Loveday Writing

How well do your parents know you?** My parents know me extremely well as they created and raised me and therefore know me better than anyone. They also know me extremely well as I don’t feel the need to keep many secrets due to how open we are with each other. There are some things I don’t tell them but

Take a significant event in your life and write about it** Graduation Day On Monday 15 December 2014, a day that I had been waiting for, for a long time finally arrived–my graduation day. After five years of hard work, personal and professional sacrifices, finding and losing love and other ups-and-downs, I finally got there. My graduation day wasn’t as

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.

‘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

Write 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

Where 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

As 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

Write 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

Is there anything you don’t believe** I don’t believe in going back to old jobs or ex-boyfriends as life only moves forward. These jobs and ex-boyfriends are one chapter in my life and provide great memories, but the past is the past leave it there.  I also don’t believe in lying and I don’t believe in cheating on a partner.

How did you find out the facts of life, and how did you react?** I found out the facts of life from my mother. She educated my brother and I as part of another conversation on anatomy, in order to teach us that nobody could touch us. I was fascinated, confused and slightly grossed out by the facts of life–at