Ten days into the New Year, I'm thinking about resolutions I made and how I'm doing on them. (The answer: Great on some, Not So Great on others.)
What if: Instead of making New Year's resolutions, we asked ourselves questions at the start of a new year? Questions make us think about who we are, what we like, and what we don't like. After all, life is a journey of self-discovery, so questions help us discover more about ourselves. When we know ourselves better, we become better writers, too.
In your writer's notebook, play around with answers to these questions, or make up your own questions:
1. If television had never been invented, would you want to invent it? Why?
2. What is something that bugs you? Why?
3. If you lived in a zoo, which animal would you like to be? Why?
4. If you could drink only orange soda or hot chocolate for the rest of your life, which would you pick? Why?
5. If it rained cats or dogs for real, which would you prefer? Why?
You'll notice I asked "why" for each question. Why? Because that's the real question that gets us thinking. Have fun answering, "Why?"
