Regular
writing sites
· 40 x 365 (Make
a list of people in your life; try to capture the essence of each in only 100
words)
Look over samples, read writer’s guidelines, and do a couple
of each. (You might even want to submit or join!)
Image-inspiration
Go to flickr.com or some other
photo-sharing site. Or check out Google’s Art Project, or
the website of a museum you’d like to visit.. Pick a word and search through
the photos for one that interests you. Try colors (blue, maroon), emotions,
abstractions (independence, silence), types of food, family relationships,
whatever. Write down a memory that the picture evokes, the imagined thoughts of
a person in the picture, a string of images that the picture brings to your
mind, …
Nonfiction
sites
Browse through the archives at Brevity or This I Believe. Look
for a title that intrigues you and write your own post based on that title (or
a variation of it). Make a list of memires that come to mind as you browse
through these short pieces.
Graphic
organizers
Play around
with one or more of the following:
Try mapping a difficult decision you have made, or the
stages that you went through in some learning process.
Music
Try
browsing through your iPod library (or other music collecitons). Write down the
memories or images that come to mind. List the songs that have been
meaningfulto you through the years.
List-making
Make a list of the significant objects in your life or the
people who have taught you something. Make a list of the places that have been
important to you throughout your life. Make a list of your endings and
beginnings.
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