Try Writing Exercises

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As much as it may remind you of your high school writing class, freewriting exercises can loosen up the mind and get you to write things you would never write otherwise. If nothing else, they get words on the page, and if you do enough of that, some of it is bound to be good. If you need fresh ideas for your writing prompts, try to pick a random word from the dictionary and write some sentences or paragraphs. Keep it short and sweet. The key to this exercise is to get your brain juices flowing, so there's no need to aim for perfection.