Writing exercise: genre smorgasbord
Channel: The Opening: online/in-person writing classes
Date: 2016-02-23

Get your creative juices flowing with The Opening's Genre Smorgasbord writing exercise! Writing is fun, don't let anybody tell you otherwise! 

Writing Exercise Recap:
1. Pick five genres (See list below)
2. Write in the style of each of those genres for five minutes each
3. Review your work and the juxtapositions of your genre pieces
4. Have fun!

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Genres:
advice column, love letter, prayer, seduction, ransom note, junk mail, instructions, product warning, science fiction, manifesto, newspaper, back of a cereal box, explorer's log, jingle, "just the facts man", limerick, fairy tale, play dialogue and screen directions, invocation of the gods, barked orders...whatever you're interested in! 

There are hundreds of genres to choose from, if you're stumped get a friend involved and come up with some together or simply Google "genres"... that will give you something to work with.

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