Prompt 10 - the empty page

Sometimes making the first mark on a page is daunting. Sometimes I prefer not to write, for fear of messing it up. 'Messing it up' is only an inevitable part of the process that's really more productive than not.

Take a sheet of A4 paper and a pen. Begin to write until you have filled the page ...both sides of it even, why not? Don't think before-hand. Don't have any expectations. Don't edit. Just write. See where your pen and your instinct take you. Only stop when the page is full. Have a read through. Put it away for a few days. Have another look. Is there anything you'd like to work with and develop further? Then do. If not, that's fine, it was still an exercise in over-coming the fear of the white page.

If you feel like playing along, then post up what you've written on your blog and leave a message in the comments here - one (or both) of us will be over to read what you've written.

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