Creative Calisthenics
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Creative Calisthenics

Creative Calisthenics Writing Project: This year for Christmas, why not write short poems (free or rhyming verse) for people who mattered to you this year.

December 23, 2009 at 10:51pm
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Creative Calisthenics Writing prompt: Choose one of the people from the account of the Nativity and tell the story as if you were writing about it in your diary.

December 22, 2009 at 5:13pm
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Creative Calisthenics Writing Prompt: Take the main characters in your work in progress to a Christmas party. Where is the party? Who is hosting it? What's the party like? Any trouble happen at the party? Sometimes our characters reveal a lot about themselves during holiday celebrations.

December 20, 2009 at 11:46am
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Creative Calisthenics Character tip: Describe the book shelves in your character's house. What books are on the shelves, in what condition are they. Which are well thumbed? Which are untouched? For more fun exercises check out Creative Calisthenics The Book http://www.tinyurl.com/creativeworkout

December 16, 2009 at 7:59pm
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Creative Calisthenics Writing Tip: If you write for just 15 minutes a day at 25wpm that's 375 words a day or more than 136,000 words a year. Small efforts consistently exercised over extended periods of time produce big results.

December 15, 2009 at 2:25pm
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Creative Calisthenics #Nanowrimo tip: Writing sprints. Write as fast as possible for 10 minutes. Rest. Then try to beat your word count.

September 21, 2009 at 12:24pm
Karen
Karen
Natalie Goldberg suggests some great topics for these with simple incomplete sentences, such as "I want" or "I don't want" in her book Wild Mind.
September 25, 2009 at 9:28am
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Creative Calisthenics Character Tip: With female characters what's in her purse. With males - his pockets. Students - backpacks

September 21, 2009 at 12:22pm
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Creative Calisthenics #nanowrimo tip: When stuck for a word or if you need a detail, Just type in ### or something like it and keep writing.

September 21, 2009 at 9:26am
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Creative Calisthenics Nonfiction Idea Generator: Take a magazine you read. Write down the article titles. Change a word or two in each title.

September 21, 2009 at 2:44am
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Creative Calisthenics Writing Prompt: Describe your office - from a cat's point of view (or other pet)

September 20, 2009 at 11:55pm
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Creative Calisthenics Nanowrimo Tip: Set a schedule and stick to it. Put your writing times into your calendar. Make an appointment with your self to write.

September 20, 2009 at 11:53pm
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Creative Calisthenics Creative Character Tip: Look at the character's book shelf. What's books does s/he have? Which are most worn

September 20, 2009 at 2:11pm
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Creative Calisthenics Are you doing #Nanowrimo? If so, why not discuss your preparation in the discussion board.

September 19, 2009 at 11:35pm
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Creative Calisthenics Writing Prompt: You take the wrong exit on the freeway and find you are hopelessly lost. You stop at a run down general store for directions when....

September 19, 2009 at 8:47pm
Bertha Laird
Bertha Laird
Well, I ought to do nanowrimo, but it wouldn't be a novel. It would have to be a children's chapter book. Does that count?
September 29, 2009 at 5:49pm