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Friday Prompt: Belonging
Read this on galpod.com. Important note This prompt is not an easy one. Please take care of yourself. If this is something you feel you...
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Sep 16, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: Heat
Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about heat this week. It can mean something different to different people, even something...
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Sep 9, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: Dreams and Goals
Read this on galpod.com. As I mentioned before, my life is run by the school year. A new school year is exciting, an opportunity to...
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Jul 15, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: End of School Year
Read this on galpod.com. I mentioned previously that, for me, the school year is my unit of measurement. Since it is the end of the...
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Jul 1, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: Time
Read this on galpod.com. Time is probably the only truly limited resource we have. Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, regardless of...
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Jun 24, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: Emotion Wheel
Read this on galpod.com. I find the emotion wheel incredibly helpful in exploring emotions in depth. It’s a fantastic tool for writers...
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May 27, 20222 min read
Friday Prompt - Habits
Read this on galpod.com. This week, I’m thinking about habits. Summing up Aristotle’s approach, Will Durant wrote: “We are what we...
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May 20, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt - Alternative Lives
Read this on galpod.com. I’m stealing this prompt from Julia Cameron. Some writer friends and I are doing a round of The Artist’s Way, so...
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May 13, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: Natural Inspiration
Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about nature this week and how it can inspire us. Today I have a bit of a task. Go outside,...
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May 6, 20222 min read
Friday Prompt: Gratitude
Read this on galpod.com. Gratitude is one of those magic feelings. Feeling appreciation protects against the adverse effects of stress...
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Apr 29, 20222 min read
Friday Prompt: Distractions
Read this on galpod.com. Distractions surround us. There are no ifs or buts about it. I don’t think it’s coincidental. I think...
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Apr 22, 20222 min read
Friday Prompt: Slavery and Freedom
Read this on galpod.com. Last week, we celebrated Passover. While the holiday's name comes from the Israelites being passed over when God...
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Apr 1, 20222 min read
Friday Prompt: Spaces
Read this on galpod.com. Today we’re writing at the British Library, and I’m thinking about our writing space. First of all, I’m thinking...
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Mar 25, 20222 min read
Friday Writing Prompt: Life Story in Five Minutes
Read this on galpod.com. Here’s an exercise I stole (like an artist) from Melissa Febos. She uses it to get her students to write about...
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
Friday Writing Prompt - Holding the Positive
Read this on galpod.com. This week I’ve been thinking about how we tend to dismiss the positive and hold the negative. It’s called a...
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Mar 11, 20222 min read
Writing Prompt: Helplessness
Read this on galpod.com. Important note This prompt is not an easy one. Please take care of yourself. If this is something you feel you...
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Mar 4, 20221 min read
Writing Prompt: Music
Read this on galpod.com. Music has a way of reminding us of moments in our past. For me, for instance, every time I hear Alice Cooper’s...
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Feb 25, 20221 min read
Writing Prompt - The View from Someone Else’s Eyes
Read this on galpod.com. In literature, we talk a lot about POV - Point of View. If we want to write believable characters, writers have...
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Feb 11, 20222 min read
Friday Prompt: Sensory Writing
Read this on galpod.com. I'm reading Cathy Rentzenbrink's Write It All Down, mostly because I felt like the universe had sent me that...
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Jan 21, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: Change
Read this on galpod.com. I heard a great episode of the podcast Throughline about Octavia Butler. It got me thinking about change because...
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