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Writing Prompt: Week 24–30 October
Theme: Exploration
Housekeeping Rules:
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If you’re responding to this writing prompt, please use Week 24–30 October Writing Prompt in the Kicker.
And, as always, use this weekly prompt to get your writing juices flowing this week or any week after.
Feel free to use the following writing prompt or the theme of exploration to write this week or any week after.
Writing Prompt
Write about a place where you grew up. How did that place shape you?
If you’re like me and grew up in several places (or, in my case, several continents), use that as your landscape for this writing prompt. How did that shape you?
Close your eyes for a moment and allow your imagination and wonder to take over. After taking a few deep breaths, what comes to your mind first?
Is it a particular room? A person? A pet? A piece of furniture?
If there was pain, let that pain out onto your page. Don’t worry about editing. Just write. Let your voice be your voice, even if it’s in all lowercase.
If there was joy, let that exhilaration and joy spill onto your page. Just write about…
