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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

How about a writing challenge?

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Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
Today’s post opens the door to reveal the newest prompt word to use for this most awesome of blog hops, Six Sentence Stories. Officially opening US EST this Thursday, “unofficially” opening Wednesday for our international writers, the challenge is proffered. Write, in precisely 6 sentences: a story, a poem, the next scene from your current serial story (very popular at the Six) or maybe a soc piece. Write 6 sentences. Return here, to the ‘Edge, beginning Wednesday,  link the URL to your story and let the conversations begin 🙂 Have a most excellent day, write often, indulge your imagination and bring us something to read!

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Return here, link your post Wednesday night through Saturday late…
Spread the word…

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Let’s hear your marvelous words for this week’s challenge.

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Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
What if we had a clock where, instead of the ordinals representing hours, they represented months? At the end of the 12th month, it would roll over to the next year and a number would flash in the center of the clock. The optional feature (of course) is what the year represents. Option 1: your age. Option 2: the current year. Regardless of the numerics, at the conclusion of 12 months, the clock would begin flashing, there, in the center either the YEAR or your AGE…Hey, let’s give it up for Cassa Bassa! She took me up on last Sunday’s post invitation to provide this week’s prompt word. You go girl!
Have a fantastic week everyone. Challenge yourself. Do something different.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the…

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Haiga and Haiku

I am fascinated by this work

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Featured Image Above: A Haiga, a drawing by my niece Kerri, with my attached Haiku

I’m a member of an on-line photography group, which has been interesting and fun for me. Each day we have a different topic/prompt to do, and yesterday’s topic was “Haiga”; Haiga is a style of Japanese painting that incorporates the aesthetics of haikai. Haiga are typically painted by haiku poets, and often accompanied by a haiku poem. Like the poetic form it accompanied, haiga was based on simple, yet often profound, observations of the everyday world. Stephen Addiss points out that “since they are both created with the same brush and ink, adding an image to a haiku poem was… a natural activity.” Well below I am sharing with you my response to the prompt. The pen and ink picture was painted by Carole in 1975(the year we met), and I wrote the attached Haiku…

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Here’s a great challenge!!

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Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
Party hats donned? What? Didn’t send the invite yet?!  Was a little ahead of myself, eh? Let’s remedy the hat situation immediately. Below, you’ll find this week’s prompt word or “cue” word, if you prefer. (hold on… “cue” might be a good prompt word. what do you guys think?) Every now and again I invite suggestions from writers and readers for a prompt word for a future Six Sentence Story. Suggestions for the SSS immediately following this week’s SSS? Let me know. Doesn’t matter if we’ve used it before, your choice. For now, have fun with this week’s prompt word and I’ll catch you on the flipside.
Today, people. Today is your day. Enjoy.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Return here, link your post…

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Here’s a great challenge!

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Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
It’s a new year.  Membership cards renewed. Now what? Exciting question. Scary question. This new year, let’s challenge ourselves to write more, explore our imaginations more, be alert to opportunities for meeting new and different characters. We never really know what they may teach us if we don’t take the time to get to know them. Please accept this first invitation of the year 2021, to write a Six Sentence Story. Let’s go exploring together!

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Return here, link your post Wednesday night through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers 😀

PROMPT WORDZIP

“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” – Jules Renard

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