With that being said, I read the first few prompts and thought to myself now this is just foolish, where is the depth in that entry? Though the introduction clearly states that Unjournaling is aimed toward familiarizing writers with word play and creative thought, I had trouble separating myself from my determination that this type of prompted writing should reveal something personal. Because after all, how does a teacher rouse the excitement of students without asking them about themselves?
But as I read and I tried a few prompts, I began to understand the concept of how having "fun with language" is the best way to learn how to let writing flow. This book is appropriate for absolutely anyone-- beginners can use it to warm up to words and I can use it before I write a paper to tap my word keg ;)
I have decided that the concept behind Unjournaling is genius, and I definitely will not be selling this book back during finals week.
The writing inspired by this little golden booklet can be quite personal, in fact, simply because certain prompts appeal to my personality more than others. While I read over the prompts, certain ones grasped my attention immediately-- very good writing can result from that type of spark.
My favorites:
- #16-- Revealing the nature of a character through his or her words.
- # 26-- Create an impression of a person by only describing her hands. I have written a short story about my mother which centered around her hands.
- #61-- Write a paragraph including a line from both a favorite song and movie. I love music and the movies and quoting things. I'd be good at this.
- #90-- Write 10 bad ideas. I could do this from experience.
Also, I felt that prompts 52-54 were very very Elbow-ian, so I was pleased to see that are textbooks, though very different from one another, still seem to interrelate.
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