These are random writing exercises, inspired from "Fiction" by Michael Seidman. Writing is a muscle, just like going to the gym, if you don't maintain your muscle, it will become atrophy... So, this post is more aimed at other aspiring writers like myself, but open to all!!!

Reference/Writing
ISBN 0-938817-46-9FICTION @
Copywright 1999 by Michael Seidman
POMERGRANATE PRESS, LTD Los Angeles, California

* Fiction* PART ONE

For this first exercise, take the following three word phrases and just keep typing. Spend ½ an hour at it: don’t think about what you’re writing, don’t correct anything. Just type.

FOR EXEMPLE
Start Time:
1-The man sat at his desk, it was almost dawn and he hadn’t slept a wink… (and so on and so forth)
End Time: 1:04am

*1-The man sat

2-The phone rang

*3- The boy lied

*4- The man read

*5- The girl wrote

*6- A man read

*7- A woman ate

*8- A girl laughed

*9- The man lied

*10- The girl drank

*11- The boy dropped

*12- A girl ran

*13- The cigarette burned

*14- The candle danced

*15- The barmaid served

*16- A girl joked

*17- A woman smoked

*18- The girl slept

*19- The boy chuckled

*Fiction* PART TWO

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For this one, instead of using the three word phrase, use complete sentences, spend a full hour at it...

There’s a difference in how you’ll approach “The man sat” and “The man sat, hearing the creak of the old couch under his weight”


FOR EXEMPLE (begin as follows)
“The man sat, hearing the creak of the old couch under his weight…”

Start Time:
*1-The man sat, hearing the creak of the old couch under his weight. He felt drained and exhausted after the funeral. He sighed heavily and he didn’t know
how he should feel about (and so on and so forth)
End Time:

*1-The man sat

*2-The phone rang

*3- The boy lied

*4- The man read

*5- The girl wrote

*6- A man read

*7- A woman ate

*8- A girl laughed

*9- The man lied

*10- The girl drank

*11- The boy dropped

*12- A girl ran

*13- The cigarette burned

*14- The candle danced

*15- The barmaid served

*16- A girl joked

*17- A woman smoked

*18- The girl slept

*19- The boy chuckled