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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Freewrites are Wacky
Freewrites are Weird
Freewrites are funny
They’re worse than you feared
Freewrites are writing the stuff in your mind
When the timer rings then you might find
you’ve a poem ’bout pliers
a book about tops
You know you’ll have something when the timer stops!
Sam Morris (12)
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I love when your kids send me their writing. How delightful is this? Thanks Sam for letting me share it with the world.
If you have a child who needs some writing encouragement, send me their work and I may share it here just like I did Sam’s. Could be a great way to connect the power of writing with the power of publishing.
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Turn up your iPod or radio. The first song that pops up on shuffle or on the station, use it to freewrite. Listen to it and write as you listen. Or you can listen all the way through, turn it off and start writing.
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
How would you feel if someone told you that you were his or her best friend?
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Spin a globe if you have one and then close your eyes. Use your pointer finger and point it at the globe to stop it. Wherever your finger lands, write about traveling to that place. Of course, you may not know anything about it, but that’s okay. For this freewrite, use the place you point to as a fantasy prompt. Pretend about the place. You can make up everything (from inhabitants to languages to vegetation to special powers)! Or if you do happen to know about the place, you can use the information you already have.
This is a freewrite so be free!
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Think of a regret. What do you wish you had done differently? Write about that.
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
What is your most indispensable possession and why?
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Freewrite about light (contrast it with dark, contrast it with heavy). Think about it as illumination (physical as in the sun, or personal, as in understanding). Rhyme it, use it as a verb, a noun, an adjective. Think of all the ways the word “light” can be used and understood. Let any one of them lead you in any direction. Run with it.
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
You lead a double life. Describe the life no one knows about (remember, this is fiction!).
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
What talents do you have? Describe them and give examples of them in action.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Write a set of rules that would make you incredibly happy to obey. For instance, one rule might be that you get to eat dessert first at every meal. Think about all the things you would love to have as “rules” that perhaps now are not.
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