“the moment you start to drift, get out of the water”
I have been drifting, without intent, for far too long
Friday Fiction Writing Prompt A Time to Wait
I was waiting. It seemed like forever. How much longer?
It’s time to delve into our emotions with this week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt. We’re waiting for something. It can be anything, the choice, as always, is yours. The prompt is designed to make you explore the emotions felt whilst waiting. What is going through your mind as you wait? Do your feelings have a physical manifestation? Does the waiting bring up memories from the past?
No rules, just explore and write about your emotions and feelings… I mean the emotions and feelings of your character in the fiction you write of course. Have fun.
What is my creative journal?
My creative journal…
is a planner – currently a BuJo or Bullet Journal
is a songwriting tool – it is my Minstrel manual
is a therapist
is a capture device – for the present, for the past
is a private space
is an art studio
is a first draft
is a temple, a holy sanctuary, a divination tool, a prayer receptacle, an altar
Vagabond Voyager Journal Wisdom
I’ve been a little preoccupied recently. I think I have been distracting myself by distracting myself. It’s never as simple as that, but it’s often easier to ignore things… in the short term. I tried to deal with the giant elephant in the room by looking for a solution out the window. When the view outside wasn’t clear it made things even worse. Allegedly, elephants never forget, well, they certainly don’t leave the room.
Still, I am back here now. The elephant is being dealt with, humanely, of course, and I have stopped looking out the window and elsewhere for solutions and quick fixes.
Wisdom from journal creation
I have been making some junk, travel journals (soon to be on pLAnarchy) and the signature creation gave me a little insight. Each signature is made up of several sheets, folded and then stitched together. By itself one sheet does make a journal, it’s just a piece of paper.
It is only by taking each sheet, folding and sewing, to make a signature, then grouping these signatures together, can a journal be made.
I had stopped thinking of the process. There are no shortcuts.
Friday Fiction Writing Prompt First Lingering Contact
A glance over a drink was the first real contact, the first real lingering contact
I may be a hopeless romantic, but it’s time to have a little attraction in today’s fiction writing prompt. It’s the moment your eyes really meet. The moment you go beyond looking to actually seeing. Where are you going to take it? How do you describe the emotions being felt and shared? Being able to describe how someone feels is key to fiction.
Of course, it might not be a romantic encounter. This could be a business deal, or something more sinister. As always the decision on where to take the writing is yours. But see how you can get inside the heads of those making contact.
No rules, just write and enjoy
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