Writing Our Stories – Day 6

Writing Our Stories – Day 6

  Today is Day 6 of Writing Our Stories.  Today’s prompt: bodies of water This should be an easy one, right? Surely everyone has a personal connection with a stream or a river, a pond or a lake, or an ocean. I didn’t see or step foot in an ocean until I was about...
Writing Our Stories Day 5

Writing Our Stories Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of Writing Our Stories (How to Become a Writer Without Really Trying) Today, think about or search for items around your house that are pieces of your past.  Pick up one or two items and spend some time looking at each one, holding each one in your...
Writing Our Lives Day 4

Writing Our Lives Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of Writing Our Stories – or How to Become a Writer Without Really Trying Today’s Prompt: Keys Do you have random keys in a junk drawer? Or loose on the dresser? Maybe you know what they go to. Maybe you don’t. What stories might be held in a...
Writing Our Stories – Day 3

Writing Our Stories – Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of Writing Our Stories – or How to Become a Writer Without Really Trying. Today’s writing prompt is a Jughead comic book. Did you read comics as a kid? Do you read them now?  Comic strips in the Sunday paper were the best thing. Peanuts, of...
Writing Our Stories Day 2

Writing Our Stories Day 2

Writing Our Stories – Day 2 It’s Day 2 of Writing Our Stories, or How to Become a Writer Without Really Trying.  Writing your life stories can be as easy as sitting with a friend drinking coffee or beer. Instead of talking out loud, write it all down on paper or...