One great writing exercise that can keep your mind limber and your writing wit sharp is choosing a completely off-the-wall target and writing about it with every ounce of passion you can muster. For example, there’s a lot of loose talk about the side effects of Alli, the rapid weight-loss drug that’s taking the market by storm.
Does Alli deserve the rap? Are those who call it “the brown-note drug” being accurate, or not? Who do you believe? And can any weight-loss drug be safe?
Sure, on first blush it sounds like a silly topic. But the point isn’t to produce great, salable prose; it’s to break yourself out of the urge to procrastinate. Because once the words start flowing, it becomes a whole lot easier to redirect that creative energy back into a more meaningful project.
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