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Performing Arts . . . Prompt #786
Write about . . . Being in a parade Running/walking a marathon Being in a performance: theatre, chorus, band, dance, or ??? #amwriting #iamawriter #justwrite
Wheels . . . Prompt #785
Write about learning how to . . . Ride a bicycle or a unicycle Ride a skateboard Roller skate Drive a car Who helped you? Or, did you figure it out yourself? How old were you? Where did these wheels take you? #justwrite #iamawriter #iamwriting
Bittersweet
Memorable writing that sparks imagination. Lean in. Hear the writer’s voice on the page. Bittersweet by Lynn Levy Better If The Time Elapses Rapidly Stopping Weary Ennui’s Endless Tyranny Lynn Levy lives in Northern California with her husband, an overly familiar wild scrub jay called “Bubba,” and an enormous wisteria. She and the wisteria are in negotiations regarding ownership of the patio trellis.
Trouble . . . Prompt #783
Today’s writing prompt, Trouble, is brought to us by Marcia Aldrich’s post on Brevity, “Too Vast for Words: Writing prompts for Large Subjects.” In this Brevity post, Marcia asks: Do you have a history with this word, trouble? How long has it been important to you? Why this word and not near synonyms? Is it part of a song or movie or book that matters to you? Does your sense of the word differ from what other people might think of it? If so, how? Writing Prompt: Trouble Just Write! #amwriting #justwrite #iamawriter
Sentence Starts . . . Prompt #782
Sentence starts to inspire ideas to write about: Sentence starts If my family had a motto, it would be . . . The kitchen table . . . The worst, or best, thing about my mother / father / sibling / grandparent . . . I will never forget . . . I will always remember . . . My favorite thing to do when I was 8 years old . . . 12 years old . . .14 years old . . . On Saturdays, I liked to . . . I want you to know . . . Just Write! #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
Why Follow Submission Guidelines?
Guest Blogger Tish Davidson writes: Don’t Sabotage Your Submissions What is the first thing you do when you cook a new recipe? Read the directions to determine if you have the necessary ingredients. What is the first thing you do when you assemble a piece of Ikea furniture? Read the directions. So why do so many writers seem unable to read and follow the directions when submitting to a journal or contest? I’ve judged a lot of writing from independently published books to high school writing contests. I was an editor of the 2019 CWC Literary Review with responsibility submission intake as well as judging. What I’ve learned is how few supposedly literate people read and follow the submission directions. Maybe because they are called “guidelines” people consider them optional. Or perhaps the requirements seem overly picky or silly. Take fonts. Why use Courier as requested when your work will…
Something happened, and you weren’t the same . . . Prompt #780
Use a pivotal event as a way into writing a personal essay, or a slice of your life . . . a memoir, or creative non-fiction. A pivotal event is something happened and you weren’t the same after. Obvious pivotal events are graduating from school, first job, getting married, having a baby, retiring. There are more subtle events that, at the time, you didn’t know would be a pivotal event. Those are the events that could result in a riveting essay, or give you closure. Prompt 1 Make a list of things, events, people that you carry in your mind. These are events that you can’t forget. People who haunt you. Memories that you can’t seem to let go. These are things you think about over and over, events that are on repeat in your brain. Things that happened that you can’t stop thinking about, maybe things you lose sleep…
High white clouds skittered . . .
“High white clouds skittered, their color matching the sheep that ambled below.” From: “How to Knit a Love Song,” by Rachael Herron Your turn: What beautiful phrasing can you conjure?
Woulda, coulda, shoulda . . . Prompt #778
Woulda, coulda, shoulda . . . If I had . . . then . . . Or, the opposite: If I hadn’t . . . then . . . #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter