Creative Writing Exercises - Leicestershire County Council

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You will need: , watch or clock, perhaps an or
What to do:
• This is a timed exercise.
• Ask participants to write for one, two,
three, or even more minutes without the
pen stopping.
The instruction is to
“write anything that comes
into your head”;
it may make sense or it may not.
Try to write in sentences, even if the
syntax is broken and unconventional.
Make sure that you give a real
“On your marks... Set… Go!”
to make the point that speed,
not thought, is of the essence.
• You can begin the exercise with
a simple stimulus such as a word,
or an object or artwork.
• When the time is up exclaim “Stop!” to the participants.
Encourage them to lift their pens off the paper as soon as possible,
even if it is in the middle of a word.
• Read out the results.
Exercise given by Mark Goodwin
Section C
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