{"id":600,"date":"2012-09-19T16:27:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T16:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=600"},"modified":"2012-09-19T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T16:27:14","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-sept-19-2012-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt — Sept. 19, 2012 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s National Talk Like A Pirate Day!<\/p>\n

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So, mateys….<\/div>\n
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No, no, I won’t put you through an entire prompt of pirate talk. Although, I know a few of you would like that.<\/div>\n
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However, I will say, if you’re not doing your morning pages, I ought to have you all swab the decks or throw you in the cabin with the captain’s daughter….<\/div>\n
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Sunday is our first workshop back after out Summer Sabbatical. We’re at the North Bend Library Meeting Room, 3 p.m.\u00a0Please RSVP<\/strong>\u00a0if you will attend. Also, if there’s some burning question\/topic you want to discuss, please let me know today, so I can work it into the lesson plan. Bring a notebook & pen or your laptop. If you have things to brag about writing-wise, be sure to be prepared to share!<\/div>\n
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So today we continue with our working together on The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.<\/div>\n
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I will give you five of the 10 tasks she has planned out for you in this chapter six.<\/div>\n
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1. \u00a0Natural Abundance: \u00a0Find five pretty or interesting rocks. I enjoy this exercise particularly because rocks can be carried in pockets, fingered in business meetings. They can be small, constant reminders of our creative consciousness.<\/em><\/div>\n

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2. \u00a0Natural Abundance: \u00a0Pick five flowers or leaves. You may want to press these between wax papaer and save them in a book. If you did this in kindergarten, that’s fine. Some of the best creative play is done there. Let yourself do it again.<\/em><\/div>\n

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3. \u00a0Clearing: \u00a0Throw out or giveaway five ratty pieces of clothing<\/em>\u00a0(my note: \u00a0if they’re ratty — toss them, don’t donate them; if they are gently worn, then definitely donate them!)<\/div>\n
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4. \u00a0Creation: \u00a0Bake something. (If you have a sugar problem, make a fruit salad) Creativity does not have to always involve capital-A art. Very often, the act of cooking something can help you cook something up in another creative mode. When I am stymied as a writer, I make soups and pies.<\/em><\/div>\n

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5. \u00a0Communication: \u00a0Send postcards to five friends. This is not a goody-two-shoes exercise. Send to people you would love to hear from.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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And now for your moment of Writing Zen:<\/div>\n
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“As an artist, it is central to be\u00a0unsatisfied! This isn’t greed, though it might be appetite.” ~Lawrence Calcagno<\/div>\n

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\nWhat did you Write today?
\n~Casz<\/p>\n

Casondra Brewster
\nModerator\/Founder
\nSno Valley Writes!
\nHelping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
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“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
\nFalling, like dew upon a thought, produces
\nThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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