You’re given one word and one minute to write. It was my first time. Break please!
She walks into the water which is changing colors from summer teal to winter gray. The waves are tiny. How much longer must she walk before she gets caught in a riptide?
If you always knew you had problems, and had to figure out what they were on your own as medical science wasn't ready for you, when you found out the name of your problems and more about them, would you rush to say you're disabled?
Would you reframe your life story?
Or try to keep it as honest and true to your memories as you could?
I'm writing a memoir, and taking the later road as my life has always been interesting and fun.
I had the longest youth in America. It lasted from the late 60's through the 80's.
My "disability" non verbal learning disorder (NLD) is invisible.
So people think I should have been super successful and made mega bucks.
Success to me can be as small as getting the side bar of my blog to work. And as big as I can dream!
I like it. The first sentence in particular.
I much prefer summer teal to winter gray.
I just much prefer summer to winter I think.
I like it too. Both the piece and the concept. I think I’ma run with it.
I’d have done a redneck version. “You shore made that look easy, Miss Pia.”
I actually do like the one word writing prompt idea.
http://askforthemoon-arwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/btw-one-word-elixir.html