A tougher challenge this week ~ at least for me. Here’s what Kellie Elmore has asked us to write about: “Write about your most memorable childhood gift. Was it a Christmas gift? A Birthday gift? Was it something you really wanted or was it a surprise that ended up holding a sentimental place in your … More Free Write Friday: Childhood Gift … Bear
From: Dear Me: A Collection of Letters Addressed to Various Aspects of My Self … ©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013 ~*~ The third letter in a series addressed to my critical Self. The date is the actual date it was written as a free writing, and freeing, exercise. July 10, 2013 Dear Critical One ~ Perhaps you have noticed … More The Critical One: The Third Letter in a Series …
The prompt at Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday this week is a title, and we’ve been asked to use one of the following offerings as inspiration: “Dandelion Season” “Phone Call at Midnight” “The Green Years” “The Human Zoo” “The Fires of Spring” “The Ivy Covered Gate” ~*~ A Phone Call At Midnight What good can come … More Free Write Friday: … Phone Call At Midnight
As part of my healing process I’ve been writing letters to different aspects of my Self that need resolution. So far I have published a complete series to “The Panicked One.” Another series to “The Guarded One” is in progress. Recently, I embarked on a series of letters to “The Critical One.” I know I … More The Critical One: The First and Second Letters in a Series …
This week Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday prompt is an image. ” … tell me his story. By the way, his name is John.” ~*~ The Musician I’m told his name is John, but he actually prefers Jack. It’s what his mother called him. Not that he was a mama’s boy, but she had this idea … More #FWF Free Write Friday: Image Prompt … The Musician
It’s Free Write Friday (well, Saturday for me, now) and Kellie Elmore has issued a most intriguing prompt: … use your choice of lines as your prompt. They can be the ending lines of your favorite book, or a favorite poem…whichever moved you the most. You may begin your work with the lines, or simply … More #FWF Free Write Friday: Famous Last Words …
~*~ A free writing exercise inspired by a dream … Trust and the Broken Four-Year-Old The light had gone from her eyes by the time she was four. A vacuous wary stare filled the big, dark eyes with an expression of distrust. “I cannot trust you,” she seemed to say. Not a word was spoken … More Trust and the Broken Four-Year-Old
This week’s #FWF prompt from Kellie Elmore is a word bank: blanket – falsetto – cumbersome – cinema – coins We may use one or all of the words. Here goes … A Night at the Opera To the uninitiated ear the young soprano sounded falsetto, but to those in the know hers was the … More #FWF Free Write Friday: Word Bank … A Night at the Opera
Six weeks or so ago I had a dream. It remained vivid in my consciousness after I awoke so I wrote it down and shared it later with my therapist. It occurred to us both, during our discussion, that this dream was introducing to me another aspect of my Self looking for some resolution. This … More Letters to The Guarded One …
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 