Friday 28 December 2012

15 Creative Writing Exercises to Boost Creativity

By Ron Wilson


Writing creatively is a good way to communicate yourself and get in touch with fictional characters and events. Numerous people have the wish to write creatively for either fun or profit, but how can we improve at being creative? Sometimes we open up to the blank page and instantly suffer writer's block.

The next time this happens to you, think about how much easier things would be if you had a list of creative writing exercises to get you through-- an effective list of things that can spark your imagination, and generate thoughts when you most need them.

Imaginative writing prompts are used anywhere and anytime. They could be used repeatedly, or they might be adapted and modified to prompt new ideas. The most effective aspect of creative writing prompts is that they might be as crazy or as sensible as you like, they are just a way of opening your creative mind to more possibilities.

Take the sentence and finish it off, then go on with writing for 200 words without putting thought into it. Just write the very first things that enter your mind and see where it takes you. So, save these creative writing prompts to your desktop, or print them out and put them up at your writing desk, so you have no more excuses not to write! These are prompts which function as story starters.

1. I bent over to collect my wallet when I heard the sound of ripping...

2. I looked in my rear vision mirror and saw where the sound of the siren was coming from...

3. The traffic jam brought me eye to eye with the man in the car next to mine, and I started to laugh when I noticed...

4. There were three kids running towards the river, so I yelled ...

5. The weather forecast was clearly wrong that day. I stared up to the clouds to discover ...

6. The three inch burn mark on my arm was caused when I was a child ...

7. After turning the shower off, I realised the towels were hanging outside to dry...

8. The darkness engulfed me, so I grabbed for my flashlight and flicked it on. right in front of me stood...

9. When I'd entered the corner store that morning, in the clothes I'd worn since the day before, I never knew I'd be stuck there for 4 hours...

10. The noise in the tree got my interest. I looked up, then jumped, as I saw ...

11. The wind blew the hat off my head. As I turned to chase it I noticed a gray haired man had caught it ...

12. When I 'd booked to have a removalist come take my piano, I assumed they would deliver it to my new house. Little did I know ...

13. The smell of his feet engulfed the room, until the other smell arose...

14. When I arrived home, I was horrified to see the police had blocked the entrance to my house...

15. Driving in the dark I barely saw the dog that jumped out in front of my car...




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