Write now #5
Today’s prompt: Write about your perfect or favorite mistake.
- What happened?
- How did it shift your view and/or what did you learn?
- Why is it “perfect” or “favorited”?
If you’re up for a challenge, give yourself this constraint: Don’t write a standard narrative. Instead, try a different form. Possibilities:
- a recipe
- a song
- a poem
- a prayer
- a litany
- a scrapbook
- a comic strip
- a series of famous photographs, captioned with the key turns in the story …
…whatever form you feel is a perfect match for your perfect mistake.
Write as fast as you can, as long as you want, but for at least 10 minutes.
TIPS for making your writing more “yours”:
- Mind-map any images—sights, sounds, textures, tastes, smells, and/or an event/turning point—that come to mind as you think about the questions.
- When you feel a “tug,” begin writing. Look and listen for anything that might be hiding…and let it emerge.
- Write until you surprise yourself.
- Experiment with a different form or shape: a list, a letter format, a Q&A interview style with your alter ego, a “FAQs” style, a shopping list, a list of footnotes, etc. Be creative!
- Give your piece a title that goes beyond a label and actually says something more about the content you wrote.