I have not participated in a Group Writing Project in months and I am very grateful to Liz Strauss fromSuccessful Blogfor this wonderful opportunity. I thoroughly enjoy blogging but sometimes it is nice to go back to my roots of poetry and looking at fewer words at a time instead of editing a 1,300+ word post. I love writing exercises as mentioned in my post "5 Writing Exercises to Help Heal Pain" and this project brought my attention to another area of my writing -- the importance of every word. I loved Liz's personal examples in her post explaining the "Writing Project: 25 Words of Work/Life Wisdom". Here are my entries:
#1
I see
too many people
blaming
external factors
or others
fortheir own unhappiness
not realizing
their own power
for greatness
lieswithin
awaiting discovery.
and "see" what you want in your life.
#2I see
too few people
smilingat strangers
passing on
the kindness, warmth
and infectious lightness of mood
a smile brings
in a few seconds.
(A smile from my daughter Christina pictured ALWAYS lightens my mood)
The rules are simple and are as follows:Make an Observation--Look for something you see too much or too little of.- Write a sentence about it.
- Countthewords you have written.
- Editthesentence until you have 25 words exactly. Notice how your idea changes as you edit and how your feelings change with each rewrite.
- Add a picture if you can.
- Post your 25 words on your blog by July 19th.
- Link back to this post or leave a link to your post inthecomments section.I don’t want to miss yours when I compile all ofthem.
Thanks again to Liz Strauss for coming up with this Group Writing Project. I hope many join and am excited to see the final result when Liz puts them all together.
#1
I see
too many people
blaming
external factors
or othe rs
forthe ir own unhappiness
not realizing
their own power
for greatness
lieswithin
awaiting discovery.
#2
I see
too few people
smilingat strangers
passing on
the kindness, warmth
and infectious lightness of mood
a smile brings
in a few seconds.
(A smile from my daughter Christina pictured ALWAYS lightens my mood)The rules are simple and are as follows:Make an Observation--Look for something you see too much or too little of.
- Write a sentence about it.
- Count
the words you have written. - Edit
the sentence until you have 25 words exactly. Notice how your idea changes as you edit and how your feelings change with each rewrite. - Add a picture if you can.
- Post your 25 words on your blog by July 19th.
- Link back to this post or leave a link to your post in
the comments section.I don’t want to miss yours when I compile all ofthe m.
Thanks again to Liz Strauss for coming up with this Group Writing Project. I hope many join and am excited to see the final result when Liz puts them all together.