Our group used various methods to inspire writing. Over the years one exercise crystallized as our best so far.

To give you examples of what we dealt with, I picked samples of our ten words plus a bonus one to try your luck with. Each group contains a colour, a number, and sometimes a phrase.

Here are ten samples of word groups:

1. Whet; corridor; impeccable; grainy; created; fed; shithead; two; superstitious; Echinacea; pumpkin colour.
   
   
   
2. President; puppet; computer; intimidate; I don’t know; turquoise; number one; landscape; sugar daddy; no ,no, no!; you are dreaming.
   
   
   
3. Carnival; dancing; hot; red; eleven; rum; mischief; funeral; delicate; packed; firework.
   
   
   
4. Rainbow; whet; 25; slick; in flagrante; Anastasia; guillotine; screaming; help me, help me; telephone; darkness.
   
   
   
5. 100; queen; not like that dear; charmed; simultaneous; orange; comforter; handmaiden; incredible; inedible; magazine.
   
   
   
6. Age; 22; grey; comprehend; negligee; transparent; coal mine; opaque; martini; desert; I’ll pay for this.
   
   
   
7. Obnoxious; every day; tropic; bully; orchid; He paid for that; 55; purple; secret; neighbourhood; ring.
   
   
   
8. Contest; absurd; propaganda; 16; outlandish; gold; merlot; incredible; remote; cottage; bazooka.
   
   
   
9. African; newsletter; booming; sharpen; cookies; depressed; happy; pink; whoopee; 18; found in situ.
   
   
   
10. Equinox; vernal; magazine; taxes; cruel; mandarin; pink; 2; overdue; Don’t answer that; waltz.