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 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 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
Read moreDescribe yourself (or someone else) without mentioning your physical appearance** I’m Only Human You may see me walking down the street, think that I’m upbeat you may see me and think I have it all together, that I’m happy and I know it all, that I’m perfect on the outside, but that’s further from the truth, I’ll tell you…
Read moreWrite a poem about a wonderful experience in your life** In Five Years (Where Will I Be?) In five years where will I be with my degree? What will I see? What will I learn, what will I know? Where will I go and how will I grow? In my first year– I’ll leave the safe atmosphere of home,
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