Monday, August 31, 2009

Admonitions

September first is tomorrow, a day that for me, feels like the first day of a new year. I stretch my imagination and I swear I can smell change. 9/1 is when I again get serious about life, writing, and following through on goals. It's time to say good bye to the carefree and warm days of summer and begin to welcome structure.

A few years ago I attended a writing conference and sat in on Sheila Bender's workshop. She talked about admonitions and then let us 'popcorn' around the room with ones we remembered from childhood. We laughed as we shared them with each other.

Below are a few of mine. I'll bet you'll recognize some. They make great writing prompts, produce wonderful stories and are fun to boot!

If Susie jumped off a bridge would you jump, too? (my personal favorite)
Get your elbows off the table.
Close your mouth when you chew.
Close the door. We can't afford to heat the outside.
Close the door. We don't live in a barn.
Stand up straight.
Don't slouch.
Don't interrupt.
Don't talk to strangers.
Wait 'til your father comes home.


Have fun. Oh, happy new year :-)

3 comments:

  1. Looking forward to a fresh start this month like you are. Great prompts too!

    Kelly

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  2. High, girl!
    Wouldn’t ya love an endless eternity of aplomBombs
    falling on thy indelible, magnificent cranium?
    An XtraXcitinXpose with no
    zooillogical-expiration-date,
    with an IQ much higher than K2,
    and an extraordinarily, sawcy, rowdy victory??
    Here’s what the prolific GODy sed:

    “Faith, hope, and love,
    the greatest of these is love -
    jump into faith...
    and you'll see with love”
    Doesn’t matter if you don’t believe
    (what I write);
    God believes in you.
    God. Blessa. Youse -Fr. Sarducci, ol SNL
    Meet me Upstairs, girl, where the Son never goes down…

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  3. High, girl!
    Wouldn’t ya love an endless eternity of aplomBombs
    falling on thy indelible, magnificent cranium?
    An XtraXcitinXpose with no
    zooillogical-expiration-date,
    with an IQ much higher than K2,
    and an extraordinarily, sawcy, rowdy victory??
    Here’s what the prolific GODy sed:

    “Faith, hope, and love,
    the greatest of these is love -
    jump into faith...
    and you'll see with love”
    Doesn’t matter if you don’t believe
    (what I write);
    God believes in you.
    God. Blessa. Youse -Fr. Sarducci, ol SNL
    Meet me Upstairs, girl, where the Son never goes down…

    ReplyDelete