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		<title>Old Writing Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The challenge: Write a one page (~250 words) description of a barn as seen through the eyes of a man whose son just died in a war overseas. Do not mention the man, the son, war, or death. My work: The barn looks to be the color of dried blood. The roof, taken by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise Six</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Can&#8217;t remember where I found it, but the exercise is to list ten random material nouns and ten random immaterial nouns. Then, connect one of each using &#8220;of&#8221; to create a series of interesting descriptions to use in a sentence. Material Nouns: calendar, photograph, bolt, bottle, platter, book, microphone, wire, frame, sword Immaterial Nouns: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise Five</title>
		<link>http://www.danbailey.net/1361/exercise-five</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Writing Forward. Take an original paragraph you&#8217;ve written and cut everything you can without losing the original meaning of the work. Original: Exhaustion of the deep, bone-weary variety has a unique way of numbing an emotional response. The trio &#8212; Addy, Khalid, and Markus &#8212; had watched the supply hopper come in through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise Four</title>
		<link>http://www.danbailey.net/1138/exercise-four</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Writing Forward. Write one sentence that is at least 100 words long. Then, rewrite that sentence in 10 words or less. Part One: A truth: getting shot and living is akin to being born and John knows that because he&#8217;s living through it all over again from the moment of the bullet&#8217;s impact into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise 3</title>
		<link>http://www.danbailey.net/1068/exercise-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This exercise is to write a fragment of a story (500 words) written entirely in imperative commands. Source: 3 AM Epiphany Here we go: It&#8217;s not a unique act, but grab your bag and head for the hills. Drum your fingers on the steering wheel, swear under your breath and blink sweat from your eyes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This exercise is to write a 600 word short story from the first person POV, using a personal pronoun only twice. Source: 3 AM Epiphany Here&#8217;s my take: The machine travels the country and I follow it. This is how it has been for the last two decades. One pull of the arm, one big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m counting this as a writing exercise since I blew it out in about 10 minutes. BoingBoing is having a 100-word fiction contest. The theme is &#8220;Found in Space.&#8221; My first draft was 122 words. I really had to work to get it down to 100. Here&#8217;s my results: The machine moved, Scott followed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Minor Epiphany</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about writing lately, and how my productivity has basically tanked since I departed college for the RealWorld&#8482;. There is a litany of contributing factors to that, and I think that with this post, I&#8217;ll be scratching the surface of that set. First and foremost, it&#8217;s because I am not regularly in the [...]]]></description>
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