Taken from your writing mentor (credit where credit's due ne?) this is a 5 minute writing exercise designed to just word salad the crap out of a page just to show how much writing can actually be done in five minutes. And it doesn't even have to be good! It's just about getting what's in your head onto the page so you can sort it out later, deciding what to keep, what to expand on, what really is just pure and utter crap.
Note: I am looking up writing exercises all over the net and will try to link to where I originally found them when I can.
Ok, timer set.
Five minutes starts...now.
My voice is:
Loud, occasionally obnoxious, bold, confident, sometimes overpowering, strong.
My voice is:
Unique. Sometimes I say things on a complete tangent to the discussion at hand and people look at me funny, even though in my mind the diversion is completely logical. Sometimes I have to explain to them how I arrived there, but usually they get it. Or they shrug it off and ignore me (I suspect this happens more often than not and people are just humoring me).
My voice is:
Me. It is such an integral part of who I am. I need to communicate, to speak, to have my ideas heard. And I think that can be a bit intimidating for people.
My voice is:
A strange mixture of British and American accents (apparently). And though I try to talk slowly, when I get excited, I start talking so fast that only those who are used to the frantic pace of my speech are able to keep up.
My voice is:
Probably one of the best and worst parts of me. Best because I have no problem making myself heard. Worst because I'm so busy trying to be heard that I don't hear others.
This year I need to try to talk less and listen more. Be interesting to see how that goes.
Ding, time's up.
Well that's all the time I have tonight. Until next time, keep dreaming :)
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