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Creative Prompt Write: What if a Martian came up to you while you are having a picnic and says "take me home, i've lost my ho..me home.... Take off with this creative prompt and write a story, a poem, an ad anything you feel creatively inspiring.  Don't let other images come to your mind, create your own M artian and have a lot of fun.

Creative Session: Take any vegetable; be it potato, tomato, brinjal(eggplant), ladies finger… and make it a brand and create a personality for it!  e.g. a potato is normally viewed as a fattening veggie when it is actually good for health with vitamins, minerals potassium and others - they're good -the fat comes when they are deep fried...and when you tend to overeat. For e.g.  What if you made it a model? Headline: The perfect model ( straight line headline ) Headline:  Potato with tears (visual) (Emotional headline)  And they called me Fat !  After working on the Potato try other veggies maybe bitter gourd, brinjal..well the vegetable kingdom awaits!

Now that we know the types of headlines, let us learn to create - creative headlines with a random visual prompt 1. If you have been, doing your photography exercises you could choose one of those pictures.   Use the image as a visual and write a headline for it The product: A Sports Shoe 2.   Take the USP of the product and merge it with the image. Your theme and USP decide the headline. Write the headlines with this as your hook…or helper(the image) For example   if you have ‘window’ as your image for the– sports shoe (product) Think and jot down your ideas however wild they may seem, now! Leave it alone for a while; then, sort the ideas and choose one! For e.g.  Window - view, glass, close, open, shut, beyond, neighbors, wall, building, curtains come to mind. Try it; you might be surprised at the words that jump out of your out-of-the-box mind. After you choose an image and merge it with the USP go ahead and  create head...

Teaser headlines stop readers in their tracks! They capture attention in this fast moving capital world (fmcg)… Teaser headline could be useful especially for a launch product or any product that needs attention grabbing… The teaser headline builds up excitement in the reader through a funny word, an attention grabbing word, leaving a sentence incomplete …You could make the ad do a headstand, make it slant, huge, tiny….literally tease! The teaser headline is like playing Russian roulette, .for if you lose the reader in the headline…he will not read the copy. So be really smart, innovative, creative and funny…Try out various alternatives before you stick to one you are sure will grab attention. Unlike in our news, testimonial, direct, directive or other headlines, here, we do not offer the benefit in the headline, in fact we lead the reader into the copy out of sheer curiousity or excitement to know more… and they should not be disappointed. Direct Mailers or E-mail...

Today, when you read the newspapers – there’s more bad news than good, nowadays. I always think to read the NP in the afternoon but it never works. Habits are hard to change, some of them, at least. But, I did read somewhere that if you are singular about the change for ten days without a break, you could change a habit! Could you? I just want to pose a Question here Are we getting innured by the violence and tragedies around us? Was it the reason people stand back and watch while people are being killed or have an accident? Why? Thought provoking, isn’t it Sometimes you wonder what really happened before an incident took place. This session we will add to our creative prompt characterization. Creative Prompt: Write the diary of one of these real life characters and  taking the essence of what you research about the character How would he think? Why does his mind work like that? What could his childhood be like? School? Did ...

This is a fun  prompt and very useful in creating new words ! As a kid it was fun doing the ...I love xyz product because... Wanna try  I love Creative Writing because... Creative Prompt: Mix words like: super, fabulous, fantastic, scintillating, yummy etc. with Skin, delicious, innocence Create new words that can be used in advertising writing! e.g. yummylicious :) Have Fun!

C reative Session  Choose any song and change the lyrics of the second stanza! It should meld (blend) with the rest of the song! Or work on the Chris Brown song All about You How did you get so young I heard you were born today Heard that you came and found The sky and I just wanna say Look up the world is glad here to stay Have fun is time to give another day Sometimes the fire gets in your way That ain't nothing You can't blow away So make a wish I will have one too I wish I can stay with you Wish you knew How... wishes to come true It's all about you It's all about you Today It's all about you (repeat) Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/chris+brown/all+about+you_20907468.html

Creative Session: The fiction prompts As they sat down, she felt something cold against her rib… Suddenly, she racked her brains to remember; she had to  Once you write the fiction prompts, if you have done both of them - you could try mixing the stories and create one...make it hilarious. It must be a hoot. You can post it here.

Creative Session  When you go into a mall, visit various outlets and watch people interacting with each other. How they meet or avoid each other…and don’t forget catch pieces of dialogue and piece them together and fill in what the person on the other side is saying…or mix up two people talking mix their dialogues, add your own and you have a scene written…Write about your  ‘Experience at the Mall’ Like: Lady :”  you promised, you’ll reach sharp at 7” “Crazy yaa the prices are..”    body Other side ..Traffic held me up! Lady : Yaa so wat do I do now ”This guy is a dude” Other side  “wait at the coffee shop, I’ll be there...” ”Let him come” Lady :” No I’ll be at ‘body shop..” ”She won’t let me hold the baby” Other side :”Ok I’ll meet u there...” Hmmm you could spice it up or make it hilarious Try telling it to a friend This week:  The world is a collage of various arts, crafts and culture. Ch...

Creative Session : Writing prompts for fiction writing. Write a short story or develop it into a longer one. The idea is still to get ideas and free the brain off any clutter. Try these: As they sat down, she felt something cold against her rib… Suddenly, she racked her brains to remember; she had to save… You have to end the story here. Complete the prompt given as you write the story. ·         Write a beautiful message - a belated Festive greeting