instigatorzine http://instigatorzine.posterous.com in-sti-gat-or: one who initiates an event simply to enjoy the unpredictability of the effect.--Sink/Swim Press posterous.com Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:14:00 -0700 Activity: 100 Word Group http://instigatorzine.posterous.com/2010/04/activity-100-word-group.html http://instigatorzine.posterous.com/2010/04/activity-100-word-group.html During my senior year at NJCU, I took a course titled "Workshop: Writing the Memoir." Interested in non-fiction writing, I signed up for the course. Needless to say, I learned a lot from it and enjoyed myself immensely. One of the things, however, that I took from the class that is still with me, is the 100 word group.

100 groups are made up of seven people--one for each day of the week. Each day, someone writes 100 words based on a word, phrase, or idea present in the previous day's 100 words. The 100 words can be in the form of poetry or prose. Doesn't matter.

I find this activity helpful because it generates writing activity on a set schedule. Although you should be writing everyday, you probably don't. This ensures that at least one day a week, you're writing.

I am part of a 100 word group. I don't generate useful material a lot, but sometimes I do surprise myself. So get six friends together and start a 100 word group!

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