October’s homework assignment involved writing a short piece about time.

I thought we could start with a list of times and what each time means to us and what it's commonly associated with (i.e. 5pm - tea time, but for you it might be time to make a phone call to someone special or time to go shopping).  Then looking at the list, select one that catches your imagination and write up to about 500 words.

I wrote two short pieces for this, which totalled around 500 words and you can see them here.

Writing Group Homework

I have been attending a writing group for four years now and I thought some of my readers might be interested in the writing exercises we do.  This is September’s homework assignment:

Integrate dialogue with some kind of action – give the characters something to do whilst they talk. To get you in the mood, think of café or restaurant scenes, or driving in a car – immediately I think of films and how rarely dialogue exchanges are static – the characters are also eating or getting dressed or watching TV or preparing food , etc, etc.  Make a list of activities a character or characters might be doing as they talk, about 10-12 activities. Pick one and write a dialogue exchange, remembering to integrate your character’s dialogue with the action.

If you’d like to see my own effort you can find it here.