In June I'll be looking at ways to incorporate more writing into my life without infringing on the day job. Because writing is my job I have a certain amount of professional work I have to do every day, and that tends to be in the same universe every year. It's not boring but I do feel like I'm in a rut most of the time. I miss writing for pleasure and in genres other than what I write for work, and I want to do more, especially as we roll into summer this month. I always have more time to write during the summer for some reason, probably because it's too hot to do much else. :)
My first idea was to try some writing prompts, which is why I invested in 5-Minute Daily Writing Prompts. This book contains 501 prompts and was written by creative writing teacher and author Tarn Wilson, who certainly has the knowledge and experience to help build writing habits.
What I liked about the book was the clarity and simplicity of the prompts, which are interesting as well as provocoative. The way you can go deeper and write more with the "continue" the story expansion prompt is also excellent.
At the back of the book is an index sorted by genre and story element, so if you want to work on your characterizations, or feel like writing some romance, you can find the specific prompt for that.
I'm going to give this a whirl and see if it shakes me out of my rut.
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