Probably a good piece of advice

by Stephen Smith ( skycloud86 )

If you have to, fill an entire pad with words. Keep writing, writing, writing, writing and make sure you do it each and every day. Practice makes perfect, and for writers, this is very true. I've found that since I first started to write on a daily basis that my writing is improved, that I'm generating more ideas, that I'm making less mistakes and that I'm getting closer each and every day to that piece of writing that will be my best work so far.

The Challenge

Look up a name at random - any name - and put that person into a situation which you have never written about before. Push yourself out of your comfort zone.

Comments and feedback

1. 
   21/06/2010 JustinSane
   

   Hey man I think that's a nice idea, defiantly something I will be trying out.
2. 
   24/06/2010 nicisanonymous
   

   This is kinda like free-writing, right? I usually time myself to ten minutes and don't stop writing until the time is up (even if i have to write "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE").
   I'll definitely try this, though.
3. 
   08/07/2010 GlenGostlow
   

   nice, how can you look up a random name though?

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