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Writing Exercise #12: Weather and Loss

Writing Exercise 12 – Weather and Loss Choose a kind of weather, and then imagine something has been lost in it, or because of it. Maybe an object has been dropped in the snow, or long lost love letters have blown away in the wind, or maybe a boat has disappeared in a…

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Writing Exercise #11: Song Lyrics

Writing Exercise 11 – Song Lyrics Choose your favourite song title or song lyric, or even part of a lyric will do – make sure it’s a line that really gets your imagination fired up. Then take the title or lyric and use it as the title for a poem or…

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Writing Exercise #10: Ten Minute Free Write

This week’s exercise comes from Alan Bissett, who will be tutoring two creative writing workshops in Inverness in January. He suggests this exercise as a warm up for a writing session or a quick way to get your brain firing off ideas. Writing Exercise 10 – Ten Minute Free Write…

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Writing Exercise #9: Statement Poem

This week’s exercise is a journal prompt that lends itself well to writers of all kinds. Each line starts with a statement that you can finish however you want. This is a chance to work on metaphor and simile within a poem. You can also use it as a way…

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Writing Exercise #8: The Box Exercise

Today’s exercise comes from local poet and long time Moniack tutor, John Glenday. Write three short paragraphs/verses/sections about a box. Your box can be as real or as imaginary as you like. You can stretch the rules so that the box can be any container, or vaguely box shaped thing…

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Writing Exercise #7: Postcard Poem

This week’s exercise is the second of our two-part exercise from Cynthia Rogerson, focused on developing a lively setting for your story. Grab your work from last week and settle in for another ten minutes with your pen and paper. If you didn’t get a chance to complete the exercise…

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Writing Exercise #6 – Picture Your Place

Think of your favourite place in the world or a specific location in the world you have created for a story. Visualise it as if this location were to fit on the front of a postcard. In essence, take a snapshot in your mind of the place you would like…

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Writing Exercise #5: Eight Line Poem

This week’s exercise takes us back to basics with poetry. It can be done in ten minutes and is easy enough for even the least poetic of us to complete. Thanks to the spectacular Rally & Broad for sharing this one with us. Create a poem of at least 8…

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Writing Exercise #4 — Through Enemy Eyes

This week’s exercise comes from novelist and short story writer, Cynthia Rogerson, who is also our very own Programming Director. This will add depth to your characters, which will make your story more enticing to readers. Writing Exercise #4 – Through Enemy Eyes Write a paragraph or short story from…

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Writing Exercise #3: Working with Writer’s Block

This week’s exercise comes from Scottish novelist Karen Campbell, who is a frequent tutor at Moniack. It is for those moments when you find yourself staring at a blank page, not knowing where to start. She explains, in her own words, how to work with this feeling to create something…

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