Writing from The Heart: In-Depth Writing Exercise 7: Transrenditions

Writing from The Heart

"Writing from The Heart" is a workshop on creative writing, creative drawing, and creative drama. There are three available versions of this workshop: one for beginners on the secondary, tertiary, and graduate levels, and another for practitioners. A third version of this workshop is designed as an outreach program to disadvantaged and underserved audiences such as the disabled, the poor and the marginalized, victims of human trafficking, battered women and abused children, drug rehabilitation center residents, child combatants, children in conflict with the law, prisoners, and gang leaders. This third version incorporates creativity and problem awareness, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, trauma therapy, and peacemaking.

Friday, May 20, 2016

In-Depth Writing Exercise 7: Transrenditions

1. Imagine a fantasy object in your mind. Activate your five physical senses in doing so.

How does the object look like in the round?

What are its textures?

What sound(s) does it make?

What does it smell like?

What would it taste like?

2. Write as vivid a description as you can of the object.

3. Make a drawing or painting of the object.

4. Without showing your written description, show the drawing/painting to another writer and ask him/her to write a vivid description of the object.

5. Compare both descriptions.

Which description is more vivid?

Which, more comprehensible to the average reader?

The objective of this exercise is not to compare your writing skills with those of another writer--it is to determine how much fidelity of communication there is in yours.