C.M. MAYO'S D5MWE ARCHIVES -- AUGUST. Suggestions for 10-Minute Writing Exercises. Sometimes you wake up and the creative wellsprings are dribbley and dry. Sometimes your project (if you currently have one) feels as appealing as the sweaty insoles of your old gym shoes. You could put your feet back in there, but yuck. Sometimes your feet want to just run free and naked on a sandy beach, in slow motion, with the man of your dreams their dreams? I'm confused running towards you them? The feet? Okay, then. And some are courtesy old Dribbley-and-Dry me. Suggestions for 10-Minute Writing Exercises Write three 3-minute stories (use a timer, starting exactly when the timer starts and stopping exactly when the timer stops). Write about the time you were most frightened.
Choose any two of the following lines. "Me," she thought, "pick me. " Choose a different color each day. Try writing right when you wake up, without getting out of bed, without talking to anyone or reading anything. What’s the worst job you can think of? Write a list of seven words you like. Three-Minute Fiction. Six-Word Memoirs at SMITH Magazine. Writing Contest: “Three Minute Fiction” hosted by NPR « Damian Daily. The One-Minute Writer.