ROBERT LESLIE FIELDING
Be kind to everyone you meet.
You may never see them again.
Write to be read - be better than you need to be!
Writing: Topics to write about – freewrite (write without stopping for ten minutes) on any of the topics below.
1. Write about 10 things that make you think of home.
2. Write about a memory related to a holiday.
3. You check your phone messages and freeze. Begin from that moment.
4. Write about something that bothered you last week.
5. Write about what you would cook for an enemy.
6. What was the worst meal you have ever had? Write about it as if it was happening now.
7. Begin a story with the words, ‘There was once a chance I didn’t take..
8. Write a light-hearted piece about how to make friends with someone you don’t like.
9. List 20 things that annoy you. Pick one and write about it.
10. What’s your idea of a perfect vacation?
Click on this link to open the 10-minute window - get ready to write as soon as you click.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/composition/freewriting.htm
After the timer has run down to zero, click Back at the top of your screen and your words will reappear without the counter. Simply copy and paste your words into a WORD document and send them to me at www.nicenet.org . Remember your password, username and the key to enter the site. You should have these written down somewhere secure and safe. Enjoy the Eid. See you after the break.
Robert L. Fielding
Here's what I wrote in the 10-minute box. You have a go and sent it to me via www.nicenet.org
The things I hate
Actually, I hate very few things - really hate them. I think hatred is such a negative emotion that I try to avoid it at all costs. Half the time, I reckon hating something or someone is symptomatic of something wrong in your own life. I am not saying that everything in my life is brilliant, but I really do not need to exhibit my problems by showing people that I hate something - even though I do detest some things.
It's quite easy to write about your most favourite things - everybody has things and people they love. I love my wife, our house, our cat, spending time together in the evenings, going to see my mother and sitting talking to her, writing, texting, speaking on the phone (as long as I phoned someone and not the other way round), listening to good music, reading something I think is worth my time, going to the quiz every Wednesday and spending a great night in the company of my good friends - like I said, that's easy. Now think of the things you hate - cold winds, price increases, the price of a litre of petrol in England, rude people, expensive shops, wet days, being too tired to think, being really tired at the end of a long car journey, being ill, having a headache - it's not so difficult, after all. 9 mins 25 seconds
Robert L. Fielding
