15 June 2018
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Coffe break candle light
How do darkness and light affect what you're writing? Find out in this week's creative writing exercise
How do darkness and light affect what you're writing? Find out in this week's creative writing exercise
Set the timer for five minutes and think about the place where you are sitting. What time of day is it? Is there natural or artificial light? What would it be like at night in candlelight? Or no light at all?
For the remaining time, imagine there is a power cut. (Just to make things more interesting, there is no mobile phone signal either.) Create a scene that takes place at night between two people. What happens? Does it change things between them?
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