Dheera's Workshop of Whimsy

WRITING TIPS II

Hello again!

Its Monday once more and timeto pull up the boot straps and buckle down to some more writing tips. I do hope everyone has a journal and 7 topics you have written about in the last 7 days? Please, please don’t read what you have written so far. You can do it on the 30thof April and trust me you will have a wonderful surprise.

The first exercise this week is to write down 7 topics on which you would like to read a story. Now write the summary of one of the stories that you have chosen. This can be the writing page for the day or an additional writing piece.

As Bonni Goldberg says in Room to Write, ‘Making room in your life to write generates even more room for your writing.’ So write as much as you can. Look for free moments in the day in addition to the mandatory writing time you have set aside. While traveling record a conversation. Imagine the life of a co-traveler by looking at his/her expression and write about it.

Describe a scene on the road. Write from the heart. Don’t worry about being read. Write for your self and you will find the words flowing. 

Look at the colors around you. Choose one. Notice how many things around you are of that color. Write about it. Writing is like painting or drawing. Just like you can draw anything you see or imagine, so can you write about it.

Make an away-from-your-desk journal. Carry it in your purse. Begin filling it with you musings.

See you next week! Meanwhile, may the pen rule!

Dheera