The weather is getting a wee bit warmer here so I am itching to get outside for a writing adventure.
Find yourself a spot outside where you can sit comfortably for a few minutes. Take a look around. Then open your notebook. (I know that you faithfully carry a notebook with you everywhere because you are a WRITER.) In your notebook describe your surroundings. When you are finished, close your eyes and sit for a few minutes absorbing your surroundings again. What new things did you notice? How did having your eyes closed change the place for you? Open your eyes and describe the place a second time in your notebook.
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Here you will find writing prompts to jump start your imagination and inspire you as a fiction writer. Every Wednesday I post a first line which you can use as a starting point to write your own fabulous, tragic, magical, hilarious and hopefully award-winning short story. Want more? Check back often for other prompts designed to keep the words flowing. You'll also find the occasional author interview, book review or musing from me as I share my own journey as a writer.
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2 comments:
Lori,
I liked this one. I did it twice today. Once in a mall and once outside. My other senses heightened a bit. I could hear voices and sounds better and noticed soft breezes more. I guess I was tuning them out with all the sights around me.
Thanks.
Mario
That's great Mario! We are truly visual creatures - to the point we allow our other senses to fade. By closing our eyes, our hearing, sense of smell and of touch sharpen. I am so glad you discovered that. Now don't forget to bring it into your writing - it makes it alive!
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