Weekly Writing Challenge
Last week I challenged you to free write about your story for five to ten minutes before you started writing.
How did it go? Did taking notes/free writing before help you?
I’ll admit I didn’t free write every day because I choose to pick up writing right where I left off before because I knew what was going to happen next, and I wanted to get to the next scene. I still hold to writing notes whenever an idea strikes me because I’m very forgetful.
This week’s challenge might not work for you if you like to write one thing at a time. However, if you’re not working on something or need a break from something, I think you’ll like it.
Write in a different genre.
Write for at least ten minutes a day. You can write any length story (or poem, if you like). The big rule is that you have to write in a genre different than what you usually write in. Do you write modern romance? Try science fiction. Do you write fantasy? Try a crime thriller. Or horror. Or suspense.
This challenge is to help you expand your horizons. I’m not expecting you to fall in love with a genre, but an author who can incorporate the best of many genres into one book will appeal to a lot more readers.
Good writing. Let me know how it goes.
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