Who needs a writing assignment?

[Nikita]

I hope this post doesn't hijack the purpose of this thread, but, I felt the need to respond.

Savor level three while you can. The first assignment of Level Four is the biggest wall I've hit in the Writer's Block, though let's just not talk about Queen Epithymia.

I saw your assignment, Razor. Even though English is my first language, I had to re-read it several times. ~snicker~

You are the writer and interpretation of the assignment is yours to craft keeping in mind the parameters he outlined. The examples were for illustration, right? ~Correct me if I'm wrong, Mad, my coffee hasn't kicked in.~

The exercise, at least as I see it, is meant to push you outside the box and challenge your imagination. It's a creative writing task.

What do I mean by thinking outside the box? For me, the boxes are structure and pov. Listening to music takes me out of the box. I keep changing the music selections until I find one appropriate to the topic I'm writing about, but it doesn't have to relate to the topic at all.

*couldn't find a song to put me in the mood for my first assignment tho...heh heh.*

Thoughts of structure and pov stifle me and have to remain out of the picture until it's time for editing. When it is time to edit, music tends to be a distraction and therefore, I refrain from listening.

Anyway, that's how I approach the battle. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn't.

Hope this helps.