This blog is not at all what I intended. Rather than being a source of tips and help, this has become an apology blog. Every time I post it's like a new depth of "oops" that I didn't even know was possible. And while I'm confronting my failures publicly, I'm not really being very productive. …
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Yikes
This is awkward. Anybody else here feeling awkward? The last you heard from me, I was in the middle of a writing challenge in which I anticipated writing every day of the month of February. My last post was from day 5 and I did not continue on from there. To put it most simply, …
Writing Challenge Day 5: Wounded, A Good Day & An Old Photograph
A photo of two People, and a good day that Left a wounded smile. Hello, friends! Was this a lazy response? Maybe. But I love a good haiku. Today's prompts were: wounded, a good day, and an old photograph. I wanted to do something longer about the story of finding the photograph but then I thought …
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Writing Challenge Day 4: Dwell, What We Inherit, & Dear Diary
dear diary, today we went over my uncle's will. i don't think anyone was expecting to find what was inside. we assumed after so many years of isolation, he would've rejected us and left everything to his husband. but he didn't. uncle peter left half his fortune to jim. and the rest was split evenly among …
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Writing Challenge Day 3: Scripted, Be Still & Diatribe
"That's how it's scripted," he snapped. "Just try to follow direction." Rolling my eyes, I took my position standing across from him and we restarted the scene. The director and rest of the cast had long gone home, leaving only the pair of us on the stage to rehearse over and over. I stayed silent …
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Writing Challenge Day 1: Crystallize
Water rippled. It shook, shimmered. Then began to change. As if beckoned, it began to curl up. Water climbed the air, twirled. Droplets hardened into fragments, crushed together. The liquid twisted as if drawn out of the water by a string, then tightened along the shape of that thread. Crystals crunched into the outline of …
Writing Prompt: Getaway
Of all habits I had, running was possibly the most important. It wasn't that I enjoyed running or that I felt I'd benefit from the exercise. It was just the simplest way to escape.When black thoughts slipped it, when gray feelings seeped into my bones, they stirred my feet to action. I ran to shed …
Starting Anew
Hello, friends. As we all know, it's just about time for the new year, which means it's also time to get our hopes and dreams up and watch them perish slowly over the next 365 days. I'm talking about New Years' Resolutions. In my discussion of the subject, I'm going to mention something that I …
Happy Words
2016 has been quite a year. Globally, nationally, and personally, we've all experienced our fair share of chaos. For me, this was my first semester of college. I was introduced to a new school in a new city, with no familiar friends or family in the area. Aside from briefly talking to my roommate over …
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