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One of My Favorite Writing Exercises--and a Few Reasons to Try It This Week

One of My Favorite Writing Exercises--and a Few Reasons to Try It This Week

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Mary Carroll Moore
Jul 01, 2022
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I'm a sucker for great writing exercises. Many years ago I came across What If: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Pamela Painter and Anne Bernays. I gave myself a summer task to work through the book, trying each exercise--more than once if I wanted. I dated the page I tried it and gave my thumbs up or down.

Most of the exercises worked well. Wha…

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