Make It Happen Thursday: How Writing Prompts Help Me Create

 

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I wrote this post for Make It Happen Thursday at Go Dog Go Cafe.

https://godoggocafe.com/2022/02/24/make-it-happen-thursday-3/

My shout-out is for Ingrid Wilson of Earthweal for her thoughtful poetics and prompts. 

https://earthweal.com/2022/02/21/earthweal-weekly-prompt-global-assembly

The problem with creating poetry or stories for publication with anyone but Naughty Netherworld Press is that most of the time it needs to be previously unpublished, and that includes on a personal blog. This leads me to my thoughts for breaking out of writer's block.

If it wasn't for writing prompts, I might get nothing written. Writing prompts help me focus my wandering thoughts. I like to acknowledge the prompt's creator even when I can't immediately share what the prompt inspired.

Recent events have reminded me that writing poetry before I work on anything else helps me calm my mind and focus. But before even writing poetry, I like to look at my planner to remind me of what the day's focus will be. Currently, my everyday planner looks like this:

Week At A Glance

My World Monday + Promote Yourself Monday

Rhyme Time Tuesday (doesn’t have to rhyme) + Review It Tuesday

Tuesday Events: MFRW Steam is the 2^nd Tuesday of each month.

Wednesday Edits

Wednesday Events: IWSG is 1^st Wednesday of the month, MFRW Retweet Day is 2^nd Wednesday.

Take a Chance Thursday/Make It Happen Thursday (pieces for submission, review the current week’s progress, and plan for next week. Visit Go Dog Go Café to participate in Make It Happen Thursday.) Thirsty Thursday for self-promo. MFRW Book Retweet Day is the 3^rd Thursday of every month.

Flash Fiction Friday, Fanfic Friday

Sexy Saturday (erotica series) + Shameless self-Promo Saturday (submit my work to promo sites i.e. Awesome Gang.) + Social Media Saturday.

Change the World Sunday (poetry, pictures, and politics) + Sunday Dinner at the Grover Hotel.

Do ONE Book Hooks, ONE Rainbow Snippets, ONE Snippet Sunday, and ONE Weekend Writing Warriors every month. More than that is overwhelming.

Book Hooks: Week 1

MFRW Steam + Rainbow Snippets: Week 2

Snippet Sunday: Week 3

Weekend Writing Warriors: Week 4

 After decades of anxiety and self-retribution, I'm still learning to work with my unruly brain. It helps to understand some of the common features of ADHD, but my experiences are unique. I hope that perhaps some of my discoveries will help others avoid a lifetime of abuse and low self-esteem. 

I deliberately kept this post less sweary than is usual for this blog. I welcome return visits with the caveat that this is an uncensored space. The things I discuss may not be pretty and I tend to be quite liberal with expletives. 

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Corrupted

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You think yourself genuine and virtuous

A beacon of light for all the good people

Good people like you, that is

You're a real shooting star

You pride yourself on being a straight shooter

Straight from your mouth into their heart

And if someone is hurt by your callous words

Well, whose fault is that?

These special snowflakes need to toughen up

Some people have everything they need

Right from the start, pretty in a certain way

Always knowing they're wanted

For some people, it's always the edge of summer

Always hoping that this year will be the year

When everything finally changes for the better

You, amazing, wonderful, virtuous you

Dismiss these wannabe losers

With a sniff and an offhand gesture

You congratulate yourself for your ability

To agitate, to debate, to concentrate your hate

Onto the tip of your poison tongue

I'd rather go blind

Than be anything like you

For even a micro-portion of a nanosecond

You believe your vicious declarations are a gift

Truth straight from a horse's ass

To the hurting hearts of the world's outcasts

So sanctimonious, so contentious

No matter how you beautify the outside

The inside is still corrupt as a decaying casualty
 Of your insidious verbal war

When your words cause people to hate themselves

To consider suicide rather than live one more day
Among monsters such as you

I submit that you, not they
Are the failure, the loser, the washout
The unwanted, the unneeded, the parasite

Turn your eyes inside

And judge the real ugliness

That you find in your dead, putrefying soul

~Cie~

Prompts Used:

Daily Addictions (gift)

The Daily Spur (I'd Rather Go Blind)

Go Dog Go Cafe (edge of summer)

Laws of Gravity (shooting star)

Putting my Feet in the Dirt (genuine and virtuous)

Ragtag Community (agitate)

Word of the Day (gesture)

Your Daily Word Prompt (contentious)

Notes:

These words are not directed at any specific individual. They paint a composite portrait, illustrating a certain type of personality: the kind of person who believes in being harshly judgmental and "brutally honest," which, in reality, translates to: "I want a license to behave cruelly. It gives me a sadistic kick to destroy others. I act as if I'm the picture of perfection. In reality, I am covering for my own inferiority complex at the expense of vulnerable people."