Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Writing Excercises

A cure for writer's block. When I was in the 8th grade I had the best English teacher I have ever encountered. He encouraged his students to do an exercise that would help to clear the mind. The task was to write essentially a chain of events starting with whatever random item he'd selected for the day. This would then open the imagination. Here is one of those I wrote this morning.


Because a butterfly flew a little higher.. 


Because a butterfly flew a little higher,
A bird dove to grasp it,
Because the Bird missed the butterfly,
it crashed into the ground,
Because a Bird crashed into the ground,
A deer was startled,
Because a Deer was startled,
the deer ran through the meadow,
Because the deer ran through the meadow,
the geese began to fly,
Because the geese began to fly,
A slight wind headed east,
Because a slight wind headed east,
the scent of lavender filled the air,
Because the scent of lavender filled the air,
Pete decided today is the day,
Because Pete decided today is the day,
Pete asked Jane to marry him,
Because Pete Asked Jane to marry him,
They lived a long happy life together,
Because a butterfly flew a little higher.