269. Eavesdrop
Suggested time: 1 — 2 hours That’s right: eavesdrop. Find a quiet spot in a public Write what you hear in your notebook.
253. Fractured Fairy Tale
Suggested time: 1 — 3 hours Choose a traditional fairy tale that you want to fracture, or tell with some sort of strange twist. The goal of this exercise is to write the tale in segments with links, offering the reader choices for how the story progresses. Here are some suggestions: “Goldilocks and the Three … 253. Fractured Fairy Tale
262. Secret
Suggested time: 10 — 15 minutes Do you have a secret? Is it something you’ve never told anyone? Frank Warren begins his book PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by stating, “In November 2004, I printed 3000 postcards inviting people to share a secret with me: something that was true, something they had never told … 262. Secret