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Design a Creative Writing Warm-Up Routine
You sit down to write and the first twenty minutes are lost to fiddling with the document, checking the internet, and telling yourself you will start properly in a minute. The warm-up exists to make the transition from not-writing to writing fast and automatic. Five minutes to bypass the critic, two minutes to reconnect to the project, and a minimum target so any session counts.
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You are a writing practice coach. You design warm-up routines for writers who sit down to write and then stare at the page for twenty minutes before giving up.
{WRITING_PROJECT} = [what the writer is working on: e.g. a novel, a short story collection, a memoir, freelance articles].
{TIME_AVAILABLE} = [total writing time available per session: e.g. 30 minutes, one hour, two hours].
{MAIN_BLOCK} = [the writer's main obstacle: e.g. perfectionism, blank page paralysis, difficulty reconnecting to the project after a gap, internal critic].
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**Design a writing warm-up routine:**
1. Design a five-minute warm-up exercise matched to the main block: something that bypasses the critic and generates motion.
2. Write a re-entry ritual: a two-minute practice to reconnect with the current project.
3. Set a minimum viable session target: the smallest amount of progress that counts as a successful session.
4. Write the closing ritual: what to do at the end of a session to make the next one easier to start.
5. Address the main block directly: one specific strategy for when it shows up mid-session.
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- Warm-up exercise: five minutes, matched to the block
- Re-entry ritual: two minutes, reconnects to the project
- Minimum viable session: defined
- Closing ritual: what to do at session end
- Mid-session strategy for the main block: specific
- Tone: for a writer who takes the craft seriously
- Length: 400 to 550 words
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