- Write about an unusual scent.
- Tell a story about a silent world.
- Go to an art museum, and write a story about the first painting you see.
- Create a character about the fifth person you see on the street.
- Read the dialogue from your latest piece out loud.
- Write a romance with an ending that makes you laugh.
- Develop a character based on your best friend (but don’t tell her).
- Find an old journal, and create a character based on your younger self.
- Write as much as you can when your computer’s battery reaches ten percent.
- Review your favorite book on Amazon.
- Send an old-fashioned letter to someone who needs a bit of love.
- Leave a postcard in a public place for a stranger.
- Create a world based on a game that you played as a child.
- Keep a dream journal by your bed.
- Write a book with a friend.
- Send a thank you note to a writer that moved you.
- Give someone the gift of a poem.
- Write a story based on a page in a coloring book.
- Tell a story to a small child, and write a book based on it.
- Write at least one word every day. (You can do that.)
- Have a word count contest with a friend for at least a month.
- Describe your favorite place in the whole world.
- Make something mundane sound special.
- Next time you read a book, notice what words the writer chooses.
- Call yourself a writer the next time someone asks what you do.
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