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These are original fictional stories or parts of stories that I either wrote or am in the process of writing.
The Snowglobe
The Story Spark for this piece was Winter. The writing prompt I took was “When she shook the snowglobe, suddenly…” The Snowglobe Why was this the present she got every year? Granted, her birthday was in January, but really, a … Continue reading →
The Parade Takeover
The Story Spark for this was Holiday Hijinks. The writing prompt I chose was Penguin Takeover. We had 20 minutes to write. The Parade Takeover You’ve heard of the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, where all the floats and marching bands march … Continue reading →
Amusing Grace
In this writing group, we meditate for a minute before we are given the writing prompts. In this meditation, we were to visualize our mirror writing selves and discuss our writing intentions. In that moment, my mirror self suggested the … Continue reading →
Time for a December Revolt
Today’s writing spark was Song titles from the group “The Decemberists” (an indi rock band, whose name refers to the Decembrist revolt, an 1825 insurrection in Imperial Russia). Here are the titles we had to choose from: Make You Better … Continue reading →
The Last Day
The Last Day The Story Spark was – Food. The writing prompt I took was “Describe what your perfect last meal would be on this earth.” Okay, it is my last day on earth. The warden came to my cell … Continue reading →
The Message
The Story Spark was – Who Am I? The quote was from E.E. Cummings, “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” My writing choices were ‘Born with Instructions’ or ‘Self-Portrait’. I tried to combine them … Continue reading →
A Lesson to be Learned
The Story Spark was Learning. I took the quote by Mortimer Adler as my writing prompt – “The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.” A Lesson to … Continue reading →
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The Party
The Story Spark was Halloween. I took the quote from Ray Bradbury, which is the first sentence in my piece. I also added two of the prompts within my writing: “A Halloween Party” and “Drinking the witch’s brew.” The Party … Continue reading →
The Journey
Today’s Story Spark was – Stress. I chose the prompt – William Blake wrote: “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” Write about your wings and where they take you. We had 20 minutes to … Continue reading →
Where do dreams go?
The Story Spark this week was something similar to a Mad Lib with no directions on what type of word to put in the blanks. We were to pick one of the phrases within the Story Spark as our writing … Continue reading →
