Creativity Exercise - Week 1

 

 

    

    Welcome back y’all to my blog! In today’s weekly creativity exercise blog, I’ve got not one, but two awesome exercises to share with you guys! So enough with my talking let’s jump straight into it. Neither of these takes much time, but they really help stretch your creative muscles in fun and weird ways. First one up? 

Exercise 1: "Emoji Storytelling" 

Grab 3 to 5 random emojis. Once you’ve got your emojis, the goal is simple make up a story that connects all of them.

Here’s a quick example to give you an idea:
🐸⏰🚀 = A frog running late for a rocket launch.

All you need is a pen, notes app, or napkin. Let your brain do the rest.

Exercise 2: "Genre Swap" 

This one is where things get real interesting. Take any fairy tale, myth, or movie you know well, and rewrite it in a completely different genre.

Some quick ideas:

  • Goldilocks as a television comedy.

  • Finding Nemo as a Korean drama.

You already know the plot, so this is all about flipping the tone, setting, and style. It’s a great way to practice creative flexibility and storytelling with a twist.

    And that’s it for today’s creativity blast, y’all! I hope you have as much fun with these as I did putting them together. Let your brain wander, make something wild, and don’t be afraid to laugh at what you come up with. And like always, ill catch you guys. On the next one! 👋


 

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