Writing With Melissa: Letter Tiles

Wait until you see this writing prompt!

Is it a game? Is it a prompt? It's both! And it's so much fun.

For this prompt, you will actually need word tiles, like from a game of scrabble (TM), or bananagrams(TM), or applegrams(TM), or any game which have word tiles. I got out my trusty bananagrams(TM) game:

Next, choose 21 tiles at random:
(These are different tiles than the one I chose on the podcast! So if you don't have word tiles you can use these letters. Make your own on paper squares! Or just write these 21 letters on paper and play with them there.)
You have to use all the tiles you get! Only exception: if you get a "q" but not a "u." Then you can either swap the "q" out for something else, or just root around for a "u." Your choice.

Finally, make intersecting words using ALL your tiles! You must use them all! Mix it up, sometimes great words have to be scrapped until you use all the letters. Proper nouns are ok for this if you want, it's up to you.

You'll probably have somewhere between 6 and 9 words, depending on how long the words are, obviously. So, write down your words on a sheet of paper:

zig, gifted, disaster, moss, it, ray

Now set your timer for 20 minutes (or 15 or 10, whatever you have time for) and WRITE!
You can write in any genre: poetry, fiction, essay, or write a scene, a dialogue, a play, whatever you want for 20 minutes using these words each at least once. Keep writing until the timer goes off.

Have fun! Share your writing (or thoughts or comments) in the comment section below. You can also reach me at writingwithmelissa@gmail.com

Keep writing!

Melissa