Life
5 Small Habits That Improved My Creativity This Month
How do I even begin this… The key is to start from somewhere, right? I can say that I took a little, actually more than a little, break from this site. Contributing factors owed to how buzz-filled life became, and that's when I really had to pave more time for my writing. Slacking off isn't a wonderful experience, I tell you — and not only in writing, in literally all aspects of your life.
By Gift Abotsi 2 months ago in Writers
A World That Was Never Meant for Me
In a perfect world, my story would have never needed to exist. My mother would have grown up in a home where tenderness wasn’t rare. She wouldn’t have learned to turn herself invisible just to stay safe. She wouldn’t have confused silence with peace or obedience with love. She wouldn’t have fallen for the first man who made her feel noticed, even if the attention came wrapped in warning signs she had never been taught to read.
By Salman Writes2 months ago in Writers
Dropping Out Of College
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise - You're a senior in college writing home to tell your parent(s) that you're dropping out of school for your last semester; you can't promise that you will ever go back. You want them to understand, if not exactly approve of, your reason(s) for leaving. Make these as specific as you can - and as persuasive. The second half of the exercise is to write the answer, either from one or both of the parents. Limit: 550 words The Objective - To get inside the head of another person, someone you have invented, and assume her voice to vary your narrative conveyance.
By Denise E Lindquist2 months ago in Writers
Catechism. Content Warning.
As I mentioned in my last post, I can add one more reason as to why black and purple are my favorite colors. As a lifelong Roman Catholic, I see these colors as signs of penance, and penance is something I practice practically everyday because I accept that I am a sinner. In fact, I’ve spent most of my life feeling like a sinner. Yes, I know that the Church teaches that we are all sinners, but in my case I feel especially sinful because of my lifelong struggle with sexual sin.
By Phil Wagner2 months ago in Writers
Sodaquiest : Sporadic choices
Sporadic choices This is my first entry in this blog. I haven't really figured out what this is yet. I don't plan on anyone seeing this, but my journal isn't something I can use to write these thoughts down because of how bad my handwriting is, so I’ll be uploading here.
By Sodaquiest 2 months ago in Writers
Birthdays Rock
Your birthday was this week, and though we’re not gift-giving close, I wanted to get you something, specifically, a really cool rock because a lot of rocks aren’t expensive, and everyone needs a lucky rock to keep in their pocket, one that nestles perfectly in the hand with a smooth surface to rub with a thumb when shit gets too real.
By Harper Lewis2 months ago in Writers
My Hawks
For most of my life, I’ve envisioned two hawks perched on my shoulders. I don’t remember precisely when they appeared; certainly when I was a child navigating my tension-filled home. Much of that history is lost to blockage still, my father’s volatility and my mother’s survival skills visible to me only as peaks of experience emerging through a cloud cover, seen from a great height. I have realized recently it’s been the hawks who have kept me lifted above all those traumatic memories, and it’s only recently that I’ve begun to really make their acquaintance and honor their role in my life.
By David Muñoz2 months ago in Writers
