Week 9 (If you want to know where you’re at, but there’s no need to count).
If you have been writing to the prompts regularly, well done. If you haven’t followed any prompts yet and you’re here now, this is what matters. Be brave, give it a go and be present. Write and pour your heart on to the page. Write by hand if you can, please. There is no right or wrong of working through or with these prompts. Explore a new genre if you wish, but you don’t have to. Look at today’s theme and write what first comes to your mind. If you are an artist who prefers to draw or create other pieces than writing that’s ok too.
Writing is about what you see and how you see it. Others may not want to see what you have to share. It’s your job to tell the story that’s burning inside, even if the pages get to carry too much. Your job as a writer is to write it.
If you use these prompts and make a post or other work please say what inspired you to create and link it back to this post and the Writer Pilgrim by So Elite publication.
If a prompt doesn’t work, make it work for you. Pick an element, a word or an angle and try again and well done for persevering. Be gentle and be kind to yourself.
If you have missed a prompt you can go back to the Prompt Station starting page and look through what you’ve skipped. Give all prompts a chance. While you may be inclined to pick and choose, you may want to look more closely at the ones you’re avoiding. It may be that those prompts can offer you some guidance or discovery as you set out to write. Don’t always go for the safe option. Try new things in your writing. That’s what a prompt is for, to play, explore have fun and be silly or serious.
Today’s prompt is:
It’s my birthday! Today I’ll…
Set your timer to 5 minutes. If you feel like writing more after the 5 minutes have passed carry on.
This is a 5 minute exercise in writing in long hand and letting your pen lead your words on the page. No judging, no editing, just a stream of words coming out.
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Joy
It’s my birthday today
Wow have a special day
You were born
And brought here to day
All you have
With the gifts you brought
It is with your message
The world is taught
How to love
To laugh
To share
To bring fresh ideas
Into life and care
About the world
You were brought into
And celebrate
Your very own
Existence with
The friends you made
Happy birthday to you
And sing aloud
With your lioness roar
And the blue birds song
The song of the sky
The sea, the stars, the mountains
The trees and the sun
You are all of nature
Born
The elements , in you
They are one
Earth wind fire water
Are your birthdays
In each they sing
And celebrate
Today your babe
Is birthday
Held up high
Pointing to the sky
Your smile carries
Your middle nance
Joy.
Monday June 24
prompt:
It’s my birthday today.
For writers pilgrim workshop by Lucinda Sieger time 07.49am