Welcome to Week 1 of The Prompt! [You can read about how The Prompt came to be here.]
I love photos, I love images, I am a visual person. But, sometimes I get so caught up in the pictures that I forget about the words. I don’t take the time to craft and play and enjoy the wonder of words… They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I believe this, but words have huge power too.
I love to be transported by words, taken on a journey with the writer, sit on their shoulders and experience their lives and loves; see the world through their eyes and share their sadness and their joy; their understanding, perspective and view; their thoughts and ideas.
I like to be challenged and informed.
A piece of writing can convey information, knowledge, emotion; it can take us to places we’ve never been and change our world view. It can make us cry or it can make us laugh. It can challenge our perceptions, our misconceptions. It can teach us.
There is nothing I enjoy more than getting lost in a wonderful piece of writing.
The idea of The Prompt is to focus on the writing (not that images are banned, but they should not be central!). It is an opportunity to flex our writing muscles a little. Perhaps try something a little different, leave our comfort zone.
To take a ‘prompt’ and write something: a few lines, a few paragraphs, an essay, an anecdote, a story, a poem, a comic strip; anything! For me it’s all about communicating and enjoying the power, inspiration, humour and wonder of words.
The prompt may take the form of a word, a topic, a headline, a quote or a scenario…
The Prompts may be parenting related, or they may not. They may encourage views on a subject, or may lend themselves to recalling a special moment. They may inspire a story or a poem or simply a re-telling of events. They may even, on occasion, be controversial! At the very least, I hope they get us all thinking.
And, without further ado, The Prompt for this first week is a quote:
I hope that you are inspired and that you will come back on Friday to link up your post!
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Each Sunday I will publish The Prompt for that week. The linky will then open the following Friday morning and will stay open until the Thursday after, allowing plenty of time to be inspired and link up!
What a great idea for a linky ;) I’m sure you’ll get loads of interest! xxxx
Thank you!
What a great idea Sara. Good call doing the prompt early too especially during the week :)
Thanks :)
What a great idea, the words are always the more difficult part of the post and i spend more time looking through the photos to go with them. This link has made me think a little!
I’m glad, that’s what I’m hoping for xx
What a brilliant idea! I read this post when you published it, and it has inspired me to write about my baby’s eczema. I had been meaning to write about it for a few months, but I kept putting it off. Your post was the perfect prompt for it. It is done now, and up on my blog, and I feel better! I posted it a couple of hours ago, and put your badge at the end of it. I will link it on Friday! Mel
I’m absolutely thrilled that I inspired you, that has made my day x
I love writing prompts! Can I link up a post I have already written on the subject?
Yes, if you have the perfect post, please do :)
What a lovely idea! I will be doing my best to join in!
Thank you!
I love it – there are so many people who really are passionate about their writing – good idea! x
Thank you Annie x
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Such a good idea, love the passion behind it too. I would love to join, just struggling at the moment with all the plates I’m spinning.
Will do my best.
Thank you Iona. I also have many plates, so can relate!