Write about a person you were drawn to.
It could be a real person or a fictional character.
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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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Things I Can’t Forget . . . Prompt #396
Today’s Writing Prompt:
Things I can’t forget . . .
Take a moment and then . . . Just Write!
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Just Write! Prompt #395
Want to write? Having trouble getting started? Stuck in a rut?Using prompts, or ideas, are a great way to free your mind and unstick your blocked mind.
Set a timer for fifteen minutes. Choose one of the prompts below and Just Write!
I remember . . .
A childhood memory
Something bad that turned out good
Something you would like to see again
Someone from your childhood
How I really spent my summer vacation
Or, write whatever is on your mind.
Just write! It’s healthy. It can be fun. And it’s free!
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Do Dreams Come True? Prompt #394
Do dreams come true? I think they can. I’ve had a dream since 2005, an item I can now cross off my bucket list: Produce a series of books to inspire writing.The recently published, The Write Spot: Reflections is the third book in The Write Spot Series.
Today’s Prompt:
Write your bucket list . . . things you want to do. Your dream wish list. Take a few minutes for this.
Next: Choose an item from this list and write as if it were five years from now and you have completed your dream. A sort of cheerleading note to yourself.
Go on . . . Dare to dream!
For more inspirational writing on this topic:
Prompt #212: What is on your bucket list?
Prompt #216: Portals, Dreams and Promises
The Write Spot: Reflections is available for $12 at Amazon, Copperfield’s Petaluma, and JavAmore Café .
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Autumnal glow . . . Prompt #393
Finish the sentence and keep writing:
The autumnal glow, chilly afternoons, and crisp nights . . .