Reflect on travel today: past trips you’ve taken, places your character wants to visit, the significance of a journey.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
Month: October 2010
Daily Writers’ Fix: Taste
The flavors of fall
Using this photo, phrase, and sense to get you started, spend 10 minutes freewriting today, then review what you’ve written and see if it sparks any ideas.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Touch
Click on one of the following photos and use that prompt for today’s Daily Writers’ Fix.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sound
No shoppers laughing and talking on cell phones, no workers taking a smoke break, no cars honking at pedestrians. Why is this street silent and empty?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Smell
The smell of salt water, ocean breezes, dried-out kelp strewn across the sand… What are your character’s maritime memories or associations? A waterbound escape? A grueling job? Flashbacks to a happy childhood vacation?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sight
Place your character in a new setting, using her observations of signs to show the reader where she is.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
Using a photo as a prompt can be a great way to get the words flowing. What does this photo say to you? Share what you write today by leaving a comment below.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
Vividly colored leaves, foggy mornings, hot cocoa–what suggests autumn to you? Develop your list into a poem or scene rich with detail.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Taste
Your character is sitting under this umbrella. Why is he there, and what is he doing? And of course, what is he eating or drinking?
