Category: 5-Minute Writing Exercises
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Writing Exercise #15: Have You Ever Seen Anything Like This Before?
“Have you ever seen anything like this before?” Jonas asked. “Yep. I had a dream once.” “Damn. Was it a nightmare?” “Obvs.” “How’d it end?” “I got shot in the head and woke up in a cold sweat.” Amanda said. “Did you die?” Jonas asked. “Well, I mean, it was…
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Writing Exercise #14: I Had It Flown In For Effect
I walked around the mansion. The moonlight made it look ominous, like Dracula was the architect. Strange considering I’d been here for breakfast and got no creepies whatsoever. It was just the full moon taking its effect on my nerves. “Ms. Nawliss,” Coal said from behind me. “You seem lost.”…
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Writing Exercise #13: Create A Crowd Scene
Everyone was gathered around the microphone. We’d formed a semi-circle with people sitting or standing everywhere. On the floor, at the round tables, leaning against the walls, creating a thick endless field of wallflowers. The fire marshal would have a heart attack if he saw this. I was sitting on…
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Writing Exercise #12: Bringing Home The Fiancée
“No, honey, it’ll be fine,” I said. Josh was so nervous about meeting my family and really so was I. My family hadn’t been too keen on my dating anyone. How they thought I was going to get married, I don’t know. I drove Josh’s red Range Rover so he…
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Writing Exercise #11: Now, all I need is a screwdriver!
It took me forever to come up with a plan. A strategy. But all good things, right? I stood at the triple pane glass window that overlooked a rocky cliff and water below. It was a long shot, but I had to take it. Death before dishonor. I never thought…
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Writing Exercise #10: Write an opening using: “And that was how the world ended.”
And that was how the world ended; in a flash of light that struck across the sky. Soon, the whole sky was on fire. We were all looking up at it. Amazed. Awe-struck. Terrified. Everyone immediately began making speculations. It was Iraq or some other mid-eastern country. It was Russia.…
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Writing Exercise #09:Write an opening using: “You haven’t seen…”
“There’s a lot you haven’t seen, kiddo,” he said to her, waving her gun around then pointing it back at her. “You think it’s easy to live like this, to always be looking over your shoulder?” They were in a concrete cell. His captive, a young woman, handcuffed to a…
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Writing Exercise #08:Write an opening using: “Trust me.”
“Trust me,” she said, flipping a hot pancake onto my plate. “If I can do it, you can do it.” Famous last words. Why does everyone think that? If they can do something, so can anyone else. Haven’t these people ever heard of Nietze or Darwin? Some people are born…
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Writing Exercise #07: Write an opening using: “Back in the days of…”
Back in the days of creativity and thought, we used to gather in the twin room and all take turns sharing stories we’d make up on the spot. We had a lot of fun in those days. Our family was so close.Now, with humans inhabiting everywhere, in clouds in the…
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Writing Exercise #06: Write an opening using a color in the first sentence.
“My hands were red and raw. I’d been holding on to the rope for hours it seemed. I knew what would happen if I let go, but as gravity weighed on my body my sweaty hands slowly slid down to the end. I wanted to clinch the rope, but I…
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