The Writer’s Workshop

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I choose number six because I haven’t thought about this for a long time! We were in Glenwood Springs, Colorado with a neighbor and her family. We went river rafting. Unfortunately our raft’s guide/driver was inexperienced. My youngest went into the neighbor’s boat because she was heavier and we thought my daughter would do well being anchored in the center of that raft with her.

My husband and I and our boys were in another raft. The guide went over rapids and we were all sitting on the edges, paddling. My husband popped off first, me second and the boys scrambled into the center and stayed in the raft. They had given us instructions in case we fell out. I saw my husband rapidly heading towards a river pylon and hit it. I was trying to get to the side as we were told and trying to avoid this huge rock. I hit the rock, broke my glasses but drifted further and finally got to calmer water and shore. Of course it was the wrong side. A more experienced raft guide jumped in to the calmer water there and took me over to the other side. If I ever go rafting again, which is unlikely, I’ll check on the guide’s experience. Needless to say we were soaked!

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Writer’s Workshop Prompts for July 4, 2024

Never Again

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“I see headlights” were his last words. His mama always told him never to walk in the middle of the road, but did he listen? No! Never again will he ignore her advice, and I mean never! Now he’s laying in this makeshift bed he can’t get out of and it’s cold and there’s no music!

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I choose number nine😉

How to Play Along (With Guidelines)

Work?

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Writing Prompts

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Esther Chilton

This week’s writing prompt is:

WORK

Being a “housewife” in the sixties, the first question at a gathering would be, “do you work?” Next question (this was Texas) was where do you go to church?” The idea that if you did not receive a paycheck from a company, you did not work. These uninformed persons probably never did their own cleaning and cooking, raising three children, and providing a good home. This still is a prejudice in our society. Now many women who stay at home do all these things plus some type of online job just to get by. Respect is needed.

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Writing Prompts

Six Sentence Story

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The old man shuffled along the broken pavement. Muttering to himself this was another reason he abhorred the city. “Sidewalks everywhere…give me a dusty dirt road any day, a green edged path, anything but this constant cement. It’s hard on your feet, and stains never wash off. Give me a hard rain that cleans the soil and refreshes with a scent of nature, trees and plants. I need to go back to my life as a hermit in the country.”

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It’s Thursday’s Six Sentence Story Link Up!

Is it Play dough?

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Get ready and write for 6 minutes, that is it! Can you write a complete story? Can you think of a new Sonnet? Can you write 400 words? 400? 500? There are no restrictions on what kind of writing you do, but you should try to be actively writing for six minutes.
After you are done writing, include your word count.
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Never a foodie, never a cook
never gave a cookie a second look
Veggies and fruit for sure
but meat held no allure
her sister suggested to give a try
to something sumptuous, Sue asked why
I think you’ll love it, sister, sweet
and then showed her the odd looking treat
looked strange, not even edible
but for play dough art it was incredible
it seemed so real looking but really weird
but tasted great, not like it appeared.

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76 words

Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 07/02/2024