AugustThe summer is nearly over. Kids are going back to school. You now have some time on your hands. Okay, you still have a list of chores a mile long, but let's put writing at the top of the priority list, okay?I am going to challenge you with a writing prompt every day this month. Are you up for it? I hope so.
The writing challenges will be about a variety of topics and hopefully cause you to dig into your writing toolbox to complete with emotional skill.
Watch out, I just might throw in a fun one, well, just for fun!
For the twelfth challenge we're going to discover how our senses and color affect our writing.
Here is your challenge:
On your paper, draw a circle with five lines coming from it. Label each line with one of the five senses:
Sight
Hearing
Touch
Taste
Smell
Close your eyes and imagine what color is prominent in your mind. Let the color wash over you as you think about it in terms of each sense.
Fill the next ten minutes by writing down what comes to mind by this color, sense by sense. Some of the senses are more difficult than others, but making the extra effort will help you with being more specific in your future writing.
Once you've written for ten minutes, adding to each sense, pick a number between one and ten. Write it on your paper.
Check below and find your number.
1. Yellow
2. Black
3. White
4. Gold
5. Blue
6. Green
7. Brown
8. Pink
9. Purple
10. Orange
Now, go back and use the color that matched your number and write for another ten minutes how that color affects your senses.
THINK ABOUT THIS: Imagine the colorful people you have met in your life. Jot down notes about the way these people look, dress, act, talk, walk, and smell. This is a great way to work on character development and perhaps flesh out a character in need of a little more personality. It's fun to pick and choose from all the choices offered by people you know as you invent characters of your own.
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