WARMUPS
Get your word and image brain moving. Use as many as you need. Think of this like stretching before a run, a way of simply arriving in your writing mind without the distortion of any particular focus or pressure. Disregard correctness and intention; keep the windows and doors open.
here's a warmup prompt dialed up at random

Minute Lists (1)
Minute lists activate your word brain. Set a timer for one minute, and for each list assignment, write any word that comes to mind under the list heading even if it’s a wrong answer (out of category or a phony word). Start the following list immediately when the timer rings.
Decide in advance on 4 or 5 word lists then write them continuously. Here are some to use for today if you want: names for fruit desserts, words related to memory and remembering, words that start with the letter D, names you could give a pet salamander, street names (real or invented).
here's the full warmup archive














Triplets
In a column down your page, write triplets in the form: ___ly ___ing ____s For example, wildly oscillating notes or blankly farting genies. Take the





Collector Warmup
Take a walk around the space you’re in, or the space just outside it. Collect three objects; either carry them to your desk or take

Chord Moods
This is a game for writing sentences. It plays with the voicing of different musical chords to find ingredients. In a chord, the root note