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Episode 14 - The Writer’s Toolbox - What is creative play?

In this episode, Pete and Laura take another delve into The Writer’s Toolbox and add the tool of creative play. 

When you write, does it feel like all work or play? What if taking your writing opportunities too seriously stifled your creative writing, rather than unleashing heaps of energy to change the world through your words?

There is a tool for every specific purpose - using the right tool to get the work done makes the task easier, more effective and if the truth be told, more fun! It’s the same with writing tools. Knowing which tool to use at the right time helps every writer.

What could you do to play with your creative writing today?

1. Why not try some writing that is entirely new to you? Could you try a new genre or a new form? Set a timer for fifteen minutes and don’t stop writing until it goes off.
2. Have fun with this free story generator, see where the characters and plot take you.
3. Spend five minutes writing a Haiku. (Here’s how to write a Haiku).
4. Try writing with a friend. One person starts a story, and you take turns writing chapters and characters.
5. Journal every day for one week and see what happens.

We’d love to know how you got on. Use the email below and tell us how you have brought play into your creative writing.

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