Author Archives: jennapenner

White Suitcase?

Posted on March 17, 2010

Make a list of items in a character’s suitcase. From the inventory, create a plausible picture of the character’s habits and position/situation in life. The compact suitcase is made of a tough, white leather and unzips to display a tangle … Continue reading →

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Ask 10 random questions and write something around the answers

Posted on February 21, 2010

Ask ten questions about the person next to you and with the answers write something. The questions used were: What’s your favourite smell? What annoys you? If you were to get a tattoo, what would it be of? What’s the … Continue reading →

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Various attempts at self-description in the third person

Posted on February 21, 2010

Look in the mirror and describe self in third person. 100 words. Dressed in yesterday’s clothes, it is after eight in the evening when she drags herself towards a mirror: the first thing she does after letting her leather jacket … Continue reading →

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Carry A Poem

Posted on February 20, 2010

Of my favourite poems, the only one that I really carry around with me often, is W. H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’. I think the last part is beautiful.  When I was younger I had a habit of scribbling down favourite … Continue reading →

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Journies

Posted on February 4, 2010

 Write a list consisting of 6-10 lines describing your journey to and from university then swap with a partner and write 200 words based on each of their lists. Lollipop man Gym stairs Crossing (nightmare) Blackwells Crossing (slow) Museum Bus … Continue reading →

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Object

Posted on February 3, 2010

Take 10 words to describe an object and exchange with another student. Write 200 using your partner’s 10 word description. K-Chan’s object was ‘Sephiroth’ and the ten words were: Sensuous silver Serpentine smirk Sinister specimen Sacrilegious son Sublime soldier The … Continue reading →

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Bedroom – Window – Street

Posted on February 3, 2010

Write 5 lines each on: your bedroom, the view from your window view, and your street. Tonight’s bedroom has become storage for the rest of the household’s junk: but even when I lived here that was not an unusual occurrence. … Continue reading →

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Café people

Posted on January 30, 2010

Write 100 words each on three people sitting around you.   There’s a young guy in a leather jacket sitting a table away playing with the sugar sachets. On closer examination I discover we have ‘sweeteners’ so I suppose that’s … Continue reading →

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Boy

Posted on January 30, 2010

Freewriting, 10 lines, one foregrounding Don’t listen to your sister. Never mind what Mum says. Don’t let me catch you repeating the words your father uses. What are you playing with her for? She’s a girl. Your sister’s better at … Continue reading →

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