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A new blog to contain answers to prompts

Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.


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December 28, 2025 at 1:41pm
December 28, 2025 at 1:41pm
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Prompt:
“I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions,” says James Michener.
What is it that excites you and/or fulfills you about writing?

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I don't know why I am so into writing. It might have something to do with my mother's stories. My mother had a column for herself in a small publication for a few years, and she always had this wild imagination. If she told me a story and then when she told me the same story again, this second time, the story would end up being quite different.

Ultimately, my mother's imagination I don't possess, but I was very much impressed with her storytelling. Also, I'm guessing, because I wanted to read the stories for myself--to see if they really changed-- I learned to read well at age four, and right after my reading came the writing. I really don't recall any time when I never wrote anything. I don't know why.

But I love writing. Even when I'm reading or learning something or other, I still take notes. I guess I am addicted to notebooks and pens. A few days ago, I mentioned to a friend that I preferred writing mostly longhand into notebooks with pens. She told a few other friends that, and they all gave me pens and fancy notebooks for this Christmas. Now, I have enough paper in the house to last me until the year 3000. *Rolling*

As much as I love writing, I'm not possessive of it. By this I mean, when someone reviews something I wrote here in WdC, say in 2002, I have to go back and read it. Sometimes, what I wrote way back when feels like someone else wrote it. Go figure!

So, here's my answer to the quote and the question, "What is it that excites you and/or fulfills you about writing?": I don't really know. It might not have been my choice. I am guessing, however, that words, pens, pencils, keyboards and such must have been stuck into my DNA at one time or another.


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