Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Writing Prompt
INSTRUCTION: Taking the mudane, ordinary day and turning into a source of insight and wisdom only requires closer examination and of course, writing allows this exploration. The Monday Fresh Writing titled Making Change was written two years ago but only in part. A few days ago, as I revisited the tale, I finally had the distance required to see the situation more clearly. I did not come to the conclusions that are contained in this story at the time of the initial writing, I needed more time to sort things out. My son's illness, seemingly disconnected and random, makes more sense when placed into the context of the challenges of school that were occupying a great deal of my attention at the time. I was not connecting the dots until I wrote this story, worked in Jo's conversational snippets and my own feelings of confusion.
PROMPT QUESTION:
Can you describe a day, when things are pretty much out of hand. Keep the time frame to a small amount of time, perhaps an hour at the most. Both the scenes in the Monday essay a) being in the car with Jo and b) barf scene were short time frames. Ten minutes at most. Try to limit the time you are describing and include a lot of dialogue to keep momentum. Then explore the larger challenges that are being triggered.
EXAMPLE:
You fell down.
The tire blew out.
You got lost in a unfamiliar part of town.
You lost your cell phone.
You lost your keys.
The point is to find a moment when you are out of control and what this reveals about your larger life situation.
WRITE & SUBMIT: 500-700 words. Good luck! Share your writing on Sunday by posting in the form of a comment.
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