What makes you feel insecure? What is security for you** The unknown is what makes me feel insecure. Security for me is: my routine, my family and the truth (when I know for sure the truth is being told to me). **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read more‘One must master the demons in oneself, not deny them.’ What are your demons?** My demons are: *My perfectionist complex—my way of mastering this demon is to embrace the fact that I’m a flawed human being. *My anxiety over every little thing–my way of mastering this demon is to write down what makes me anxious and reassure myself that everything
Read moreWrite about a time when you were frightened…embarrassed…angry…proud…jealous…happy** Frightened–The last time I felt frightened, or at least a little bit, was when I was hours away from having my first medical procedure. I was frightened that something would go wrong or that I would react badly to the anaesthetic and die. Embarrassed–The last time I felt embarrassed was when I
Read moreWrite about a battle in which no shots are fired…or only one shot is fired** The (Emotional) Battle Against Heartache Men, I can live with them and I can certainly live without them, I should know, I’m the one that makes them fall in love with me and then dump them like garbage. I can’t tell you exactly how long
Read moreWrite a story in which you incorporate as many movie titles as possible. Aim for at least twenty. (‘The Pretty Woman got covered in Grease by Dr Strangelove when he treated her Saturday Night Fever…’)** The Jersey Girl went Dirty Dancing with Mr Deeds on Valentine’s Day. She had never danced before in her life, but as he was a
Read moreWrite a conversation where each speaks sentences of a fixed number of words–1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. (Adapted from ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’)** E = Eleanor (1 words) A = Alex (2 words) M = Matt (3 words) C = Charlie (4 words) F = Frannie (5 words) E: Hello! A: Hello Eleanor! M: How are you?
Read moreWhere is your home? Give an abstract or creative response to this question** Home is where my life is. Wagga Wagga has been my home as it was where I was born and raised. Currently Wollongong is my home as it is where I went to uni, built a life for myself and where my life currently is. I’m looking
Read moreAs a child, what things were you told (by adults) that you later found were untrue? How do you feel about those deceptions now?** -School (years) are the best years of your life -Garlic bread crusts makes your hair curly -You have to wait half an hour after eating before you can go swimming In regards to my feelings
Read moreWrite a page of complaints–have a good whinge about anything or everything** I love going to the movies, but I hate the slight anxiety I feel about the possibility of people talking and/or using their mobile phones. I shouldn’t have to feel that way but I do, I don’t understand people who go to the movies only to talk or
Read moreAs you can guess from the title of this post, I have completed 200 writing topics in my John Marsden 600 Writing Topics Challenge. I wanted to publish another post to record my progress. As I stated in my introductory blog post to this challenge, the writing topics are split into several categories, which are: Topics 1-93: Quickies Topics 94-130:
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