And Now We Write

And Now We Write

by Anonymish Host

Self-Improvement Hobbies

Season 1

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #19: Sea Students

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is inspired by Inter Ice Age 4 by Kōbō Abe. We're inhabiting an underwater classroom, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's either embarrassed or proud of making a fart joke. (Both. She's both.) This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #18: Opening Images

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is working on beginnings. We're mirroring a closing image, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Her heroine is hungry like the wooooooolf ... This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #17: Phone Tag

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is based on an adapted prompt from Brian Kitely's The 3am Epiphany. We're writing an overheard phone conversation. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. It was harder than usual for her to stick with it tbh, but that's the whole point of these ten-minute sprints: they're constitutionally stick-with-able. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for you to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #16: Yelp Reviews and Responses

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is to practice with a borrowed form: the Yelp review (and response). We're reviewing the reviewer, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She wrote a response from someone who wants to make nice with their negative reviewer, for Reasons. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #15: Eyewitness Testimony

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is inspired by "In A Grove" (which inspired Rashomon) by Ryünosuke Akutagawa. We're hearing different perspectives, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Turns out Cinderella's Dad tells the story differently than Cinderella (or anyone else). This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #14: Wait, Let Me Start Again

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is working on first lines. We're changing our minds about where to begin, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She thinks she should actually start this exercise again! This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #13: Funhouse Mirror

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is based on an adapted prompt from Brian Kitely's The 3am Epiphany. We're telling a tall tale about ourselves! As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She switched things up after about two minutes of writing and it got much more distinctive. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for you to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #12: One-Sided Texts

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is to practice with a borrowed form: the text message. We're demanding an answer from someone who's unresponsive, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's been on the receiving end of threads like this before, so writing one is ... interesting. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #11: Two Broke and Bawdy Grifters

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is inspired by Shank's Mare by Jippensha Ikku. We're road tripping with grifters, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Her heroes end up getting a different kind of buzz than they'd been looking for. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

Ten-Minute Writing Exercise #10: First Line Telephone

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is working on first lines. We're playing telephone with the first line of a story, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She didn't think Aunt Jean's need to one-up Julia's wedding was going to be relevant but ... This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also: journal brainstorm write for your work in progress All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

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