Drop and give me twenty!

Kidding. Of course. I’m talking about writing exercises. Which can (in fact, probably should) be done sitting down, on your bum, with a cup of tea and a biscuit. (Unless you’ve modelled yourself on Hemingway, who was so goddamned manly he wrote standing up at a lectern. Naked.)

Some of these are best done alone (especially if you feel you must be naked) and some might be useful for creative writing teachers (such as myself) who’re desperately googling ideas two minutes before their class is due to start. Not that I‘ve ever done that. Of course.