Exercise for the day, July 24: Problem + Character

Problem + Character: Ten Minutes

What we did in class yesterday.

Most exercises I give can be directly related to the project you're working on. This one asks you to step away from it for ten minutes and mess around with something else. It can be helpful to remember what it feels like to write without all the baggage and worry of your current story; to feel the stakes are low and you can just play, and it doesn't matter whether it's "good" or "bad."

Get a RANDOM NUMBER between 1 and 24

This is your CHARACTER

Get ANOTHER NUMBER

This is their PROBLEM

Get another NUMBER

This WORD OR PHRASE will be in your first sentence

Set the timer for ten minutes.

Write. Don't stop. Even if you're literally typing, "Blah blah blah, I don't know what to say," keep going until the timer goes off.