Weekly Write 9
Memory chain:
This exercise relies on thinking quickly and letting your mind jump from one place to another.
Jot down a memory - sufficient words to 'catch' it for you, and then let any aspect of this memory spark another. Jot this second memory down and go through the same 'sparking' process a further 5 or 6 times.
Look back through your memory 'leaps' and see if there are common threads.
Now choose one of these to write freely about for 10 minutes or so. This kind of exercise can often give sufficient impetus to start an important piece of writing which can be revisited later in private and worked up into a longer piece.
click for a collaborative version of this exercise (exercise number 2 on that page)
Simon Wrigley, NWP outreach director, July 2017
This exercise relies on thinking quickly and letting your mind jump from one place to another.
Jot down a memory - sufficient words to 'catch' it for you, and then let any aspect of this memory spark another. Jot this second memory down and go through the same 'sparking' process a further 5 or 6 times.
Look back through your memory 'leaps' and see if there are common threads.
Now choose one of these to write freely about for 10 minutes or so. This kind of exercise can often give sufficient impetus to start an important piece of writing which can be revisited later in private and worked up into a longer piece.
click for a collaborative version of this exercise (exercise number 2 on that page)
Simon Wrigley, NWP outreach director, July 2017