Here’s some Friday philosophy from Free Fall, where we get a prompt and then write like mad. By “mad” I mean I “wrote my way in” past a stegosaurus. … … Writer prompt- a photograph of bronco named Born Fearless So there I was, camping with my stegosaurus. Such a fearless fellow, no sabertooth wolves […]
A Beautiful Cousin Brightens My Day
seanessay.com As a librarian might say, about books or people, “You can’t judge a person by her skin.” Yes, but I can for fun. Did you see the magazine that comes with this morning’s Globe and Mail? Today’s Free Fall writing prompt is a one page fashion photograph of a lady in solid colours, and […]
The Joy of Free Fall Writing and Free Writing
seanessay.com Free Fall writing and Free writing I found two good life skills: Free Fall writing and Free Write. FF is offered as a drop-in on Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Alexandra Writers Centre Society. (Also offered on-line at the same time) Free Fall was famously developed by novelist W.O. Mitchell during his […]
It’s Hard to Say Goodby
seanessay.com Free Fall Friday Writing, a drop-in where you scribble like mad after a writing prompt … … Prompt- saying goodby Saying goodby… There must be poems and works of art about that. Or are there? I mean, Jesus saying hello to the lady at the well, Mary Magdalene saying hello to angels at the […]
The Master Free Falls
seanessay.com Writers Prompt- a tarot card of “the master” The heroes in popular culture are never masters, no, for we mortals are prone to identify with someone still learning and struggling, just as we are. The master is someone in the wings, seldom on stage, for he knows too much. And too, in his own […]
A Secret Garden to Prove Them Wrong
Free Fall Writing Prompt- Prove them wrong At my age, complete with straw fedora, I really shouldn’t be worried about “proving them wrong.” But of course, when I am half consciously whooshing my car along highway 9, that can be one of the things I think about. It’s a human thing. A young human thing. […]