Awakening the Writer

Pierce College Course, September 24 to October 12

Room 108, 7-9 p.m.

Week One: Questions

I am a writer because . . .

I remember . . . .

Assignment: daily five minute writings taken from a word in a newspaper or magazine

Recommended Books
Here are few books that are packed with writing exercises. Any one of the offers plenty of jumping off points as well as wisdom. 

Writing Down the Bones, freeing the writer within, by Natalie Goldberg

What If?, writing exercises for fiction writers, by Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter 

Caffeine for the Creative Mind, 250 exercises to wake up your brain, by Stefan Mamaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield 

Idea Catcher, an inspiring journal for writers 

Wild Mind, living the writer’s life, by Natalie Goldberg 

Page After Page, discover the confidence and passion you need to start writing and keep writing, by Heather Sellers 

Pen on Fire, a busy woman’s guide to igniting the writer within, by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Oddities

The Observation Deck, a tool kit for writers, by Naomi Epel