Malcolm's Twenty

Another response to the Lois Peterson prompt "Write a list of 20 things you know a lot about" from her book *101 and More Writing Exercises."

1.      Pain

2.      Self-pity

3.      Humour

4.      Laughter of that stinging, accusatory kind

5.      Humiliation

6.      I said “pain” already

7.      Peace

8.      Inner-peace

9.      Alcoholism

10.  Eating disorders

11.  How to make people unhappy and sad

12.  How to make people leave

13.  How to make myself so miserable no one wants to be my friend

14.  How to make people laugh

15.  How to make myself laugh

16.  How to hide how I really feel

17.  Well, not always because I blush a lot

18.  Words

19.  Fabrications
20.  Love, and it's not what you think

Jane's Twenty

This is Jane writing to the Lois Peterson prompt, "List 20 things you know a lot about."
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I am four time zones and god only knows how many miles away from my list [the one she did at The Grind Writers], so I am going to make another one. Probably very similar. 

What fun it was to think that through. It is so easy to NOT make an inventory of what I know a lot about...

1. Travelling - but still a lot more to learn...
2. The people I love.
3. How to fake it in Spanish (talking language:)
4. Building design and construction and the practical logic of buildings. But I watched a documentary about Frank Gehry twice on the plane and realised there is so much I do not know.
5. Contemporary literature. Have forgotten most of what I knew about early lit (except Shakespeare). See 6.
6. Contemporary art. Making and enjoying. See 5.
7. Helping people find their arty parts.
8. Colour.
9. Unitarian ways.
10. Family history.
11. Ireland.
12. The Cuban example.
13. Teaching English as another language.
14. Efficient cooking.  
15. Haida Gwaii. (These are not in any particular order of dearness to my heart)
16. The sacred headwaters and other sacred places and why they must be saved.
17. Friendship. (Marriage remains a mystery to me. Why and How)
18. The salmon fishing and canning industry.
19. Academic action.
20. The joys of belonging in groups. Dancing, book clubs, round the fire, church, singing, making things together, working together, and I am glad I found the Grind too.

(Ed. note: So are we!)

Susan's Twenty

We invited other writers, who weren’t at the Grind Writers the day we did the prompt from Lois Peterson’s *101 & More Writing Exercises.”  to contribute their lists.
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Hey! -- I wasn't there but I loved this exercise and would like to contribute it for the blog. Awesome prompt.  Quick but very inspiring.  

1. Art
2. Social Media
3. Dog training
4. Games boards--Parcheesi and Snakes & Ladders
5. Métis Arts & Culture 
6. Arts & Crafts architecture 
7. Prayers in the bible
8. Entrepreneurship
9. Wedding & event planning
10. How to make myself smile even when I don’t feel like it
11. Jim Reeves
12. How to travel on a dime, especially in France
13. Dying children & bereaved parents
14. Patient- and family-centred care
15. Marketing
16. Blogging
17. How a Bucket List can change your life 
18. Thrift stores
19. How to find really cool stuff on Craigslist for free or cheap
20. How to order my Starbucks 6 pump, no fat, no water, no foam, Tazo Chai Latte in the order the barista writes it on the cup ;)

(Ed. note: Do watch Susan’s “I’m Not Dying, I’m Just a Goal-setter” #17 – also very inspiring.)

*The prompt was: Write a list of 20 things you know a lot about.

G's Twenty

G. was the member who suggested this prompt from Lois Peterson's book, 101-and more-Writing Exercises to Get You Started & Keep You Going.

Prompt: Write a list of 20 things you know a lot about.

I'm sending the first list I wrote when I pulled this exercise as a free writing prompt.

1. Teaching
2. Afghanistan
3. Travelling by myself
4. Motherhood
5. Being an immigrant
6. Tibetan Buddhism
7. Hippies
8. Meditation
9. Living in conservative communities
10. Owning a house
11. Raising Zebra Finches
12. The Virtues Project
13. Henry VIII and Hampton Court
14. The Holocaust
15. Living in a strata
16. Dogs and cats
17. Hitchhiking 
18. Anxiety
19. Addiction to alcohol
20. Films

Tara's Twenty

Another contribution to the prompt from Lois Peterson's book, "Write a list of 20 things you know a lot about."

From Tara:

For my 20 things I know a lot about, here they are:

1.     Cats 
2.    Phantom of fhe Opera 
3.    Andrew Lloyd Webber 
4.    Needlework 
5.    History of Gosselin Geneology & Trivia 
6.    History Of Chouinard Geneaology & Trivia 
7.    Lucy Maud Montgomery 
8.    Opera 
9.    History Of Paris 
10.  History Of England 
11.  The English Poets 
12.  Cultural Anthropology 
13.  William Shakespeare 
14.  Star Trek 
15.  Sherlock Holmes 
16.  Anne Of Green Gables series 
17.  Harry Potter series 
18.  Tigers 
19.  Animals from Africa 
20.  Bears