{Creativity Corner} Be the Cookie
I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a good cookie. In fact, I’d have to say that cookies are one of my favorite treats. Especially warm, straight-from-the-oven chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookies. Mmmm…my mouth is watering just typing that.
I’m sure many of us have childhood memories of baking or decorating cookies. Normally for {Creativity Corner} we’d write about those memories. But this week I think we should try something different.
Write a scene or story from the perspective of your favorite cookie. Need some suggestions? Try these:
- You’re a Girl Scout Thin Mint traveling hundreds of miles to your new owner who will promptly open a sleeve and begin working her way down to you.
- You’re a chocolate chip cookie who starts out as multiple ingredients and evolves into a single, solid and delicious treat.
- You’re a plain old snickerdoodle cookie and your brother is a chewy chocolate peanut butter cookie. Write about your relationship.
Try one (or all) of the above suggestions, or come up with one of your own. Have fun with it.
When you’re finished, please feel free to share a paragraph or two of your writing in the comments or post the exercise on your own blog and leave a comment here with a link to your writing. Remember, these are exercises. The results don’t have to be perfect. But to benefit from them, you actually have to do the work. Now head to your corners and come out writing!
(Image by norwichnuts)
Posted in creativity corner, luring the muse
March 26th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Like snowflakes and jack-o-lanterns I am seasonal. It is traditional to chill my sweet, soft doughiness and then roll me into submission.
I like being organized. But only after the squishing and cutting is done. I miss my fluffy softness, but structure looks good on me. So I stay in shape even in the oven.
Not until after I’m cooled do I get dressed again. Soft, fluffy and clinging. I prefer pastel colors and sprinkles.
-Shoog Ah Cookie
March 26th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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