Three tiny exercises

Here are three tiny exercises to try if you're feeling stuck, or want to get a quick glimpse of your work from different angles. 

1.

“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.”

—Paul Cézanne

Set your timer for two minutes and write down all the emotions in which your current work began. 

2.

Do you remember the first image or two that came to you as you conceived of what you're now working on? Set the timer for two minutes and write them down. 

3.

If you could hand something to one of your main characters right now, what would it be? It can be an ordinary object, a magical object, the deed to a house, whatever occurs to you. You can give it to them in person or through another one of your characters. Five minutes.