1. Free Association
This is probably the most popular writing exercise to get the juices flowing. Pull up a new Word document, take a deep breath and just write whatever comes to mind. Dig as deep as you can into your subconscious and don’t worry about what comes out. Sometimes there’s a mental blockage with something that’s been bothering you, so it helps to write it down and get it out of your system.
Words. What are words? Are they just a bunch of letters that spell out to mean something? Who would've thought that a single word used incorrectly can ruin a mental image. If used correctly it can paint a perfectly good picture within our imagination. When you link them with another word it gives us the power to visualize a world beyond our reach. Put more than two powerful words together and they create an emotion for us. Sometimes they even bring out our senses and make us do something with our mouths (yeah you know when there's an action regarding a mouth's movement, you know you do it; like "she parted her chapped lips and moistened them with her tongue provocatively") while we read along, if not then those words are not strong enough to move us. Do you know the power that I am evoking to you right now? I can make you feel a degree of pain, a ray of hope, maybe leap for joy or even give you a great deal of sorrow. I know you're sitting there taunting me and I am challenged, but I will not satisfy your wanting, for my words right here are only meant to show you the power of words, that lead you into questioning how powerful could they all be. Words spoken are different from words written in ever descriptive way possible to make you see its true power. Without written words there will be no spoken words, and written incorrectly it gives a different tone and sends a less powerful meaning to them.
