Writing Down the Bones: December Topic Presents

For this exercise write about presents. It can be about giving one, getting one, watching someone else give, receive or play with one, etc.

The rules here are pretty basic: I, or someone else, picks the topic. You write about it for 10 minutes and then must stop.
The piece can be fiction, prose, poetry, etc.

The time must be spent writing, not editing.

Editing is a no-no in this exercise.

The idea is to make your inner editor shut up. I suggest here that one way to do that is to write as you fall asleep or as you wake as thats when my personal editor is least alert..

Everyone who writes is asked to provide constructive criticism for all other writers.

A detailed essay on why exercises like this work and are good for you is here.

More food for thought for writers is here (about Peter Elbow and Annie Dillard) and here (listening matters!)

I indexed here some of my writing exercise.