In honor of Library Lovers Month, write a scene set in a library. Make it unexpected. Create a sweet romance, a suspenseful mystery, or an intriguing thriller.
How? Why wander through the library and read what you would like to write. Sometimes to start your writing day, all it takes is a chapter or a page or two to begin your own creative journey.
Did you watch the Oscars last night? Enjoy the fantastic gowns? Spot the botox-laden stars? Enjoy Ben Stiller’s impersonation? I enjoyed it when Kate Winslet mentioned her childhood fantasy of winning an Oscar in front of her bathroom mirror, using a shampoo bottle in place of the Oscar statue.
Exercise: You have just won an Oscar or perhaps a Pulitzer or another major literary award. What is it for? Write your acceptance speech. Write the pitch for whatever you won. Write the bookjacket or p.r. blurb for what won! Send it to me and we’ll post them if you are brave enough! Accept the challenge. It can be fun!
Happy Birthday Ansel Adams! Born in 1902, this famous photographer is noted for his pictures of Yosemite.
Exercise 1: Try your hand at photography. Another art form, it may release your creativity in a new way, or inspire your writing. Explore nature with your camera and see the world through your camera lense. Then write about your photographs, using your senses, verbs, and think of how a story could develop in this setting.
Exercise 2: Have you ever been to Yosemite? Any memories there or at another national park? Write a personal narrative or a poem of your experiences at a park or with nature.
Read the book Ansel Adams: America’s Photographer by Beverly Gherman for inspiration and enjoyment. (A fabulous book!)