Weekend Challenge #3

Well, another weekend is upon us, so here’s your challenge.

This is a continuation of the layering exercise. This week I want you to reuse your room from last week, but have something about it that’s off.

Example: it can have a bloodstain on the flooring, a set of car keys on the table, spilled coffee, a prestige white room with dead flowers in the center or if you want to go the fantasy route – add a gnome drinking a margarita on a sofa watching the Big Bang Theory show.

Length: Build this into your room. It doesn’t need to be 1000 words yet. So, remember to keep pace as if it’s in a story – don’t over show by being too descriptive or under show by telling. Paint a picture with words.

For bonus points: post it to your blog.

Weekend Challenge #2

This weekend challenge will be fairly simple, but it is going to be a part of a series of challenges that I hope to layer together to encourage you the readers to create a story. So, on to the challenge.

Scene Challenge: Create a room.

That’s it. It can be a room in your house, it can be a room in your dream house. It can be a hotel room, or even a school class room. A closet – whatever. I want you to write about this room. Detail it out. Tell me if there are tables in the room, dishes, pictures, etc.

Do NOT do something that you are already working on. This is to push your creative boundaries. Have fun with it.

Length: No more than half a page. Remember, this is a layering exercise.

For bonus points: post it to your blog.

Weekend Challenge

My challenge is simple.

Activity: Write

Time: 15 Minutes

Topic: write something that is your polar opposite

Purpose: To challenge our creativity and broaden your skills as a writer.

Explanation: Polar opposite as in writing for support in issues that you oppose. Or if you write from a female’s perspective, write from a males perspective. And if you actually can’t think of anything to write about – paint a picture with words. Just sit in a comfortable location and write about what you see, feel, and hear.

Award: POTB (pat-on-the-back) points. Post your writings on your blog for extra POTB points.

L.R. Mauck