Writing: WARMING UP: TEN EXERCISES FOR FICTION WRITERS

WARMING UP: TEN EXERCISES FOR FICTION WRITERS

Written by Dr. Erika Dreifus

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character's "favorites": books, movies, foods, etc. Be specific. 4. What does repparttar 129095

character do on a typical Wednesday? A Sunday? Provide a sample datebook entry if you wish (or if repparttar 129096

character would keep a datebook!). 5. Who is repparttar 129097

love of this character's life? 6. Have someone else propose a toast in this character's honor. 7. What languages does repparttar 129098

character speak, read, or write? Write a scene in which s/he overhears a conversation in an unfamiliar language. 8. Describe an illness repparttar 129099

character (or someone close to repparttar 129100

character) has suffered. 9. How would this character spend an ideal vacation? (Perhaps sketch out an itinerary.) 10. What one question is this character most afraid of being asked—and how would s/he answer it?

Even if repparttar 129101 particular scenes or details that first emerge don't seem relevant or don't survive into repparttar 129102 story or novel manuscript, you won't have misspent your time. Such information deepens your knowledge of your character(s), which can lead to richer writing later on. And you've been writing, rather than confronting that empty screen or page. Warm-ups work in multiple ways for writers, too.

© Copyright 2004 Erika Dreifus. All rights reserved. Article reprint permission is granted provided that repparttar 129103 entire article--including repparttar 129104 "About repparttar 129105 Author" information--remains intact and unaltered. Please send a copy of repparttar 129106 reprint to erikadrei@yahoo.com .

Dr. Erika Dreifus is a writer and writing instructor in Massachusetts. She edits the free monthly newsletter, "The Practicing Writer," and is the author of "The Practicing Writer's Primer on Low-Residency MFA Programs" and "The Practicing Writer's Directory of Paying Short Story Markets." Visit her website at http://www.practicing-writer.com .

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