SHORTER THAN A TWEET --SUMMER STRETCH

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by Janie Reinart

We all need to warm up before we sing, exercise or write! We will be sharing ideas here to help you “work out” your writing muscles. Take a deep cleansing breath and stretch! For more writing inspiration share your stretches with us. We will be happy to post them.

Everyone has a story. Taking an old idea inspired by Ernest Hem­ing­way, who was chal­lenged to write a story using only six words, tell us your life story. Hemingway’s story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

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TELL your life story in six words. Post it in the comments.

SQUEEZE--SUMMER STRETCH

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We all need to warm up before we sing, exercise or write! We will be sharing ideas here to help you “work out” your writing muscles. Take a deep cleansing breath and stretch! For more writing inspiration share your stretches with us. We will be happy to post them.

Remember how nice it felt to squeeze Play Dough between

your fingers and to make what ever came to mind?. . . 

We should  treat language like Play Dough when we write. . .  When we use our imaginations and play with words, it’s exciting to see the shape. . .  that emerges. ~Margriet  Ruurs

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SQUEEZE Play Dough and let your mind wander. WRITE a poem, a paragraph or a page. Your topic: Childhood is . . .
Post your "squeeze" in the comments.

Sailor’s Delight by Janie Reinart

Childhood is

Perched on a

Pink sky summer night

In a red maple tree

Reading

Feeling safe

As my Father

Walking by

Looks up

With a grin

Once more

So Strong

So Wise

Ready to protect me