Creative Writing Exercises

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Creative Writing Exercises - revisited

By Deb Gallardo

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This article was originally posted on August 26th, but there is a strange glitch in the coding of the page which I’ve not been able to fix. Rather than lose this great content, I’ve forwarded you here. Enjoy.

Creative Writing Exercises

By Lisa Lippert
What is writing practice?

Writing practice is what you do when you sit down in front of blank paper and just start writing, without intending to do anything with the result. It’s an enjoyable pastime for me, especially when I do it with friends and compare notes. There are a few rules for writing practice:

Keep the pen moving. Try not to think and plan too much once you start writing.

Don’t edit. Don’t stop and cross things out. Don’t worry about spelling or grammar and especially don’t edit ideas.

Keep your writing. Write in a book consistently until you fill it up.

There are reasons for these rules.

Keeping the pen moving helps you avoid… Read the entire article

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