What makes you anxious?
What do you want to do about that?
What can you do about that?
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Listcicles . . . Prompt #762
Thank you, Deb Fenwick, for introducing the word and concept, Listcicles, to me. .
Make a list of things that you did for the first time, or the last time you did this thing.
Use one of those responses for your freewrite, or write a listcicle.
“Listicles (also known as “list posts”) are articles that are written in a list-based format. The most common form of listicle is a short list of 10-20 items that are based on a specific theme. However, modern listicles are often enhanced with additional information around each item to make them more useful.” Wikipedia
Make a list and just write!
The first time I . . .
Or, the last time I . . .
Played hopscotch
Watched my mother put on make-up
Decorated a Christmas tree
Stayed up late for New Year’s Eve
Cleaned house
Babysat
Read Wizard of Oz
Read Nancy Drew
Read “Choose Your Own Adventure”
Had a fight with a friend
Had a fight with a sibling
Went camping
Spend the night away from home
Chewed gum
Bought a student body card
Painted
Changed a lightbulb
Typed on a typewriter
Used a computer
Rode a bicycle
Roller skated
Played Monopoly
Played cards
Wrote a thank you note
Sang in public
Performed on stage
Balanced a checkbook
Lied
Ran away from home
Stood your ground
Climbed a ladder
Dug in the dirt
Planted a seed
Lit a candle
Just Write!
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Use these words, playful or silly . . . Prompt #761
Sometimes we can be playful or silly with our writing.
Sometimes we’re serious with our writing.
You decide: Serious, fun, silly.
Just Write!
Use these words in your freewrite:
Corral Cobweb
Safari Rainbow
Betray Feather
Nest Plaid
Beloved Kittens
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Favorite thing to do . . . Prompt #760
Write about your favorite thing to do . . . now . . . or in the past.
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Favorite Job . . . Prompt #759
Write about your favorite job.
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Why do you keep it? . . . Prompt #758
Write about something you own that you really don’t like.
Why do you keep it?
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Treasured possession . . . Prompt #757
Write about your most treasured possession.
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Caring and sharing . . . Prompt #756
Caring and sharing make emotional journeys bearable.
Write about a time someone made you feel cared for.
Or, a time you showed care and concern.
Bonus points if it was a surprise.
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I’ve been struggling . . . Prompt #755
I’ve been struggling with . . .
Or, I struggled . . .
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The thing about grief . . . Prompt #754
Inspired by an email from Susan Bono:
I was at Dollar Tree the other day and didn’t have quite enough cash to cover my Halloween garlands.
As I fumbled with my card, the cashier said, “I never carry cash anymore.”
I said, “I don’t either, but I miss it sometimes.”
She looked at me full in the face and said, “There are things I miss every single day about the way things used to be.”
I saw such grief in her face before she smiled and urged me to have a nice day.
Prompt: Write whatever comes up for you . . .
Shopping at the Dollar Tree store
Halloween
Cash vs credit card
I miss . . .
The way things used to be . . .
The thing about grief is . . .
Susan Bono is the author of “What Have We Here: Essays about Keeping House and Finding Home.” Available on Amazon.
“The world is full of stories. Mine collect in journals, spill onto postcards and scraps of paper, come to conclusions in computer files, call to me in dreams. I write what I believe is true about my experiences, not just events that happened to me.
I’m not sure what’s more important: the raw aliveness of a dashed-off journal entry or the carefully developed and edited essay, finally (one hopes) complete. I only know that every story is a shard of mirror that shows me pieces of who I am and what it means to be human.” —Susan Bono