Writing daily is hard. But, this is the advice we are consistently told. Let's commit to 7 days of writing and finish!
LET'S WRITE: Day 4 - Behind a Yellow Bus
By Matthew L. Hart
Writer & Humorist
Author of:
Uncle Matty's Halloween: Jokes, Bits & Anecdotes
I'll primarily be using The Writer's Toolbox by Jamie Cat Callan to prompt my 7 day writing challenge but feel free to do yours however you'd like.
7 Day Writing Challenge:
Day 4 - Journal Entry
I'm tired. I've been working early shifts at my job and now, I'm actually feeling like I'm not going to do this. I opened up this blog to write and for the first time I'm feeling like, I don't want to write. I pulled a Sixth-Sense Card out of The Writer's Toolbox and just couldn't get the words to flow. So, I started this journal entry. But, I didn't realize, until just now, how interesting this part of the journey might actually be. Up until now, I had a plan. I would just do a simple writing exercise and 7 days of writing could be done, no problem. That's not the real world. Today represents the beginning of what this writing challenge really is. It's writing, when you don't feel like writing. How am I going to do this? Well, I flipped my sand timer to write this journal entry for about three to five minutes. Just letting the words flow from the top of my mind. If feels good. Just the act of writing. My fingers are racing across the keyboard, almost at the speed of thought, and I'm thinking that maybe I can do this after all. I'm also thinking that this journal entry is getting a little long and the timer is basically done now. Am I primed to write? Well, ready or not, here I go, I guess. Let's take another shot at that Sixth-Sense Card.
Sixth-Sense Card:
"a yellow bus"
School. That's what the yellow bus reminds me of. Did I care for school? I don't know. I think that most of us just try to move past it. Funny thing about yellow school buses and moving past them. You can't move past them when there's children crossing. A yellow bus. A yellow school bus. It's our adolescent trauma. Some people can move past it. Others, just get stuck behind it. Especially when children cross their path. Your life's path. Don't let your yellow bus prevent you from moving forward. What is all this, rambling on? Let's try this again...
Everything was going fine. The woman next to me turned up the radio. I put the windows down and we let our hair tangle together in the passionate breeze of Spring. My foot was on the gas and my hands were on the wheel. I didn't know where we were going, but we were getting there fast. Then, red.
Red break lights. A red, flashing stop sign. It swung out, threatening to swat me right off the road, should I dare to ignore it? One moment, I was unstoppable. The next, I wasn't going anywhere.
Stuck behind a yellow bus. The children waved and made faces on the glass. A projector for my youthful memories. My insecurities. Rejection. Anxieties. It all filled that yellow bus.
What was once a smooth ride became stop and go. Stuck behind a yellow bus with no space between us. I struggled to build momentum. Desperate to overcome it but, no. I settled in for a long road ahead. Stop. Go. Red light. Green light. Railroad. On this day, she told me she was pregnant. I chose to become a father.
Red break lights. A red, flashing stop sign. It swung out, threatening to swat me right off the road, should I dare to ignore it? One moment, I was unstoppable. The next, I wasn't going anywhere.
Stuck behind a yellow bus. The children waved and made faces on the glass. A projector for my youthful memories. My insecurities. Rejection. Anxieties. It all filled that yellow bus.
What was once a smooth ride became stop and go. Stuck behind a yellow bus with no space between us. I struggled to build momentum. Desperate to overcome it but, no. I settled in for a long road ahead. Stop. Go. Red light. Green light. Railroad. On this day, she told me she was pregnant. I chose to become a father.
I'll primarily be using The Writer's Toolbox by Jamie Cat Callan to prompt my 7 day writing challenge but feel free to do yours however you'd like.
Writing everyday is a great step towards becoming a Master Storyteller.
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