So, life finally caught up with me. Lots of stress at work last summer lead to a complete loss of energy and inspiration. Change of scene, change of job, new responsibilities, change of business area from mobile phone business to banking and a whole lot of traveling also took its fair share of good intentions. …
Day 7: Write a letter to yourself
Day 7: Write a letter to yourself telling you what you need to improve in the coming 6 months. “Dear me, So, you want to be a writer? And a succesful one? Then you need to change some things! I’m giving you 6 months to get better at the following issues. Remember, this is for …
Day 6: Write a short story
Day 6: Select a book on your shelf and pick two chapters at random. Take the first line of one chapter and the last line of the other chapter and write a short story (no more than 1000 words) using those as bookends to your story. “They pooled their money and discovered they had forty cents, …
Day 5: A 20-line poem
Day 5: Write a 20-line poem about a memorable moment in your life. “The warmth of the night, a full moon as bright as the sun, long day of hard work pain, screaming, excitement, A moments of silence Phone call, slight panic More silence A band of doctors poking and prodding and pushing More panic …
Day 4: Letter to an agent
Day 4: Write a letter to an agent telling her how wonderful you are. “Dear Mrs. Agent, Thank you for taking your time to listen to me. I am writing to you, to tell you how wonderful I am. This may seem like an arrogant subject, but this is really important to me, so I …
Day 3: The most beautiful place
Day 3: Write a setting based on the most beautiful place you’ve ever seen. “The school hall was hot as a steamer, even with the doors – lined up door frame to door frame along the sides of the hall – wide open. The african nights was usually cool, but not tonight. Never the less, …
Day 2: Create a character
Day 2: Create a character with personality traits of someone you love, but the physical characteristics of someone you don’t care for. “I know this guy. He is probably the most straight guy, I have ever met. He works in the same team as me, and I never had expected for him and me to …
Day 1: 10 books I would like to write
The first excercise in the 12 day programme is the creation of a list with the titles of 10 books I would like to write. #10 – Infected #9 – Galactic gladiator #8 – Jonathan away #7 – The devils child #6 – Breaking free #5 – The diary of John Mills – tales of …
The 12-day plan of Simple Writing Excercise
Shamelessly copied from the Writers Digest website, written by Brian Klems, here is the list of my writing excerises for the next 12 days. Oh, yikes! Day 1 is today. The 12-Day Plan of Simple Writing Exercises Day 1: Write 10 potential book titles of books you’d like to write. Day 2: Create a character …
From writer to author
I have decided to make the dream become real. I want to go from writer to author. That is, from writing for /dev/null or the drawer (or just imagining writing instead of actually doing it) I want to write a novel, that will be published. As a part of this process, I decided to invest …