Category: Writing Exercises

Exercise: Write a Paradox Word: inch and permanent We like to try to keep this in character story line but can’t think of a paradox. Though we do us the “Silence is deafening” often. We through together a patch that became a permanent temporary solution — oops. No idea how to use inch in a…

Exercise: Describe an object using only the sense of smell. Word: leash and blank The pack magic permeated the air, the bond was strong between Isabel and Rider. The soft scent of leaves blowing on the wind and the deep must of the forest floor filed Rider’s nose with the sense of belonging.  A man…

Exercise: Describe a location using all the senses. Words: tough and scatter I missed home. The putrid smell of the bog like an acid eating at your nose hair. It sounded stupid when you thought about it, I needed to be tougher. All the muck that stuck to your feet and slurped as you walked. But I missed it all. Especially…

Exercise: Describe an object using all the senses. Words: apathy and limited. The stick in my hand was nothing special. The knobs from former branches were rough against my fingers as I smothered the springy wood with druidic water. I was apathetic to the whole process, I didn’t need a fucking wand to do magic, but I…

Exercise: Describe a location using only the sense of smell. (AJ insists she’ll go in and fix that prompt sometime — someday lol) Words: bus and back It was putrid. The smell of urine and garbage. The carbon monoxide from the buses filled the air with toxic smoke that made my lunch want to come…

Exercise: Describe an object using only the sense of sight. Words: disheveled and soft I curled up in the soft fluffy comforter of Alex’s bed. The sheets were a disheveled mess after we finished, but I didn’t care. His touch lingered on my skin even though he laid next to me soundly sleeping. His hair…

Exercise: Write in Deep Third Person Words: nut and rhetoric Rider listened avidly to the Intro to Magic teacher. It was fascinating to him, but as he glanced at his peers he noticed their glazed over eyes. The sheer boredom in most of their faces was sure to etch lines as they listened to the…

Exercise: Create Dialog between two people. Words: Referee and Spoil And just cause it’s Christmas time I’m gonna hit the Photo of the Day too as eye candy mostly we’ll see if it ends up being Christmasy or not. “That’s a foul.” Alex shouted at the referee. “I thought the point of the game was…

Exercise: “Write in Third Person” Words: consumer and filter Isabel tromped through the hardware store looking for a heating filter. Rider’s current learning experiment was leaving goop and gore all over the woods. She wanted to examine the liquid without all the extra bits. But nothing she had at home worked. Ryan suggested an air…

Daily Spur Writing Exercise: Describe a location with the sense of hearing. Words: Loan and Concern Being an adult sucked. Alex and I sat in a chair waiting patiently for the bank employee to finish whatever the fuck they were doing on their computer so they could then help us. We were trying to get…