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<aside> 💡 Sometimes, no matter how many tools we have, we still sit there and bang our heads on the desk trying to write... and the blank page lingers. So I've included a handful of my favourite writing games here. At least one of them will definitely get you writing. Have fun!

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Before We begin

I haven't only included these games to get you writing; I've also included them because we need to play more.

How much do you play? Really?

If you're like most adults in the western world, play has been ground out of you. I know it was ground out of me.

But play isn't just fun, it's crucial if we want to be able to write and create. Creativity is born of play. We must all play more.

If you google "writing games" you'll find pages and pages of writing games for children. Well, yeah, of course it's important to get children writing.

But the underlying message is that games aren't for adults. Well, they are.

<aside> 💥 Playing is NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN.

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1. The Modernist Poetry Game

<aside> 💡 Play with your words! Listen to the sounds they make, rather than their meaning. Think Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear’s nonsense rhymes. Make up new words. Come up with the most random nouns you can think of. Turn nouns into verbs and vice versa. Break all the rules of grammar you ever heard. Don’t use punctuation—unless you make it fun.

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Here's how it works:

  1. Write the first word that pops into your head.

  2. Write another word: random, disconnected from the first word. Your inner perfectionist won't like it, but ignore that inner voice and just write the random word anyway.

  3. Then write another word.

  4. Start making words up, breaking up sentences, playing with form and layout.

  5. Make it absurd.

  6. If you want, share it! Tag me on Instagram @tinybeetlesteps and use #moxiebooks so I can shout out your creative genius.

    <aside> 👉🏼 Socks on trivet Glowstick hides in Earl Grey tea Halo the spatula and bromate the Sally Petrichor on the palanquin

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That's an old nonsense poem I wrote. Silly, huh?