A writer and writing teacher I admire, Rebecca Evans, talked about an Entry Point as an opener when writing. Rebecca asked us to think of comfortable things. Things you’re wearing and you don’t even know you’re wearing, like eyeglasses. I thought that was interesting because I don’t like wearing my glasses. I usually take them off as soon as I get home from going out. About a week after Rebecca’s workshop, as I drove to my first errand, things looked blurry. I couldn’t read signs clearly. I thought, “I need to get my eyes checked.” I accomplished my errands. Got home. And did my usual, took my glasses off first thing. That’s when I noticed . . . I was not wearing my distance glasses. I was wearing my computer glasses. I guess the moral is things can be comfortable without our even noticing it. Or, maybe the moral is…
Category: Prompts
Comfort Food and more . . . Prompt #727
Excerpted from the May 2023 issue of the Sonoma County Gazette: Research over the past 20 years shows the same result time and time again: when we’re stressed, we want what researchers call high energy and nutrient-dense foods—those snacks, treats and meals that are high in fat and sugar. Comfort foods improve mood, reduce loneliness and connect us to cherished memories, often linked to childhood. A craving for comfort food typically stems from an extreme emotion, including happiness, meaning we reach for comfort foods even to celebrate. Comfort foods often trigger our reward system by releasing dopamine, a hormone and neurotransmitter. When we take a bite of that comfort food, whether it’s a hot fudge sundae, peanut butter and apples, tikka masala or a double bacon cheeseburger, dopamine floods the brain and gives us a huge boost of pleasure feelings. Any negative feelings we may have been experiencing before—stress, anger,…
I wish I had known . . . Prompt #726
I wish I had known . . . Response by Muriel Ellis: I don’t think I would really want to have known what my life would bring. Of course, I wish I’d done some things differently, made more time for the family I loved. I wish I hadn’t abandoned writing for so many years, over and over again. I certainly wish I’d known when I heard the grim news “malignant,” when it applied to lungs that it did not mean horrendous surgery with scant hope of recovery. And I wish that, before I knew all would be well, that I had actually written all those letters of accumulated love and wisdom that I planned to leave for my family—maybe even a page or two for assorted nieces and nephews and their offspring. Well, I didn’t. And, yes, I know it’s not too late, but that’s another story. Life is full…
If . . . Prompt #725
Writing Prompts inspired from “The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections.” If I had my life to do over . . . What I Know Now . . . Note To Self . . . Notes To My Younger Self . . . Choose one or more and Just Write!
April . . . Prompt #724
April 1, 2023. April Fool’s Day. April: In like a whimper? Or, in like a bang? How was your April? Amusing? Charming? Frustrating? Anything new or unusual happen? What did you like about this month of April? What didn’t you like? #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
Someone Who Helped You . . . Prompt #723
Write about someone who has helped you. Or maybe it was Some Thing that has helped you. Write about someone or something that has helped you. #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter
A Walk . . . Prompt #722
Write about a walk you took. #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter
A Visit to a Museum . . . Prompt #721
Write about a visit to a museum. #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter
A Day In Your Life . . . Prompt #720
Write about a day in your life. It could be about a miserable day. Or a spectacularly wonderful day. Or an ordinary day. Prompt: A day in your life. #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter
Someone who . . . Prompt #719
Write about someone who . . . You would like to have a meal with. You want to have a do-over with. You have a question for. What is the question and why do you want to know the answer?