As you can guess from the title of this post, I have reached the halfway point in my John Marsden 600 Writing Topics Challenge. I wanted to publish another post to both record my progress and reflect on how I have found the challenge now that I have reached the halfway point, which has taken me over 9 months to
Read more‘If we don’t change our direction, we’ll end up where we’re headed.’ Where are you headed? Do you want to change your direction?** Next Wednesday will be my 26th birthday and I will officially be closer to 30 than 20. At my current age, I feel I am walking a tightrope between being young and getting older, feeling like I
Read moreWrite about a time when something said to you changed your life** Honestly, I don’t think this particular person and his words changed my life, however what he said changed my perspective on one of the most important aspects of my life–dating. I briefly dated a man last year, keyword being briefly, clearly it didn’t work out. When he told
Read moreThis was again another packed episode but even more spectacular than the last. Again I felt the writers’ were trying to squeeze too much into an episode, I’m aware that the seasons are only limited to eight episodes, but I never felt that they tried this hard in the last two seasons. I’m not sure if they are trying to
Read moreThe long and winding road (The Beatles)** #Even though this is the ‘Topics for Short Stories’ category, I felt this poem about how I feel about my life so far, fitted this topic Hear My Voice I’ve been a good girl, kept my head in the books never relying on my looks but at what cost? For eighteen years I’ve
Read moreLove’s not the way to treat a friend** #Even though this is the ‘Topics for Short Stories’ category, I felt this poem about a man I briefly dated and ended up being friends with for a little while, only for the friendship to end too, fitted for this topic. Unrequited Blindness We’ll see each other, we’ll click, we’ll talk we’ll
Read moreLike its predecessors, the third season premiere of Love Child was a cracker. The first season premiere focused on building the show and its characters as it should, the second season premiere was all about celebration and tragedy in the new decade, this season premiere felt different to me, to me it was overwhelming yet subdued. According to TV Week,
Read moreAll of our children grew up happily. Joanna and Jake loved being big siblings, Joanna even more so considering her childhood started out quite lonely, only to end up having five siblings by the age of 10. Even though Joanna was Jade’s only sibling, due to Joanna living with Dan and I, Jake, Dave, Prue and Paige loved her as
Read moreWhite** The Branches On My Family Tree Volume V All of our children grew up happily. Joanna and Jake loved being big siblings, Joanna even more so considering her childhood started out quite lonely, only to end up having five siblings by the age of 10. Even though Joanna was Jade’s only sibling, due to Joanna living with Dan &
Read moreWhat is the hardest emotion to write about? Write a story which explores it** #Some people may disagree with me, but I believe love is the hardest, if not one of the hardest emotions to write about due to it being one of the strongest emotions, if not the strongest. I also believe love is one of the hardest emotions
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Loveday Writing 