UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY.
Whenever writers get stuck, many become frustrated, perplexed, and filled with self-doubt.
If this happens, it is time to take a different approach.
Discover the Fun and Relax:
One elementary school teacher had her students mold Play-Doh to create a new dinosaur. Her students then named and wrote about their creation. When a group of adult writers did this exercise, they had smiles on their faces and became prolific.
Rewrite a Comic Strip:
Look at the Sunday Comics and realize the artists who create these nuggets are story tellers. Consider the tales and moral lessons portrayed. Take a cartoon like Family Circus and substitute the old text with fresh wording. Notice how the words change the story or message.
Create a Storyboard:
Long before movies and television shows become reality, artists create a scene-by-scene pictorial layout. Apply the technique to gain a fresh perspective of any writing project.
Make Talking Pictures:
Write dialogue for any picture. Buy a large-piece puzzle, start putting it together, and jot down an account of the images as the picture emerges. Add sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touching sensations to make the word picture come alive.
Become An Observer:
See a plane overhead or a group of people in a nearby car? Consider the answers to probing questions: “What if my character was on that plane or in that car?” “Where is he or she going?” “Why?”
Take It Around the World:
Select a continent and make up the name of a country and city. Draft a first person account of an event in that country’s history.
Name That Tune:
Make up a song using the lyrics to summarize the plot of a story, a character’s flaws, or a particular scene.
Become a Poet:
Newspapers, online posts, and advertising brochures can inspire creativity. Compile a list of words, phrases, and key-word combinations based on the text. Take all the ideas, more words, and combine them to draft a poem or a story.
4 replies on “Unleash Your Creativity”
Nice format on the blog article!
Great ideas to inspire writers to get off the dime and be creative.
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