Today’s writing prompt: It’s a mystery . . .
Tag: freewrites
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Pretend . . . Prompt #407
Today’s prompt: Pretend.
With this type of prompt, you can also write about the opposite . . .
Let’s not pretend.
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Use these words . . . Prompt #406
Use these words in your freewrite:
Instinct, illustration, melt, eighteenth, obligation, plunge, immune.
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Your path . . . Prompt #405
Write about a path you took, or a path you didn’t take.
Write about a choice you made.
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This happened . . . Prompt #402
Today’s prompt is inspired by a talk Ianthe Brautigan gave on March 5, 2001.Memoir is a journey. Just because it’s your life, don’t think you know the end. A beeper could go off and change everything.
Life is like a box of chocolates . . . you don’t know what you got until you bite into it. Sometimes your life makes sense after you write and digest your findings.
Ianthe suggests writing a memoir in an unusual way, not “this happened and then that happened.”
To start: Write excerpts from your past. Write your stories. Don’t worry about where they will go.
Tell your story as if sitting around a campfire.
If you need inspiration: Make a collage from magazine articles/photos about what you want to write about. Look at these when you need a nudge to write.
Once you start writing, let go of how you should write. Relax into your writing. Your heart knows what to write about. Allow it.
Ianthe suggests thinking of the clothesline structure: Two strong posts at ends. One is for the solid introduction. The other post is for the solid end. Then play around with insides. Move your stories around as you desire.
Writing Prompt: Think about your childhood. Write about whatever your mind flashes on.
Prompt: This happened to me . . .
Examples of excellent memoirs:
To Have Not by Frances Lefkowitz
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Your Inner Critic. . . Prompt #400
Your inner critic.How do you handle or quiet your inner critic?
How do you tame your inner critic?
Give your inner critic a make-over.
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Worst habit . . . Prompt #399
Write about your worst habit.
No thinking! Just write.
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Nicknames . . . Prompt #398
Write about nicknames.Did you have a nickname growing up? If yes, did you like it?
If not, what nickname would give yourself as a child?
What nickname would you give yourself now?
Write about nicknames.
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Best or worst advice . . . Prompt #397
Best or worst advice you have ever heard or given.
Just write!
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Another reason to Just Write!
“Studies show that writing by hand, rather than typing, improves information processing as well as the ability to remember what you’re writing about.
Take your learning to the next level by using your brain for what it does best: fusing existing and new information. . . . Crack open a book and once you’ve finished it, write a Goodreads or Amazon review. You might be surprised at what you come up with while mulling it over again.” — “Brain Fitness,” November 2015 Real Simple magazine.
Note from Marlene: You will be helping authors and improving your brain fitness at the same time when you review a book and post on Amazon or Goodreads.
And if you are inclined, consider writing a review of the Write Spot Books and post on Amazon.
The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Discoveries
The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections
I will be very appreciative and you will be rewarded . . . somehow, some way!