Freewriting is an excellent activity when your mind is drawing blanks. Sometimes all you need is a word(s) to stimulate a story or memory.

Your task is to:

1. Make a list of between ten and fifteen words that may or may not be related.
2. Word choices might have something to do with sights, sounds, tastes, textures in your known world, or in a world that you want to create.
3. Narrow the list down to seven to ten words that you feel you can incorporate in your writing.
4. Write for at least ten minutes, using each word in its own sentence.
5. When finished, remove all but one word, the one that calls to you.
6. Write a short narrative that focuses on the feelings and images that your word inspires.

If you now have something that you can expand into a story, well, good luck!

Have fun with this one.