Thursday Thirteen...13 writing ideas

13 Ways to Start Writing

We have all gone into writer's block at one time or another....the following are suggestions taken from Abigail Thomas' article "Everyone Has a Story to Tell". Shes gives her writing class assignments because it is hard to make something out of the clear blue sky. It doesn't have to be a story. It doesn't have to be an anything. Nothing is more deadening to creativity than the grim determination to write. She asks for two pages on these suggestions:

1. Write two pages of apologies....
2. Write two pages of instructions to the child you once were.
3. Write two pages in which something is broken.
4. Write two pages about an unwelcome surprised .
5. Write two pages about a proposal of marriage.
6. Write two pages in which you do something wrong you do not regret.
7. Write two pages about where you would fly if you could.
   
8. Write two pages about a bad haircut.
9. Write two pages about scolding a child.
10. Write two pages in which you were unmasked.
11. Write two pages on the best meal you ever ate.
    
12. Write two pages about something you wish you didn't know.
    
13. Write two pages on something that makes you laugh every time.
    

According to Thomas, "A lot of writing consists of waiting around for the aquarium to settle so you can see the fish. Writing memoirs is one way to explore how you became the person you are. It's the story of how you got here from there. Believe me. It's a good story."

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