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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This is exactly what I see for him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Maybe it is now TIME to MOVE on, and take a new step in your career, Vejas – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ann Chiappetta via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 3, 2019 10:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> anniecms64@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] writing prompts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Vejas,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Sounds to me like you have the start of a manuscript. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Author<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>` Making meaningful connections with others through writing `<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com/">www.annchiappetta.com</a> or <a href="http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/">www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Blog: <a href="http://www.thought-wheel.com/">www.thought-wheel.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Facebook Annie Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 3, 2019 4:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Vejas Vasiliauskas <<a href="mailto:alpineimagination@gmail.com">alpineimagination@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] writing prompts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Hi Ann,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Thanks so much for sending this.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>I like prompts when I want to write but am not sure what to write.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>I tried this exercise 2 years ago in which I found a list of 365 prompts online and tried writing them. The idea on the site was that you would do one per day of the year. But my writing bug was really itching and I had no creative writing classes at the time, so I wrote lots each day, and out of order at that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>I think I got to about half, give or take. It just felt like too much. I still have them, though: maybe I shall continue them. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Vejas <o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>On 2 Oct 2019, at 14:50, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Got this list from a blog, good fodder:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Non-Fiction Writing Prompts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Write about a moment that divided your life into before and after.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>2. Write about a “missed connection.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>3. Recall a memorable (delightful, brilliant, cruel) teacher from your school days.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>4. “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” – Ernest Hemingway<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>5. Write about a book you loved as a child. Use this as a jumping off point to say something about who you are now.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>6. Do something you’ve never done before. Write about the experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>7. Find a piece of music that reminds you of a time and place from your past.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>8. Write about a déjà vu experience, where one incident reminded you of another one from your past.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>9. Write a scene of a personal experience that risks making you look bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>10. Make the familiar unfamiliar.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>11. Write about an experience where setting was your main antagonist.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>12. Write about a childhood incident, using the “Voice of Innocence.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>13. Write about a twist of fate.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>14. Write about a time you were a fish out of water.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>15. Write about a time you or someone you know had a “status update.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>16. Write your own “modern love” story.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>17. Write about a time your body rebelled.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>18. Imagine what the life of a person you know was like before you met them.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>19. Begin a creative non-fiction piece with a scene of movement, creating rhythm with your prose.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>20. Write a piece about two incidents from your life that occurred in the same setting, finding a thematic link between them.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>21. Write a creative non-fiction piece in the form of a list.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>22. Write a piece using the 2nd person point of view.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>23. Write a 6-word memoir.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>24. Write a piece centred on your hometown.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>25. Tell the other side of the story.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Author<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>` Making meaningful connections with others through writing `<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com">www.annchiappetta.com</a> or <a href="http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/">www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Blog: <a href="http://www.thought-wheel.com">www.thought-wheel.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Facebook Annie Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Writers Division web site<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Stylist mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimagination%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimagination%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>