For this exercise, the main constraint is the auditory element. Freewrite for ten or twenty minutes (at least), focused only on the sense of sound. As you write, really get into the feeling of the sound. You might listen to music and write the way a song feels. You might say nothing about the music,… Continue reading Freewriting Exercise: Get Sensual With Sound
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Freewriting Exercise: Use Visuals (Photography, Illustrations)
Images are a great resource for writers to take advantage of. With tools like Pinterest and Google Image Search, it’s trivial to dig up all sorts of useful images relevant to just about any element of a story. [bctt tweet=”The more you are able to draw from life, the less you have to invent, and… Continue reading Freewriting Exercise: Use Visuals (Photography, Illustrations)
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Freewriting Exercise: Write Using Hypotaxis / Parataxis
Writers are fortunate to have all sorts of different descriptive tools to label the things we do and how we use language to give shape to our thoughts and feelings. This article introduces a couple of useful distinctions. They sound more complicated than they really are. They sound complicated because they are Greek. They sound… Continue reading Freewriting Exercise: Write Using Hypotaxis / Parataxis
Freewriting Exercise: Explore Transitional Words and Phrases
What is a transition? Transitional words and phrases are like little bits of logical padding that show how different subjects are connected. Examples of transitional words: in essence in conclusion meanwhile thus notwithstanding subsequently for instance therefore in particular in truth as a result likewise . . .plus a zillion more. You get the idea.… Continue reading Freewriting Exercise: Explore Transitional Words and Phrases