Write with Speak Up This Week
In Speak Up writing groups, we gather with a simple purpose.
We write from shared prompts. We read aloud and honor each reader with our attention and applause.
So much happens from this simple model: human creativity is released, a bulwark of quiet presence deepens, learning and growth swell across social and cultural divides, and friendships form.
This Week’s Writing Group
The Mercantile
Rock Hill, SC
153 E. White St, 2nd floor
Wednesday, March 17th
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
From the Writing Groups
Excerpted from From Potato Salad to Social Problems by Pauline McCollough
I hope that people agree that eggs should NOT go in potato salad! There are things that may sound like they go well together…
I wish that everyone knew that those who need help aren’t dumb, stupid, or ignorant. We--me being part “those” maybe not in the same but in different ways--know what we need…
I think blindness physically, mentally, spiritually, or emotionally means that you’re not only kept in the dark in those ways, but it’s that you’re not willing, wanting, or scared to try to see…
The fix to any problem starts with listening, hearing, and empathizing to what the person/people with the problem has to say…
Recent Writing Prompts
Share your response in the comments.
Write about departures, farewells, and missing people.
Do you like to cook? Write about cooking in your life.
“They thought I was finished but then…” or “I thought I was finished but then…”
What is something that happened to you that was not pleasant at the time, but now you can see it as a blessing in disguise?
Explain why _________ isn’t that great.
What moves you to tears? (It’s ok if the tears move while you share it.)
You have a button that gives you a dollar whenever you push it. But it also makes someone somewhere in the world have a 15 minute panic attack. Write about it.
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