Day: May 9, 2024

Esther Chilton's Writing Prompt, Non-Fiction, Prompt, Writing

Writing Prompts By Esther Chilton

Tessa

Esther’s Prompt:

This week’s writing prompt is:

DREAMS

Do you have a dream you yearn to fulfil? Maybe yours has come true. Or perhaps you’ve had strange, funny or recurring dreams. But not everyone remembers their dreams, so you could write something fictional and give your characters all sorts of interesting dreams.

You don’t have to share your work, but I always enjoy seeing what you come up with if the prompt gives you inspiration.

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I have lots of dreams, but unfortunately they are more like nightmares than just typical dreams. I have at least one a night if not more that scare me and as the memory dissispates I am just left with a bad feeling.

Growing up I had dreams that I thought were related to the act of growing up and feeling scared of where I was going in my life.

One dream I had constantly was of multiple railroad tracks laid out parallel to each other. In the dream I would anxiously start to cross over the first track. Before I got across a train would come and I would wake up frightened. As time went on I would make it across the first track and then start on the second before the train came. This went on years during my childhood and when I finally made it across all the tracks the dream stopped coming.

I don’t remember other dreams like that, but I still feel it symbolized growing up and the obstacles I faced and conquered.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.wordpress.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

Can You Tell A Story In..., Fiction, Prompt, Writing

Can You Tell A Story In…

Tessa

Esther’s Rules:

Hello, all. I hope you’re having a good week. Here’s a new story challenge for you:

Can you tell a story in 35 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story:

  • MURDER
  • BANANA
  • PEACOCK
  • TICKLE
  • PRICE

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I picked up the thin book and was tickled by the title. Mrs Peacock Used a Banana to Murder Her Neighbor. The price of the book had me dropping it back onto the shelf immediately.

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Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.wordpress.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

Fiction, Photo Prompt, Prompt, Reena's Exploration Challenge, Writing

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #330

Tessa

Reena Saxena

PROMPT #330

We have a photo prompt this week

Let the above image be your muse this week.

The format of the piece is not restricted, and there is no last date either unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap. 

Any post that is found to be offensive, vulgar, or hurts ordinary sensibilities will not be included. This needs to be a safe space.

Create a post on your blog and copy-paste the link in the Comments. If you use a pingback, check to see if it has worked.

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Sitting at my desk I pulled the fancy nib holder toward myself and opened it to select the nib I wanted to use with my current fountain pen. My parents gave the fancy box to me for my college graduation since they knew I liked to do my writing by hand and had started to collect fountain pens and nibs. The nibs were easy to lose so a holder was a necessary item and they had taken the time to find one that showed off my love of writing.

I also had a real quill made with a feather. Although I loved using it, it required me to refill the nib every few words to keep the ink flowing. My fountain pens lasted much longer and so I used them more often. I had numerous nibs for both pens and the box came in handy as a holder so I wouldn’t lose any.

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Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.wordpress.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

#threethingschallenge, Non-Fiction, Prompt, Writing

Three Things Challenge #M689

Tessa

Prompt Rules

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Your three words today are:
LEVITY
LONG
BREVITY

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Memory Issues

By Tessa Dean May 2024

The levity at lunchtime was marred by the staff yelling at the people who did not belong in the current seating. We now have 2 sittings and some of the people insist on coming to the wrong one and claim memory issues are stopping them from remembering what time it is they eat. They are told at least 3 meals a day and sometimes 2 or 3 times during one meal that they don’t belong there. When enforced they join the long line in fromt of the door and just stare at us eating which upsets a lot of people.

The notice that was given out should have been more specific. Its brevity caused some confusion initially, but aside from these few residents who refuse to follow the rules, the others finally got it all straightened out and now come at the correct time.

I reminded two of them this morning that they were early and one of them called me a horrible person. She always acts super sweet, but I am seeing another side to her now. She can be nasty.

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Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.wordpress.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

#FOWC, Non-Fiction, Prompt, Writing

FOWC with Fandango — Miffed

Tessa

Fandango’s Rules For the One Word Challenge

FOWC

Today’s word is “miffed.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, ÿplease manually add your link in the comments.

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I was miffed at my fellow resident who openly broke the rules. She claimed three times a day that she didn’t know she was on the second seating of the meals. She was told at every meal that it wasn’t her time, but there she was again. She had already been told twice this meal, by different people that it wasn’t time and again she said, “I didn’t know there was a change!” I am sick of it. The staff is sick of it. She pleads memory issues, but she can be there at her old time every single time, but she still claims that no one has told her. She is not the only one. There is about 6 of them that continually come at the wrong time and claim they didn’t know. They make rules here and then don’t follow them for everyone. Some people are just priviliged. It’s not fair. And yes, I know, life is not fair. I learned that a long time ago. If that had been me flouting the rules I would be taken to task for it, but not everyone has to follow them. When I told her today she told me I was a horrible person. All because I reminded her of the new seating rule. She usually acts real nice, but it is all for show. I hate the atmosphere here.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.wordpress.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

Non-Fiction, Prompt, StoryADay, Writing

Conflict | StoryADay 2024 Day 9

Tessa

THE PROMPT

The characters in your story today are stuck and need to work together to escape

THINGS TO CONSIDER

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This is not the total prompt as stated, but it is similar to conflict.

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The nurse gave me a perfunctory nod of her head and went back to perusing the medications on her cart. It was past time for my medication and she was simply ignoring me as usual. We aren’t happy with a lot of the nurses here as they simply do not care about us or their jobs. They are simply here for a paycheck.

I remained where I was, starting at her back that was turned to me. She continued to ignore me. “I should have had my medications 2 hours ago,” I said to her.

“Look, I am the only nurse on this floor and I will get to you when I get to you and not a minute before. Go back to your room and wait. You can’t stand here.

 I finally went back to my room and waited a couple of hours before she finally showed up with my medication that should have been taken hours ago.

I didn’t bother to say a word to her. It wouldn’t have made the situation any better. It would just earn me another sarcastic comment.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.wordpress.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com