Writing Exercise 3: An Imagined Journey
This is an exercise that may be enjoyable if you are unable to go out or travel as you wish. However, when you have written it, you will be asked to edit it so that it might appeal to someone else. Stage 1. Think of a place where you have been happy (or imagine a place where you might be happy). Now start responding to the following questions as if you were in that place and the only human there: What does the air feel like? What is beneath your feet? What do your hands, arms, neck and face feel? If you open your mouth and close it again, will there be a different taste on your tongue? What scents and smells reach you? Do they bring back particular thoughts and memories? What can you hear? Are the sounds loud or soft? Are they near or far away? You may be the only human in this place but are there any animals or insects? Write down three things you can see - one may be big but the others should be small things or little details. Stage 2. You now have a strong se...