one little word

Okay, I'm tired and not feeling too creative, so this one's an oldie but goody. I can't give credit because I've seen this prompt too many times, in too many different places. It's practically a cliche, but then, like all good cliches, it became one because it worked.

So...

Grab a book off your shelf, desk, etc. Any book will do. Don't spend any time at all choosing--the one closest to your fingers is the right one for this job.

Now, close your eyes, open the book, and place your finger somewhere on the page. Open your eyes. What word are you pointing to? Unless it's an article or a preposition, that's your word. Don't look for a better one or you'll spend all night doing nothing else.

Now take your word and run with it. Freewrite using that word as your starting point--feel free to ramble, get off topic, whatever. Just get writing.

posted by lit lover at 7:38 PM