inspiration, writing prompts

From Small Things …

I’m quite excited about what the month of February might bring – a little work for me, in the posting of a new creative writing prompt on this blog, every single day of this month of February, as well as the birthday of my super dooper bestest ever best friend, also known as my husband, Graham.

I hope that by the end of the month, I, and anyone who wants to come along for the ride, will have at least 29 new pieces of creative writing, that one hopes, might go on to become something more than just the small thing it began as. From a single writing prompt, may come an entire novel! Or, as in my case, the improvement of a poetry collection, that goes on to be published!

If you’re reading this post, and are excited about what may happen for you, for this month, I’d love to hear about it, please feel free to leave a comment, and we may begin a worthwhile discussion about writing related things – hopes for our writing, ideas about how to improve what we write, anything. We are writers, and we write – may our words bring worth to us, and to all who read our words!

I have dreams, I have ideas. If anyone reading this blog is interested, I love to give workshops to small groups, especially those who aren’t really sure about the scribbles they do, when they feel the need to get the stuff in their brain out, and onto the page. This writing can be rubbish, at times, but it can also be wonderful.

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Sometimes you can match the rubbish up with something else, give it bit of a polish, and it can become something far larger than the individual parts! Dare to dream, dare to write, dare to be your most fabulous self! And remember to tell people I helped you! Haha.

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An image I took recently, when there were so many very important things going on, that I knew I had to capture images of, but I felt impelled to take a photograph of the ground at my feet, and in that image, are so many individual things. Stones, pebbles, sticks, leaves, sand, dirt, and who knows what else. There’s the toe of my foot, and part of the chair I was sitting on, and a tiny piece of the pants I was wearing …

Is it, could it be, inspirational, who knows, but right know, at this very moment, I’ve begun thinking about the series of Cosy Murder Mystery books I’m thinking of creating, and maybe this image could have been taken by my amateur sleuth, Meredith, and it turns out to contain a vital clue to the question of ‘Who done it?’

Inspiration, what a lovely word it is. If I can inspire more loveliness in February, how awesome that could be, would be, should be! I ask of all to help the awesomeness manifest, for the month of February! Let this blog be inspiration for a more awesome world, filled with the awesome creative writing from February!

 

Story Ideas

Molly, My Brand New Character

This is Molly

Molly has lived a hard life. I am going to be doing some thinking about Molly and why she is like she is. Sometimes people have many reasons for why they are cranky.

 

 

Molly might not seem to have anything likable about her, but if you talk with her, maybe you’ll find things about her that you never knew. If you know anyone who doesn’t seem likable, maybe you need to have a chat, you never know what you might learn.

Everyone has one thing, at least. Maybe Molly makes lovely cookies. Maybe Molly loves dogs, but she was never allowed to have one. Poor Molly, maybe she just needs someone to listen to her …

Some people don’t realise there is any possibility of having a friend, so they don’t bother trying to be likable. Some people have had friends, but lost them from death, misunderstanding, many different reasons.

If you know people like Molly, why not give them a chance, you might both be surprised, in good ways.

It might take a while for Molly to want to be your friend, but please help, by making it easy for her. If you smile kindly at Molly, she may find her own smile again. She lost it a long, long time ago …

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