I had not been using my Wattpad account much or been reading other works on the site, but today I decided to add another piece I had written. Click here to see.
Some I used in the past were retelling a tale, which was the idea used on my story just published on Wattpad. I may use this one again in upcoming classes. Another idea that just came to mind is using pictures the same way as we used words to write a piece. I started gathering images from magazines to prepare for this one. Anther idea I liked using when I first held the class is talking a sentence from a book to use as the first line of a story or poem. I got many of these ideas from this book (though I have an earlier edition). Others I have seen from this book include one called "Cooking with the Dictionary," using words randomly found in a dictionary to write a piece. Kind of the same idea as the word grab bag. And here's one I want to try again: writing letters that won't be sent. I wrote about this on my blog in 2016, when I first ran the class. So many great ideas to try. Any ideas you may have, I'm open to suggestions.
I really like the 'writing letters which won't be sent'. I suspect it could be a cathartic exercise for many.
ReplyDeleteSo many creative ideas. Sounds like this is a fun and innovative class.
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