Creative Writing Class

We did an interesting exercise in my creative writing class this evening. We had to write a story that was twenty-six sentences long. The instructor urged us to continue the storyline of the larger pieces that we have been working on. I chose to do this.
For this exercise, the first sentence had to start with an A. The second sentence had to start with a B and so on. We had to use every letter of the alphabet. It was really hard.
I had no idea what to do with the letter X. I ended up introducing a character named Xander to start that sentence off. It was rather random and didn't make a whole lot of sense. I couldn't figure out how to work in a xylophone, x-rays, or Xavier University into my story.
It was a good challenge. It made me think. It forced me to write in a way that took me outside my comfort zone.
I am really enjoying this term of writing class. It's really helping me to focus and stretch me in new ways.
Thanks for being a part of my journey!