Gifford Young tried really bad wing-sauce, putrid, awful food.
Have fun with it and remember that to write well, you must be willing to write poorly first.
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My Letters: PDJEQCILT
Peter Did Just Eat Quick Climbing Ivy Last Thanksgiving
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Hopefully not poison ivy lol
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Dang. If only I could put ‘Bruce’ instead of ‘Peter’ to make the Batman joke.
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I’m never out of things to write, yet I’m always looking for new and interesting writing prompts, and I really like this one! Thanks for sharing! And, just a quick one while I’m here. Let’s see…
M Y I M T O R P K
My yaya is mostly terrible, or really pretty killer.
(Now I’m thinking of murderous Greek grandmothers)
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Lol that would be an excellent and highly original story!
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ISKLRAMATP
I saw kittens lounging replete around Mum and talking poetry
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I love that! Such a great image that brings to mind:)
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🙂
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Funny and at the same time interesting exercise and challenge for our mind. Will try it.Thanks for sharing, Ionia!
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I tried randomly hitting the keyboard with my eyes closed, and after removing random spaces and punctuation marks, I got the letters
P A J D G S K F W
Poor Andrew just didn’t get secret kisses from women.
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CMEPEFDT
Come morning, Evelyn’s passionate, evening fling disappeared thoughtlessly.
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Great tip master
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Thank you:)
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Reblogged this on Jacob Airey's Librarium and commented:
This is what I did for this writing exercise:
J N T D O T M B T
Juror number two did one too many bad things.
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