Writing Course Exercises to Stimulate Your Brain

Posted on December 6th, 2009 in Writing by Glynis Smy
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Writing stimulates the brain but sometimes it is difficult to think of something to write. This article offers a list of exercises in the form of a one week course. Each exercise has a different idea and challenge. Writing courses are expensive, this one is free.

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The way to improve your writing is to write. How often should you write? The answer is everyday, this does not mean long essay style articles or even ones to be published. The brain needs to be stimulated and then it will retain knowledge. Sometimes it is not easy to think of what to write and this is where the stimulus exercise comes in handy. Writing courses are expensive but this one is free for you to enjoy.

Each one of the exercises are for every day for one week.

  • Write 100 words about an animal. Use as many descriptive words as you can without naming the animal within the article. This is quite a challenge. You have to get over to your reader what it is but must not tell.
  • Write 50 words describing 3 trees, plus another 50 words describing 1 bird.
  • Imagine you are in a changing room of a large department store. You overhear 2 people talking about you. Describe the conversation you overhear.  Describe the surroundings and activities of the staff and other customers. This is a 500 word challenge.
  • Find a fiction novel and go to page 100 and rewrite it. This is a two hour challenge you must write it as if you are a child writing it or as if you are the opposite sex of the original author. Is there any difference in the wording?
  •  Imagine you have a blind friend, you must write a story about the beach for them. They can be of any age or sex.
  • Using the 10 words below, write a vampire story of 1,000 words.
  1. Lips
  2. Arms
  3. Dismiss
  4. Hypnotic
  5. Captive
  6. Emulate
  7. Tantalise
  8. Lantern
  9. Torment
  10. Value
  • Write an article for a newsletter that is to be distributed around the local pet stores, the author is a cat.

Try the exercises, use them as if you are on a writing course. Set time aside and stimulate that brain. Enjoy the challenge.

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