Happy Saturday blogosphere writercizers!
We're just past the halfway point in the A to Z Challenge, and I believe everyone involved could use a nice little break this lovely Saturday, so I'm bringing back a previous exercise with new words.
Growing up, I can remember teachers using a very simple icebreaker to fill time on the bus for field trips or indoor recess days. In the game, teachers would say a word, and students would free associate the next word that came to mind. It's an interesting study on how your mind makes connections and relationships between ideas.
writing exercise: Look at the list of words below and type your instinctual response to each word. Feel free to simply state the next word or evaluate your response.
- Sunday
- midnight
- field
- cover
- red
(Click "read more" for writercizer sample response.)
Sunday - morning (coffee)
midnight - jazz
field - writing
cover - up (as in conspiracy)
red - communism
Sunday - Oatmeal!
ReplyDeleteMidnight - Starbucks run
Field - Timbers
Cover - UsWeekly
Red - passion
Sunday - Church
ReplyDeleteSome childhood habits remain in my psyche.
Midnight - Rendezvous
I frequently hear people say it on TV and read things with the two words as a phrase.
Field - Track
My family has some traction in this sport.
Cover - Throw
This past winter has included some cold days and cold nights and even though it's Spring now, I still get chilly.
Red - Lipstick
R&B singer, Trey Songz has a song on his "Passion, Pain & Pleasure" album that is titled "Red Lipstick" and I was jamming to it the other day.
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* Sunday Monday
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* field of clover
* cover book
* red velvet
Sunday - Dinner (we always had Sunday dinner with my grandparents)
ReplyDeleteMidnight - Cat (what we call black cats)
Field - Mouse (pretty self-explantory)
Cover-Version (as in what bands play...)
Red- Shed (A colloquial expression for our equivalent to Wal-Mart)
Cool post! I love word games.
Thanks for the break :) I'm starting to lose my mojo I think!
ReplyDeleteSunday - bloody Sunday
midnight - train to Georgia
field - of dreams
cover - duck and
red - baloon
I love these simple exercises that expose how differently everyone thinks. Thanks for the fun responses and anecdotes everyone!
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