Hmwk: 20 min Journal Entries EVERY WEEK

Journal Entries

Get in the habit of writing a little bit every day.   Get in the habit of exploring your thoughts and ideas.  

Writers write.  Do that.  

Recommended:

• Find a time and a place where you can be alone, with no distractions for 20 minutes.  (For many people this is either early in the morning or late at night.)
• something consistently to write ON.  

Try to write 5 entries, 5 days a week.   Label each entry with the date.  

TOPICS:  free write about whatever you'd like: what story ideas you're thinking about, a funny conversation you overheard, about why your brother or sister drive you crazy.  Begin writing and see where your thoughts take you.   If you need a topic, feel free to choose one of these writing prompts:

• what's the craziest thing that ever happened to you?
• what are some story ideas you are considering for your screenplay in this class?
• what are some characters you find interesting that you want to write about?
• what is a film(s) that you particularly like that you want to emulate and why?
• what are your hopes, dreams and fears for this semester?
• what is something surprising that has happened to you in the last two weeks?

Writers write.

That's you.   Get to it! :)