So I thought I'd start off with one of my favorite writing exercises (though a bit silly) having to do with alliteration. It's quite easy depending on your vocabulary and fun.
What you do is this- write out every letter of the alphabet vertically down a sheet of paper. Now write a word for every letter.
For example:
Abigail
Bare
Canyons
Delightful
Energetically
etc.
Please skip x because there are very very few words beginning in x. I came up with 'Xavier x-rayed xenophobic xebecs.' This is the only sentence I could think of without using the dreaded word xylophone.
You are welcome to use words beginning with other letters, but keep that to a minimum, approximately one to every 4 words at most. The sentences certainly don't have to make any sense whatsoever, so have fun putting together and practicing constructing sentences!
Here are some I came up with using names as my beginning word.
Harold hates having hairy ham harrowing his home while horrid heptagons haggle hasty hillbillies.
Lionel licked lemmings lightly, later letting lemons lay little loose linens laterally.
Patrick piteously put pen to paper and proclaimed putrid peonies park permanent pandas profusely.
Queenie questioned quarreling quails, quickly quelling quacking quitters.
Have a lot of fun with the sentences and let your creative juices flow! This is a great way to get you thinking on your vocabulary, sentence structures, and literary devices.
Please don't use a dictionary, your sentences are always more satisfying and interesting with just the words you have in your brain. Remember to utilize those adverbs, my favorite of all the parts of speech, guaranteed to make any sentence sound better when used correctly.
Until next time, keep writing! (and happy novel writing month)
What you do is this- write out every letter of the alphabet vertically down a sheet of paper. Now write a word for every letter.
For example:
Abigail
Bare
Canyons
Delightful
Energetically
etc.
Please skip x because there are very very few words beginning in x. I came up with 'Xavier x-rayed xenophobic xebecs.' This is the only sentence I could think of without using the dreaded word xylophone.
You are welcome to use words beginning with other letters, but keep that to a minimum, approximately one to every 4 words at most. The sentences certainly don't have to make any sense whatsoever, so have fun putting together and practicing constructing sentences!
Here are some I came up with using names as my beginning word.
Harold hates having hairy ham harrowing his home while horrid heptagons haggle hasty hillbillies.
Lionel licked lemmings lightly, later letting lemons lay little loose linens laterally.
Patrick piteously put pen to paper and proclaimed putrid peonies park permanent pandas profusely.
Queenie questioned quarreling quails, quickly quelling quacking quitters.
Have a lot of fun with the sentences and let your creative juices flow! This is a great way to get you thinking on your vocabulary, sentence structures, and literary devices.
Please don't use a dictionary, your sentences are always more satisfying and interesting with just the words you have in your brain. Remember to utilize those adverbs, my favorite of all the parts of speech, guaranteed to make any sentence sound better when used correctly.
Until next time, keep writing! (and happy novel writing month)
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