Your Weekly Writing Exercise

Brainstorm Your Way to a Book! Simple List-Making Technique Works for Fiction or Nonfiction

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Mary Carroll Moore
Sep 19, 2008
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A book could be just a list away.  This week's exercise encourages you to start a simple list in your writing notebook:  possible topics you could write about. 


Ask yourself, What could become a scene or section or small moment in my book?

Your challenge:  add three items to your list each day this week.  Watch your book build.

Go wild:  Allow yourself to …

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