Category: writing
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Prompt Friday: Actor Collision
Welcome to Another Prompt Friday! Prompt Friday: Write this scene. You crash into someone’s car from behind. Who is it? What happens next? Is the person hurt, or are you? My Response Wednesday, August 19, 2006 – 9:00 AMRoute 86Marvelle, New Jersey Samantha Ingrum was running late for her appointment; she sped down Route 86.…
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Free Verse Friday: The Way It’s Drawn
For this Friday, write about something you find beautiful or inspiring. The Way It’s Drawn Something so beautifulsteals your breath. Gives you peaceand lets your mind linger,providing an anchor of hope. A flowerthat you rush to draw. Expandingon making the beauty last. Examining every detailthat makes it beautifully unique. The photo never matchesthe beauty of…
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Prompt Friday: When The Tables Turn
Welcome to Prompt Friday! You’re at an interview and in walks the last person you don’t want to see. Who walks in? My Response McFadden Tech78 Whitehorse PlazaMarvelle, New Jersey My stomach was doing all kinds of somersaults. I’d been job hunting for six months without luck. No interviews. I started to wonder if my…
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Free Verse Friday: Who Knew She Would Bloom
Unexpected Free Verse Friday This Free Verse Friday was unexpected. While about to write my response to my Prompt Friday, this poem said no I need to be written now. It came fast and was emotionally heavy. It didn’t ask for permission; it just showed up. I really love this poem. Who Knew She Would…
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And You Thought You Couldn’t Finish
Are you a writer who has never finished a poem, story, or novel? It’s okay. It’s not a bad thing, because you can finish. Don’t let that overwhelming feeling rob you of completing your goal. You are going to learn how to finish writing projects faster. Once you learn how to finish smaller projects, you…
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Prompt Friday: EMP Burst
Another exciting Prompt Friday Write this scene. A cop is driving, and his car suddenly slows. His car and cellphone are dead. Someone starts shooting at him. Will he survive? My Response Detective Henderson Isles was cruising down the highway, the sun high and blinding. The car had finally cooled down. He checked the dashboard…
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Free Verse Friday: Mentally Tapped
This Week’s Free Verse Friday Write how you feel without filters. Write fast and unapologetically. Mentally Tapped My mental capacity is blocked.Too much complaining.Too many things that can’t be changed.Too much self-destruction.Too many empty words lingering in the air.They suffocate with a high-pitched frequency.Exhausted from seeing your faces.Sleep is a distant memory.This toxicity must be…
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Prompt Friday: Missing Time
Welcome to Another Exciting Prompt Friday! Write this scene. You’ve had a week’s worth of sleepless nights. You nearly get in an accident. You pull over on the side of the road. You go to sleep as the cars whiz by. You wake up to see a cop at your window. The cop offers to…
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More Than Merch: Celebrating the Writing Journey
The Merch Shop Is Officially Open! This writing journey has been a rollercoaster of emotions, but one thing has never changed—I love writing and reading. That passion is what inspired me to create my merch shop. I didn’t want it to be just another place to promote my poetry book. I wanted it to celebrate…
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Prompt Friday: Earpiece Hijacked
Friday Prompt — Three-Part Challenge Challenge 1. The Original Prompt Write this scene. Your earpiece is in your ear, and suddenly someone starts talking. The person tells you to meet at a hotel. You must follow, or there will be consequences. Challenge 2. The Object Challenge Find an everyday object and make it the center…