12 Day Writing Plan

[Philip Overby]

Saw this posted on Writer's Digest and thought it might be fun to try for some of you that may be struggling with writing a bit and want a little motivation.

Sounds pretty fun and can break you out of your shell a bit.

A 12-Day Plan of Simple Writing Exercises | WritersDigest.com

 

[CupofJoe]

Days 4 & 5 might be a bit rough but I like the idea...

 

[Steerpike]

Agents must love step 4.

*opens mailbox* "What's with all the...oh, it's that damned Writer's Digest again!"

Joking aside, I do think this is a nice idea

 

[Philip Overby]

Yeah, I totally hope people aren't actually sending the letters from Day 4!

 

[CupofJoe]

I'd prefer the letter to the poetry... my poetry is rather Vogonic...

 

[Ireth]

Can I even do step 4 if I don't have an agent? Or do I have to make one up?

 

[Caged Maiden]

My brain kinda does this stuff normally. Not sure why.

One thing I'd like to add, is that maybe rather than doing this as stated in the post, you could always take certain elements of this (for example, I was inspired by a woman who sat across from me in the waiting room at the doctor one day) and file this into an "inspiration" folder. Sometimes, when you need a background character, rather than making one up on the fly, you can take one from the folder and plug it in (the old woman with the hunched back became an alewife in my book, not someone important, but when I saw her, I couldn't help but fill in the details of her life as I imagined them. She became a character solid enough to use in the background, for a little color and authenticity?).

I definitely connect with most of these strategies.

 

[Philip Overby]

Ireth: I imagine if you don't have an agent, just make one up. Or you can skip that one if you want.