Greetings, South County Writers! We hope the New Year is treating you well. We thought it worth posting our most recent prompts and our “suggestions of order” in advance of tomorrow’s meeting, since we will have a wonderful mix of new and returning writers.

Prompts from the January 7th Meeting:

You don’t even know who I am…

The universe wants to be recognized…

We’re currently borrowing our “Suggestions of Order” from other writing groups like ours: 

1. Newest person to the group chooses a prompt.
2. Timer is set for 20 minutes, and everybody writes. When time is up…
3. …the person who chose the prompt picks the first reader.
4. The first reader can read or pass, and picks the direction we read around the circle.
5. Those who want to read, read. Those who don’t, pass. After each reading, listeners may choose to share their thoughts: what worked? Was there a particular image or phrase that was powerful or memorable?
6. After everyone has read or passed, the second newest person picks the next prompt and we set the timer again.

If you’d like to try a prompt ahead of time, our writers chose the two excellent prompts listed above at random during our last meeting. Give them a try!

Feel free to share your responses by posting them in the comments section, or, if you’d prefer to remain anonymous (mysterious), you’re welcome to email your response to: southcountywriters@gmail.com

We will look forward to seeing you tomorrow!