I really like this writing exercise - if you're a budding writer why not give it a go to get your creativity in gear:
On a blank piece of paper draw a rough square which is 15cm x 15cm in size.
Now fill it! You can fill it with anything - doodles, shopping lists, names you like, places you've been or would like to go - ANYTHING at all!
I'm filling mine with as many emotions (including slang words) as Ican until the box is full. I have fallen in to the trap before now of using one word again and again because my brain is stuck in a rut and can't think of an alternative, so this 'emotions box' will come in handy in future projects.
A lot of what is there might be rubbish but just write what comes in to your head. The book I am reading* says: "Your novel will grow richer with every bit of ink, crayon, or paint that you feed (the box). Half-baked thoughts, weird notions, doodles, bad ideas that you scratch out later - they all below here."
*Taken from Ready, Set, Novel! by Chris Baty, Lindsey Grant & Tavia Stewart-Streit.
On a blank piece of paper draw a rough square which is 15cm x 15cm in size.
Now fill it! You can fill it with anything - doodles, shopping lists, names you like, places you've been or would like to go - ANYTHING at all!
I'm filling mine with as many emotions (including slang words) as Ican until the box is full. I have fallen in to the trap before now of using one word again and again because my brain is stuck in a rut and can't think of an alternative, so this 'emotions box' will come in handy in future projects.
A lot of what is there might be rubbish but just write what comes in to your head. The book I am reading* says: "Your novel will grow richer with every bit of ink, crayon, or paint that you feed (the box). Half-baked thoughts, weird notions, doodles, bad ideas that you scratch out later - they all below here."
*Taken from Ready, Set, Novel! by Chris Baty, Lindsey Grant & Tavia Stewart-Streit.