The sounds around us

Writing exercise 23.10.12

I am going to try to do a writing exercise every day.  Here is today's adapted from The Creative Writing Coursebook.

• Write down 5 things you can hear right now.
• List what you associate with those sounds.

Examples:
- a car engine might remind you of being driven to school
- the door slamming might remind you of family arguments
- a dripping tap might remind you of your student days


In a group, this exercise is really interesting as people tend to hear the same things and interpret them differently. It demonstrates the variety of ways in which people relate to and react to the world around them.

Try it on your own. Look at the words you chose to use and look at your associations.
This is YOUR language.
These are YOUR stories.

Ask yourself -

•  is this YOUR unique writing voice?
• are you using cliches, and if so, is there something more original you could say?

Please, try it and let me know how you get on.


I'm going to do this writing exercise right now.