Writing exercises are designed to bring out our dormant creativity. Use these exercises to hone your skills and explore new writing frontiers. It doesn't matter what kind of a writer you are, storyteller, essayist, fiction writer or nonfiction writer, all of these exercises will reactivate your creative juices as well as improve your abilities as a writer.
1. Watch and Examine
Look at your favourite view, and write about it. Imagine someone with the opposite personality to yours and write about them.
Think about all the people you bump into or see on a regular basis throughout the day. Picture them in a murder mystery or fantasy story.