C. M. MAYO
Author of The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, etc.

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GIANT GOLDEN BUDDHA
& 364 MORE 5 MINUTE WRITING EXERCISES

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1/1 "Clutter"

1/4 "The Presence of the Past"

1/5 "Smells of Things That Don't Smell (Much)"

1/8 "Textures"

1/13 "Scene From Your Own Life, POV Switch"

1/15 "Kid Stuff"

1/15 "What's In Your Wallet?"

1/17 "What Did You Not?"

1/19 "Ten Places, Ten Smells"

1/20 "Childrens Birthday Party: Surprise"

1/21 "Filmy Fluttery"

1/26 "Dream Solution"

1/27 "Flying a Kite"

1/28 "Purple Things"

1/29 "The Five Dollar Bill"

1/31 "Kinesthesia"

2/5 "Name, Jewlery, Adjective"

2/7 "Repair/ Service"

2/8 "Significant Someone"

2/16 "Falling Snow"

2/17 "Windy Weather in the City"

2/22 "Airplane"

2/26 "Wondrous Winter"

3/2 "Orange Traffic Cone, etc."

3/5 "A Little Scene"

3/8 "Curtains of Paperclips"

3/10 "Your Dentist's Waiting Room"

3/12 "Ten Hands"

3/13 "Fruit Galore"

3/14 "Vegetables Galore"

3/16 "Dogs-o-rama"

3/24 "Yellow List"

3/26 "Where the Dust Settles"

3/29 "Body Language: Two People Talking"

4/4/ "Future Neighborhood"

4/9 "What's In Your Kitchen Drawer?"

4/10 "Foamy Things"

4/15 "Soft Things"

4/17 "Rx"

4/20 "Ears"

4/25 "Here Now and Then Outside"

4/28 "Of Time"

5/2 "The Morning After the Party"

5/3 "Suitcase"

5/8 "Ten Places, Ten Sounds"

5/10 "Addicted to TV"

5/15 "Breads"

5/16 "Tough Grandma"

5/19 "A Body of Water"

5/21 "Red, Yellow, Blue & More"

5/22 "Time Elasticity"

5/25 "Wobbly"

5/28 "First House"

5/31 "What's On Your Desk?"

6/2 "Smells Today"

6/11 "Haunted House"

6/15 "Your House, Room by Room"

6/16 "Don't Look Behind You"

6/19 "Belgium"

6/24 "In the Dentist's Office: Stretching, Folding, Tilting"

6/26 "A Drink of Cool Water"

6/29 "After the Flood"

7/1 "Noises"

7/2 "The Most Beautiful Thing in This Room"

7/8 "Up and Down"

7/10 "Turquoise Things"

7/11 "Wolf, Forest, Sky"

7/12 "Architectural Adjectives"

7/18 "Shadows"

7/25 "Box"

7/28 "What's Underneath?"

8/3 "The Big Three"

8/6 "Scratchy Things"

8/9 "Elephant Ride"

8/10 "Boy, Pool, Dive"

8/12 "Bread"

8/14 "Musical Chairs"

8/15 "Yellow Bird"

8/16 "Aftermath of the Pizza Party"

8/19 "10 Amusing Things"

8/23 "Hallway; Office; Storeroom"

8/29 "Bizarre Accidents"

9/2 "Obsessed by Peaches"

9/4 "Labor"

9/6 "Your Front Door"

9/9 "Places to Write"

9/10 "Close Your Eyes and Expand"

9/11 "Man on th Moon"

9/18 "Playing Dominoes"

9/19 "Hot & Cold Combination"

9/21 "Tools"

9/22 "What You're Wearing Right Now"

9/25 "Cat, Kitchen, Window"

9/28 "Light + Verb"

9/29 "That Hat"

10/1 "Flowers"

10/3 "Woman, Dog, House"

10/4 "Lawns"

10/7 "Upside Down"

10/8 "City / Body Part"

10/10 "Interesting Pink"

10/11 "Blind on a Sunny Day"

10/13 "The House is Alive"

10/16 "Breakfast"

10/17 "Favorite Things"

10/20 "A Tree in Time"

10/22 "Falling Mirror"

10/23 "Wedding Disasters"

10/24 "Orange + First Word"

10/28 "The Four Comedy Adjectives"

10/30 "Peek Through a Keyhole"

10/31 "20 Questions"

11/2 "Scene Without Visual Cues"

11/3 "Sci Fi Titles"

11/5 "Welcome to Your Kitchen"

11/6 "Body Language in a Coffee Shop"

11/8 "Ears"

11/9 "Your Town"

11/12 "Reflecting Light & Moving Shadows"

11/13 "3-D Pop Up"

11/15 "Reactions in the Body"

11/16 "Show Don't Tell: The Flu"

11/18 "The Lamp"

11/19 "Tap It"

11/20 "What Every Poem Needs"

11/22 "Purse & Person"

11/24 "Moo-moo Stuffing"

11/25 "Turkey Soup"

11/26 "Interesting Red"

11/27 "Dog"

11/28 "Show Don't Tell: Crowded Shopping Mall"

11/29 "Living Room"

12/1 "Three Skies"

12/3 "Garbage"

12/6 "Stretching, Folding, Tilting"

12/8 "Postcard from an Imaginary Land"

12/9 "Car Lust"

12/11 "Breakfast"

12/15 "Lawn, Tree, Kite"

12/18 "Romance Novel Titles"

12/22 "Dinner or Supper?"

12/24 "The Day the Smith's TV Broke"

12/25 "Santa Has Alzheimer's"

12/26 "Show Don't Tell: Won the $10 Million Lottery"

12/27 "Trees"

12/28 "Quick Sketch 2 Neck Up"
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