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Our imaginary selves. Prompt #151

Excerpt from Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach, April 3:

What are you going to be when you grow up? Today, let’s think about paths not yet taken—the paths of our secret imaginary selves. Each of us leads many lives vicariously and often simultaneously. By acknowledging our secret lives and tapping into the wisdom of our imaginary alter egos, we can glean tips to help us develop our own personal sense of style.

If you had ten other lives to lead, what would you be doing?

You might want to be a radio disc jockey, a mountain climber, a Broadway lyricist, a filmmaker, a romance novelist, a brain surgeon, a syndicated newspaper columnist, a psychic, a horticulturist, a holistic veterinarian, or a potter. . . Now write down your secret selves. How do they live? How do they dress? What can you do to bring some of the magic of your imaginary lives into your everyday existence? Brainstorm with your authentic self.

Look within today and have fun. . . one of your secret selves might reveal a passionate wish.

Note from Marlene: One of your secret selves might reveal a fictional character, who just might lend mystery and magic to your writing.

April 3, 2015

This time next year . . . Prompt #150

Today’s prompt: This time next year . . .

Write whatever comes up for you. No thinking. No analyzing. Just write!

April 1, 2015

Last . . . Prompt #149

Sometimes writing prompts are fun and playful.

Sometimes they inspire memoir type writing.

Other times they work well for fiction writing.

Mostly the prompts are what you make of them . . . you can go light and stay on the surface, skating on the edge, or you can go deep.

This quick type of writing is an opportunity to explore and perhaps come up with ideas for writing, or . . .for solutions to situations . . . or, for personal growth and transformation.

Shed your ideas about what perfect writing means. Give yourself permission to be open to whatever comes up. Writing isn’t always about talent, it’s about practice and going into another dimension. Rather than write for an audience, write from an instinctual level.

Creative writing is an act of discovery. Immerse yourself in writing. Let go of your worries and write. Write to a satisfying inner desire to go to a meaningful place.

Go deeper into the recesses of your mind and really write. Write from the well that stores the fears. Let the tears come, let the stomach tie up in knots. It’s okay to write the story that is difficult to tell.

Get through the barriers to go to a deeper level. See your story and tell it.

Today’s Prompt: Last

March 27, 2015