October 14, 2011
Writing exercises can often jog the pen when it seems dry.Change the venue. Where do you normally write? Is it a quiet, secluded space? Nature? A desk? Is your normal spot more active like a coffee shop, the middle of a college campus or a mall cafe'? Go to the opposite extreme and just write without worry of what you're writing for--without any inhibitions of grammar like trailing prepositions; or should it be a comma or a semi-colon or semicolon or semi colon. Just write what comes alive in your new space!
I recently sat down to write in the middle of a shopping mall while my son went to his favorite shops. The conversations I overheard, the actions of individuals feeling unnoticed in the crowd, kids with their parents and parents to their kids--the field was ripe for character traits and attributes to incorporate into characters in my book!
Sometimes a quiet place can keep you from getting distracted, to focus better on what you write. Perhaps the interaction of wind with a leaf clinging to its branch in October is enough material for you to write for ten minutes.
Change your venue and write, write, write no matter what comes out!
In Christ, Andy
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