May 2011
2 posts
First Sentence, Non Sequitur and The Last Straw
These are little exercises called ‘First Sentence’, ‘The Non Sequitur’ and ‘The Last Straw’ that I got out if The Writer’s Toolbox by Jamie Cat Callan.
Basically, you have a pile of pop-sticks with three different types of sentences on them. You close your eyes and pick a pop-stick from the ‘First Sentence’ pile, write down the sentence. It...