“Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning. I wanted to know what I was going to say.”
~Sharon O’Brien
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“Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning. I wanted to know what I was going to say.”
~Sharon O’Brien
“I think of difficult people as my teacher instead of my enemy.” ~ Unknown
Write about having to deal with the most difficult person in the universe. Who was the person involved? What were they doing to be difficult and how was it handled? What lessons were learned, if any?
Write from personal experience or, create a fictional character. Is the “person” living, human or from another species? Were they being difficult as a result of a communication issue or for the sake of creating drama?
Get creative and have fun.
“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.”
~Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.” ~ André Malraux
Every town has its secrets. It’s moving day and you’ve just moved into your new home. While exploring each room, you find an old journal tucked away in the attic. This journal reveals your new town’s darkest and deepest secret.
What is the secret and what would happen if it were suddenly exposed? Would you expose it? Would it cause chaos and mayhem, or would it cause utter embarrassment to a few of the town’s elite? What would the consequences be? Would your life be in danger?
Get creative and have fun!
“The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.”
~Toni Morrison