Writing Lesson Plan : According to Plan

Plans - when they work, when they don't. How do you plan? What happens when plans go wrong? Now take time, and plan your net piece.

Five minutes free writing on the topic. No readback.

Exercise 1 - 20 minutes

Prompt

Write about someone who discovers that everything they write or type comes true. What happens next?

Readback and discuss

Exercise 2 - longer exercise

Prompt - choose one of the following options:

1    Write a piece from the point of view of a character in a story who keeps getting re-written by their author.

2     Someone has the perfect day scheduled, all written out in detail. Now write his/her diary entry for that day — when things didn’t go according to plan.

3     Write about someone who summons the creative muse through a convoluted ritual or method.

Readback and discuss