darren r hill

the creative minimalist

Tag: balance

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  • Balance – Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt exploring the word balance to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    I hold my breath. This moment can go as planned or spectacularly wrong. I begin to move. Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    I hold my breath. This moment can go as planned or spectacularly wrong. I begin to move.

    Writing Prompt Expanded

    My creative word this week is balance. It is a word that keeps cropping up in my thoughts and journaling. And it is the background for today’s writing prompt. The narrator is ready to do something. Before moving everything is ready and in balance. Then they move.

    This prompt is about describing balance and how movement affects it. One challenge is to write without actually explaining what is balanced. Another is to explore something that isn’t tangible, such as feelings or dreams of the future. Here are a few more questions to inspire…

    • Does time stand still, and how do you describe that?
    • What is the predominant feeling, hope or fear? Why?
    • Who benefits if balance is lost, and who will not?

    I struggle with living in the present ‘balanced’ moment (more of that in future posts) as I spend far too much time either looking backward or to the future. If you are like me then this challenge is quite helpful as something to explore in your journal. Take a moment to appreciate and give thanks when things are balanced. It is beneficial. However, we all need to take a step and begin to move… and begin to write as well.

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story, something a little more grandiose, or as a journal prompt. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments, use the hashtag #ffwp or tag me @darrenrhill. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

    Original stone balance image by Einfach-Eve from Pixabay

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  • Balance — Weekly Creative Prompt

    Balance - weekly creative prompt

    It’s time for another weekly creative prompt word. These weekly words, or prompts, are to give me, and anyone else who wants to join in, some focus to our creative work.

    Yesterday was the Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere (Autumn, south of the equator). I mentioned in my last post that I love the idea of the seasonal cycles and the equinoxes. There is something that fascinates me about the idea of symmetry and equality in ‘wild’ nature. Humanity believes it brings order, stability, and structure. However, all these things exist without us if we care to look. Therefore…

    This week’s creative prompt word is:

    Balance — a situation in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions

    this isn’t the only definition of balance but seeing as last week’s prompt was elements it ties in very well

    Let the prompt inspire you in any area of creativity that you are interested:

    • writing fiction
    • art journaling
    • songwriting
    • journaling
    • photography
    • painting
    • composing
    • blog posts
    • art therapy
    • anything that could use a little nudge to begin

    I now have ‘balance’ written on the board above my computer. I know it will inspire me on my creative journey this week. It is actually forming part of a bigger picture vision for me. There will be more about that this week! Oops, now I have committed and made myself accountable.

    As mentioned before, this isn’t a ‘challenge’ but the prompts can be used that way if you want. If you do create anything using them, I would love to see or hear about it. Leave a link in the comments below or tag me @darrenrhill or #thecreativeminimalist on any social platform.

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