Day 18 #iWriteDaily I'm struggling today. For no good reason. If there needs to be one. I woke up in the middle of the night with this line in my head: When the days mourns with family and friends. When I awoke this morning I finished it ... first draft-finished anyway. When the day mourns …
Persistence!
Day 17 #iWriteDaily I posted this photo by itself on Facebook after torrential rains gave hope to violets, and then it snowed. A writer friend, James Lyle Kinsey, responded with the above words. It was perfect and I just had to add it. Thanks, Jim!
‘I remember’
Day 16 #iWriteDaily The prompt is “I remember.” The men begin to scribble. After 15 minutes I announce the two-minute mark. They keep writing. “See if you can find a place to leave off for now,” I tell them after another five minutes passes. One by one they read. “I remember smoking my first blunt, …
Tears for NZ
Day 15 #iWriteDaily New Zealand was named the second most peaceful country in the world in 2017. I just read that one of the 48 people injured in the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, has died from his injuries. That would bring the death count to 50 so far. The media is still saying …
A utilities shut-off notice
Day 14 #iWriteDaily I don't usually write much fiction, which is why I'm not getting ahead in the mystery I hope to write. But this came to me this morning at my weekly writing group, to the prompt: A utilities shut-off notice. Here goes. She knew the gas company was serious when she’d received the …
Build a system you can trust
Day 13 #iWriteDaily My prison writers learned a new word Saturday: “Panacea.” I asked them to think of something in their lives or a situation that could use a cure-all or remedy, and write about it. (We ran out of time so I asked them to bring their pieces back for our next meeting.) One …
Go with the flow
Day 12 #iWriteDaily I'm trying to write something. My cat, Wren, is obnoxious with her attention-seeking. I snap a photo and decide, yes, this transformed in PicsArt will suffice for today's post. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
Pen, pencil or computer … write!
Day 11 #iWriteDaily Truth be told, this is why I write. I was 8 when I knew I wanted to be a writer. I didn't know then about being a change agent, but I knew there was suffering in the world and I wanted to help somehow. Fast forward more decades than I want to …
‘I must find a way to stop writing from coming’
Day 10 #iWriteDaily The wind is roaring. The sky is cloudy and it threatens rain. I'm on my second pot of coffee. When I woke this morning, I wanted to journal. I've fallen out of the habit of Morning Pages, but, gosh, I miss doing them. So go do them, I tell myself. I jump …
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I made today count
Day 9 #iWriteDaily I guess I did. I napped. ☺️
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