Writing With a Creative Flair
Each day keep your ears and eyes alert so you can enjoy the things that occur as you go about your activities. Some of the things can be exceedingly funny if you add a creative twist to something before, during or after the event. Even very common tasks can have a funny slant added to them.
See if you can take a standard task ex: flossing your teeth and see if you can make it into something funny by inserting a creative twist. Look back to things that might make that event even funnier.
Maybe things that might happen to the tube of toothpaste. You may squirt toothpaste on the soap dish. You could have the end of the tube have a hole in it. Then examine the brush and what could be hilarious about that. It could be color combinations of the brush, maybe it broke when you were traveling and you had to figure out how you may be able to use it with just the bristles and no handle.
The more unique things you could have happen to, in this example an easy toothbrush, the more creative writing twists you may have occur. You can continue to gather things related to that subject and use those bits and pieces in a selection of your stories.
Everything is a fair target for gathering information and turning those activities into funny stories by adding those creative twists. Write down thoughts as you go thru life and from talks, watching TV or listening to the radio. Whatever makes you smile is a probable way for you to re-frame your stories.
In this exercise humor was used but creative twists can happen in all sorts of writing. Think about the last mystery you saw or read about and how creative twists took the plot in numerous different ways.
Apply and use the technique to each and every type of writing you want to do and see how trying this technique can enhance your writing, plots, storylines and add to your total satisfaction.
See if you can take a standard task ex: flossing your teeth and see if you can make it into something funny by inserting a creative twist. Look back to things that might make that event even funnier.
Maybe things that might happen to the tube of toothpaste. You may squirt toothpaste on the soap dish. You could have the end of the tube have a hole in it. Then examine the brush and what could be hilarious about that. It could be color combinations of the brush, maybe it broke when you were traveling and you had to figure out how you may be able to use it with just the bristles and no handle.
The more unique things you could have happen to, in this example an easy toothbrush, the more creative writing twists you may have occur. You can continue to gather things related to that subject and use those bits and pieces in a selection of your stories.
Everything is a fair target for gathering information and turning those activities into funny stories by adding those creative twists. Write down thoughts as you go thru life and from talks, watching TV or listening to the radio. Whatever makes you smile is a probable way for you to re-frame your stories.
In this exercise humor was used but creative twists can happen in all sorts of writing. Think about the last mystery you saw or read about and how creative twists took the plot in numerous different ways.
Apply and use the technique to each and every type of writing you want to do and see how trying this technique can enhance your writing, plots, storylines and add to your total satisfaction.
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Marjorie J McDonald is a published author who enjoys helping aspiring writers. It all begins with what level of spelling they are on. The spelling level determines the reading level of each person and is a necessary part of being able to clearly communicate with others. How to teach spelling and lesson plans for spelling are several of the programs created by a veteran elementary teacher and offered to help anyone who wants to write get started. The lessons on learning level are useable for children who are just starting to learn spelling, penmanship and creative writing as well as adults who want to learn or improve their language skills.