Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Writing as Exercise

Keep reading to see why you should start looking at writing as exercise, then leave a comment to join this dialogue. And don’t forget to check out today’s writing prompt at the bottom of the post.

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K. E. Creighton
Aug 29, 2025
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We often think of ourselves as completing writing projects and writing exercises instead of appreciating how the practice of writing itself is exercise for our minds, bodies, souls, and creative muscles. Instead of focusing on the writing process itself, in other words, we’re focusing on things like producing specific word counts, page counts, keywords,…

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