- a journal or notebook
- writing implements of choice
- camera/cameraphone (optional)
Do:
- Use a random list of words, words that are important to you, or even words you made up.
- Provide definitions, example sentences, contexts for each word, illustrations or photos that give the words more context.
- Redefinition - Pick any word in the dictionary and redefine it with the tenth (or number of your choosing) definition after it in the dictionary.
- Make up your own words and define them.
Other dictionary games include these constrained writing ones:
- S+7 - Replace each adjective with the seventh (or number of choice) adjective that follows it in the dictionary.
- S+7 lipogram - Replace each noun in a piece with the seventh (or number of choice) noun that follows it in a dictionary, while also avoiding the use of a specific letter of the alphabet.
- N+7 - Replace each noun in a text with the seventh (or number of choice) noun that follows it in the dictionary.