Writing exercise?

[rowyn]

I forgot to bring my book of writing exercises to work today. Anyone want to give me an assignment? n.n

Comments

[howardtayler.livejournal.com]

Sure. Here are two writing prompts from the last two episodes of Writing Excuses

1) Write a fight scene in which the two participants know nothing about fighting. Things to pay attention to: Blocking (as in "stage direction," not "deflecting punches"), pacing, and emotional impact.

2) Write two 25-word blurbs about your most recent work, as if it were a finished novel you're shopping to editors. The first blurb is to convince an editor or agent to read the manuscript and buy it. The second is dust-jacket text to convince a reader to pick up the book and buy it.

Enjoy!

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Sure. Explain some very basic human activity --eating breakfast, say -- to the aliens.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Write a short story in rhyming couplets. :)

Alternatively, write a story in which "everybody dies" is the happy ending.

Or do both. ;)

-The Gneech