Driving imagination through to expand writing skills with the book by Leigh Medeiros, The 1-Minute Writer.
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In part 1, I went through the Observation Prompts, specifically the Sense-national prompt, where I showcased my writing of the 1, 5, 10, and 20-minute prompts. The Observation Prompts focused on internal and external environments to build a starting foundation.
1-Minute Writer Creativity, Part 1
By: Maria Cristina DeBriyn
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Moving on to part 2 of the 1-Minute Writer book by Leigh Medeiros, the writing direction is focused on Imagination through the Imagination Prompts. Creativity grows further into the book, building the next part of my writing series. In part 2, I showcase multiple prompts within the Imagination Prompts section to display some of the different types of prompts that books address to drive daily writing creativity for an alternative view of the book.
Part 2 — Imagination Prompts
In the Imagination Prompts, the prompts drive limitless creativity. Although the prompts are more for fiction writers, other writers can experience the combination of lively and critical thinking to expand their writing skills. The writing examples in the book show you how to write a prompt. From pages 89 to 161, the multitude of prompts are split into sections to write for 1, 5, 10, and 20 minutes with descriptions of what the focus of the writing will be. For this exercise, I worked through 1-minute Prompts, including Tick Tock, Tick Tock, No Place Like Home, Stirring the Pot, Building Blocks, 3…2…1, and Journeys.
1-Minute Prompt: Tick Tock, Tick Tock (Page 94)
From the eighth-story window of a high-rise building, you can see that a child meanders along the train tracks as a fast-moving bullet train approaches. Fortunately, you have a secret power that will save the child’s life. Write about it.
With a hand wave, the train stops. Waving my hand saves the child from danger. I breathe a sigh of relief that the child is safe.
1-Minute Prompt: No Place Like Home (Page 98)
Home is more than a geographical or physical location. It’s also a feeling. Write about the primary emotion that surfaces when you think about home.
Home is where the heart is and the safe place to land. No matter what happens outside of the home, home is where you can be yourself and feel warmth.
1-Minute Prompt: Stirring the Pot (Page 102)
What if there were an actual Recipe for Love? Choose a particular kind of love (unconditional, unrequited, maternal, or puppy, for example) and create a list of ingredients for this recipe.
Unconditional love:
Consistent
Unwavering
Emotional
Goodness
1-Minute Prompt: Building Blocks (Page 126)
Quick! Set the time and go! Don’t think too much, just let the words tumble out. If the writing seems disjointed or even nonsensical, you’re on the right track. Save what you wrote to do the next prompt when ready.
She works hard and is always trying to become a better person but seems always to have to prove herself. Why can’t she be just loved for the way she is? Searching for that one person who will love her no matter what.
1-Minute Prompt: 3…2…1 (Page 140)
It’s New Year’s Eve in Times Square. A couple who have just had an argument stand in silence, waiting for the ball to drop. What do they do when midnight arrives? Write about it from a third-person perspective.
The streets are filled with people anticipating the glorious light-filled ball to drop. People cheer and kiss when it drops to celebrate the coming new year.
1-Minute Prompt: Journeys (Page 146)
What’s a place you’ve always wanted to visit? It could be local, national, out of the country, or even out of this world. Pen a pretend postcard to a friend from that location.
Ireland is beautiful with its rolling green hills, quaint pubs with music, and the dark craft of beer. It’s a cheerful place with green as far as the eye can see and a castle in the distance.
In Part 2, Imagination Prompts is about using liveliness and critical thinking to expand writing skills. For an alternative view, I picked six different prompts to display the different types of 1-minute prompts within the Imagination Prompt section of the book. As I wrote the different prompts back to back, I had to alter my thinking in different ways to focus on the direction of that prompt, which was a bit challenging compared to a story. When you write a story, you are focused on one subject. Try doing the same exercise to see what creativity you come up with to expand your writing skills.
Thank you for reading Part 2 of 1-Minute Writer Creativity, and watch for Part 3 of the series Memory Prompts of the 1-Minute Writer by Leigh Medeiros!
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