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PROMPT May 13th Writing Sprint! Set a timer for 10 minutes and write without stopping about whatever comes to your mind. I challenge you to deny your urge to edit yourself as you write. If you must, you’re allowed to edit, but only after you finish your ten minute sprint. Ready? Set. GO! Okay the timer is set. I'm ready to rock and roll. I just love sprints. I have always found them to be very useful and that's because it really is an exercise in being disciplined. No editing. No looking at the timer. No stopping. That's always the hardest part for me. No stopping. That's because I just love to stop and think for a minute or two about what I'm about to write. And I love to look around for inspiration. So this is a serious challenge for me. As I sit typing and not looking at the timer and not editing and not stopping I am struck by how much I just want to go a bookstore and spend the day looking. It can be any bookstore! My favorite is Half Price Books in Citrus Heights right off Greenback. I absolutely LOVE that store. And I have a system for seeing every part of it. First I turn left and head into the note cards and stationery and journals. There's always something there that catches my eye and I feel I must have. Then I head off to the "What's New" shelves. I can always find a good murder mystery there. And it's kind of ironic that they would call that particular section "What's New" because the shelves at eye level contain everything that's new. Okay, that makes sense. But all the other shelves, both top and bottom, contain old and even antique books! What gives? Makes no sense to me but I don't mind. I just want to see what's out there. And then...here's my favorite part...I head to the long, long rows of mysteries. There's probably four or five rows! That's a lot of mysteries! BUT I can always find something by one of my favorite authors. Lately I've been reading as many books as I can find by Kathy Reichs. I love that the books take place in French Canada and in South Carolina. Not all of the books are great, but some of them keep me up late into the night. Oh, how I wish I could just spend the day in a book store. Of course I would have to control myself. I might just lose control and buy up everything that might interest me! Right now, though, I don't care. I just need to get out of the house. Well, this has been a good sprint. I enjoyed my time just typing and I also enjoyed what everyone else had to write for their sprint. I think we should do more sprints. |
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