Okay, here we go!

COLOUR: Jade

(it doesnt have to be a straight colour like red or blue or green, it can be anything, like amethyst or crimson or rose, whatever you want!)

Emalia looked into the mirror again. Two inky eyes, small straight nose, thin-lipped mouth, high cheekbones. Dainty features. She could be pretty. Maybe she was. Other people told her so. Yet maybe her parents didn't count, as they were supposed to tell her she was pretty, weren't they? Emalia frowned. Clear black eyes, small nose, small mouth, small face. A ballet dancer's face, like the ones she had seen dance in the streets at Yuletide, their tiny pixie faces tight with concentration, hair swept back in elegant twists, toes pointing perfectly in satin ballet slippers. Faces much prettier than hers. Emalia was jade with jealousy of them.

So..how did I do? Now its your turn!

COLOUR: Charcoal

Give it a go - you might surprise yourself!

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Author guidance for This exercise

So, for people who are a bit confused...

You pick a colour (I've started with Jade) and then write a paragraph inspired by that colour. Jade is a form of green, so I've used the emotion of jealousy for my paragraph about a Chinese girl who wishes she was as pretty as a ballet dancer.

Your paragraph can be anything - a short dialogue piece between two characters, a description of a person,place or object, a diary or part of a soliloquy - anything goes!

When you've written your paragraph, put the colour you've chosen for the next person who wants to have a go at the bottom. I've chosen charcoal. Then, that person will write their paragraph, and so on and so on...

Go on, give it a go! Its easier than it sounds.

updated Jun 8 '10 by BellaRivers