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WRITING EXERCISE
Writing exercise: New Worlds Words: Neda Tehrani Ever wanted to write about your hopes for the future or about what a new world might look like? Or perhaps you’re looking to improve your writing or to simply write for fun? Pluto Press have created a writing exercise for you to take part in!
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rom the COVID-19 pandemic to the Black Lives Matter protests, 2020 was marked by crisis and resistance. We are often told that there is no alternative to the unjust systems that affect our day-to-day lives; that this is just the way things have always been and will always be. However, 2020 exposed the urgent need to rethink the way we live. The theme of this writing exercise is New Worlds. We want to hear from you on how you think the world could be changed for the better, so that it is fairer, more fulfilling, and more joyous for all kinds of people, including women, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, Black people, religious minorities, the working class, young people,
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a political and social movement against police brutality and all racially motivated violence against Black people. It was founded in 2013 by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Black teenager Trayvon Martin. The movement was reignited in May 2020 following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
older people and more. To explore new worlds and ways of living, you could think about what is wrong with society today and how we can overcome these problems. For example, do you think homelessness is a problem in our society? If so, how would you eradicate it? Alternatively, you might want to reimagine the future and consider how people would live if we could start all over again. Whichever way you choose to approach the theme, we hope that this writing exercise will be an uplifting one. Feeling hopeful can be a varied experience: it can be either intimately personal or something felt across a community – or sometimes
