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4 Exercises You Can Do Today to Improve Your Creativity

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There are many exercises to help you improve your writing and creativity. Many writers have writers block, but trying a few of these exercises will eliminate that and allow you to be creative while doing so. Try these few things and go out there and do them.

Take a walk with a tape recorder: Go out for a walk and start writing about everything you see. Take a tape recorder or a phone that you can record on and just talk for 30 minutes about the colors, thoughts, jokes, funny things, senses, sounds, or anything else that inspires you.

Search Youtube-Look for some inspiring and funny videos on youtube. Do a search for some comedians and funny videos to help give you ideas on writing and learning comedy.

Go shopping- Take some time and look at things you might not normally look at when you go shopping. Look at post cards, pictures on the walls, watch people shop and find funny things. You might see someone having an argument about a pair of shoes that might lead to a new joke idea.

Make a list of 10 things-Write down all the things you find funny about this list. The items on the list can be anything you want. Here are a few to help get you started. Cookies, a pencil, an elephant, a hanger, a clown, a jumprope, a DVD, a stick, a shovel, a shot glass. Try to come up with 10-20 things for each if you can and use this when you go to write your material.

Go out there and try these things to help you become more creative. These exercises will help you come up with ideas for writing that next joke of yours. For more information about learning comedy visit http://www.learningcomedy.com

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