Write for 5 minutes solidly starting your first sentence with 'Blue makes me think of...'
You can write a list or a train of thought.
Blue makes me think of the colour the sky should be right now. It was Blue yesterday, a really pale Blue with a glorious hot sun lodged up there. I didn't see a great deal of the Blue due to being in the office all day. Today's colour is unfortunately Grey. Although according to the weather report we should be due a bit of Blue. And loads of Blue tomorrow.Blue is the colour of my notepad, THIS VERY PAD. It has swirls of different colours on it but it is mainly Blue. When I should be doing work in it it pokes out from where it lies under the bed, an accusing sliver of Blue. "You should be writing in me", it says. "Put down that magazine, don't think about the washing, stop procrastinating!"Looking around me there's not much Blue to be had. The sky is the aforementioned grey. Most other things are green. There's a pair of blue pants on the line. They're mine. Blue's not really my colour so there's nothing else. My school uniform used to be blue. Navy. Maybe five years of blue polyester has put me off!
Friday, 9 May 2008
Activity 1.7
Pick up an object and desribe it in 50 words. Say what it looks/feels/smells like, where you originally got it, any emotional ties you have to it.
I pick up a pen. It’s a very ordinary biro. Clear plastic hexagonal barrel with a strip of black running through the middle for the ink. It appeared on my desk about a week ago, a strange phenomenon – most pens mysteriously leave my desk never to return. My colleague, David, has clearly been in possession of it at some point as the end has been chewed off.
I pick up a pen. It’s a very ordinary biro. Clear plastic hexagonal barrel with a strip of black running through the middle for the ink. It appeared on my desk about a week ago, a strange phenomenon – most pens mysteriously leave my desk never to return. My colleague, David, has clearly been in possession of it at some point as the end has been chewed off.
1.6
Having a good imagination might also mean that the writer is good at seeing things differently – they ask ‘what if?’ of everyday situations.
For example, in a story about a straight-laced schoolteacher, what if at one time he worked in the circus?
Or what if that charming woman in the sweetshop poisoned her neighbour’s cat?
Or what if tomorrow I inherited a million pounds, and then what if the next day I lost it?
What if the characters are not as they first seem?
This ability to ask ‘what if?’ is a habit that can easily be learned.
In your journal, using the 3 observations you made in Activity 1.5 as your starting point, ask what if those things were different? Write down your thoughts.
Example: There is one small window, too high up to see out of. It is covered by a white paper blind that appears almost grey in the dull light of an early December morning.
Or: Beyond the prison bars over my cell window, I can hear the waves of the Caribbean sea against the beach.
The blueprints indicate a network of fat pipes just beneath the floor ofthe lower chamber. On gaining access through the ceiling one can see theyare covered in a slimy coating reflecting the little light available withstartling intensity. The chamber appears only as wide as it is deep, if itweren't for the pipes: the occupants must have felt crushed by their claustrophobic environs.
For example, in a story about a straight-laced schoolteacher, what if at one time he worked in the circus?
Or what if that charming woman in the sweetshop poisoned her neighbour’s cat?
Or what if tomorrow I inherited a million pounds, and then what if the next day I lost it?
What if the characters are not as they first seem?
This ability to ask ‘what if?’ is a habit that can easily be learned.
In your journal, using the 3 observations you made in Activity 1.5 as your starting point, ask what if those things were different? Write down your thoughts.
Example: There is one small window, too high up to see out of. It is covered by a white paper blind that appears almost grey in the dull light of an early December morning.
Or: Beyond the prison bars over my cell window, I can hear the waves of the Caribbean sea against the beach.
The blueprints indicate a network of fat pipes just beneath the floor ofthe lower chamber. On gaining access through the ceiling one can see theyare covered in a slimy coating reflecting the little light available withstartling intensity. The chamber appears only as wide as it is deep, if itweren't for the pipes: the occupants must have felt crushed by their claustrophobic environs.
Start writing fiction - 1.5
In your journal, write down 3 separate observations about the room you’re in right now. Try to be as accurate as possible.
Example: Floor-length silk velvet curtains cover the two sash windows. The curtains are poppy-red, but where the bright midsummer sunlight shines through them they are orange.
"Varying heights" the blueprints say. That can only be in reference to the network of fat pipes running over the ceiling. They are covered in a silvery coating, tinfoil-like in appearance. Without the intrusive pipes the ceiling would be higher than the room is wide, though the occupants of the space appreciate the contrast of the shiny material at the side of the bland institutional grey of the fittings.
Example: Floor-length silk velvet curtains cover the two sash windows. The curtains are poppy-red, but where the bright midsummer sunlight shines through them they are orange.
"Varying heights" the blueprints say. That can only be in reference to the network of fat pipes running over the ceiling. They are covered in a silvery coating, tinfoil-like in appearance. Without the intrusive pipes the ceiling would be higher than the room is wide, though the occupants of the space appreciate the contrast of the shiny material at the side of the bland institutional grey of the fittings.
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