For the next twelve weeks, I will share with you the prompts from my memoir writing class. Our theme this spring is Place or Places. The first prompt (1/12) is A Courting Place or A Romantic Place or A Dating Place. Have fun!
This session of the memoir workshop I attend has the theme of comfort. All of the prompts will relate to the overall theme of comfort. First prompt of the twelve is: Bath
My fall semester writing group has started up again. Our umbrella theme this season is somewhat random, taken from the pages of The Sun magazine. We’re being encouraged to submit a work to their Readers Write section and our prompts are being taken from theirs, both current and in past issues. Our class is sis…
Squash, gourd, and/or pumpkin (40/14) Hot Water (41/14) What have you discovered about yourself that surprised you? (42/14) Write about something you find sacred – like a personal talisman or inspirational item (43/14) If you could wear a mask or disguise yourself, who (or what) would you be? (44/14) What is the best thing you do for yourself? (45/14) Prompt:…
Several months ago, April to be precise, I was given a series of reflection questions related to the losses I’ve had since the March 17th lockdown. I may have mentioned this in my original post, In the Midst of Loss about that retreat session and over the course of the month following that first hour…
Beginning today on my Instagram, I will be participatin in this photo challenge. Join me there to see what photos I come up with for these prompts provided by the Nanowrimo people. I’m excited to see what I come up with. Instagram for Griffins and Ginger Snaps
My first retreat of the year. A weekend devoted to writing memoir. I’m glad that it’s occuring at the end of the first full week of January. As you know from my previous writing and posts, I try to assess my life, goals, and writing at various times throughout the year and recalibrate. And coming…
Every fall, I spend some time on self-reflection. Part of that is my annual fall religious observances, part of that is the back to school mindset that I still have with kids in school, but also probably my slight obsession (I don’t have a problem, I can quit anytime) with school and office supplies. And…
It may be less apparent on here than in my home but I have become obsessed extremely interested in labyrinths and praying them. I’ve always been a fan of mazes, whether on paper placemats in restaurants or as part of playing Dungeons & Dragons, sketching out the corridors of some space hoping not to meet any…
One of the prompts in this season’s memoir writing workshop was to think about all of the excuses we make to NOT write; to avoid the writing that we love so much. This list is not all inclusive, but this is what came forward for me on this topic. What are some of your excuses…
