Gill took
the Grind Café Writers’ Group “Free-write Challenge” at this year’s Summer
Dreams Literary Arts Festival at Trout Lake, Vancouver. The brave drew random
prompts then took a break from the fest to go sit under a tree, and let it rip
for 10 minutes without stopping in a free-write—and see what emerged. Braver
yet, they agreed to let us post their raw version. So remember, this is unedited,
unfinished output. Thanks to all participants.
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Prompt:
A classic exercise. Begin with the line, “I remember….” (or ‘I don’t
remember….”) and write for 10 minutes. (Prompt
from http://www.6ftferrets.com/exercise-content.html)
I
remember being in places that I did not know. Places I went on purpose, but had
no clue why. These places grew less and less as I grew older.
It seemed to me
that places started having purposes and were no longer just places. You go to
the grocery store to get groceries. You go to the woods to see nature. There
are no longer places that do not have purposes.
There are places you may not
want to be or you come across by accident, that you may think have no purpose
for you, but they will have one somewhere in your head.
©2013 Gill Minato
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