darren r hill

the creative minimalist

  • A Fiction Writing Prompt exploring the topic of light. The aim to stretch your literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. Light is the topic for this prompt.

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  • Inspired by my weekly creative prompt word, light, I took these pictures the other day. Nothing like a good light reflection to reflect upon.

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  • I want to make 2021 the most creative year of my life. My word for the year, if you’ve watched my vlog is ‘connect’ and the first step in many of my goals and dreams for the year is to create. Now 2020 has been difficult for us all in many ways. For me, I…

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  • I created a vision journal for 2021. It also includes my One Word for the year. In the video, I show you how I made it, the process for creating the content on each page and how it all ties into my One Word for the year.

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. I opened the letter and read. I had to be careful not to smudge the words, as tears of joy rolled down my cheeks Writing prompt Expanded Some things make us so happy that our emotions overflow.…

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  • Let’s do this – Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    She took his hand and set a mischievous grin on her face. ‘Right, let’s do this!’ Friday Fiction Writing Prompt @darrenrhill

    She took his hand and set a mischievous grin on her face. ‘Right, let’s do this!’

    Writing Prompt Expanded

    A decision has been made. An activity has been suggested or planned. There is attitude in the air. What decision and what action is up to you. The writing challenge is to convey the determination over the previous uncertainty.

    • What were the doubts before?
    • What changed their minds?
    • How was the decision reached?
    • What physical and emotional changes have occurred?

    A change in perspective for this week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt. We’re in the third-person territory. Although you can always choose your perspective, I thought I’d make this one more explicit.

    Feel free to change things around. It doesn’t have to be a ‘she’ and ‘he’, it is your writing and that means your characters. The scenario can be anything as well:

    • A decision to love
    • Rule-breaking or lawbreaking
    • A practical joke
    • An escape from a situation
    • let your creativity run free

    Have fun and write. No word count or time rules, just take your pen or keyboard and do this.

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

    Original hands image by Pexels from Pixabay

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  • Bullet journal and planner set-up October

    Here is my current bullet journal, junk journal and planner set-up for October 2020. A little explanation of how I am using a wall calendar, a monthly weekly Bullet journal, a daily capture bullet journal and the latest additions to my junk journal. I also mention how I am using OmniFocus as my project to-do list. If you like the video please subscribe (on YouTube) and I’d love to hear what you’re doing for October and any comments on how I could improve my system. Happy planning my friends x

  • Bullet Journal and Planner Update September 2020

    Bullet journal and planner update September 2020

    An update on my Bullet Journal and Planner as we come to the end of September. It’s the second week of my new set-up and things are going okay. There are still some issues that I am working through, but I hope to sort them out as I get into October. This journal set-up is very much a work in progress, so please join me as I work things through. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel if you find the videos helpful and do stay in touch in the comments. Stay safe and well my friends x

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  • The Eureka Moment- Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    This was it, the breakthrough, the eureka moment. Nothing would be the same. Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    This was it, the breakthrough, the eureka moment. Nothing would be the same.

    Writing Prompt Expanded

    This week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is about capturing the joy and celebration of discovery. The discovery can be anything, although I had in mind some scientific breakthrough, not a text message on a phone (Sorry, I can be a bit of a Sci-Fi geek). It can be something your protagonist has been working on for years or something they stumbled upon. The challenge here is to capture the dawning realisation that things will never be the same.

    And perhaps a bigger challenge will be to write without knowing the ‘science’ itself. The discovery can be medical, chemical, metaphysical, quantum, biological… the list is almost endless. But the choice of subject is yours. The only condition is that you write and hopefully have some fun. If you write regularly and often, your writing will improve, that is a scientific fact.

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

    Original computer board image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay

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  • First signs of Autumn – Wordless Wednesday

    gas of autumn as a hint of red shows on the trees

  • Mabon – Looking for Balance in the Equinox

    Mabon sticker in my journal with my other journals

    The festival of Mabon in the revised neopagan year is all about harvest. It is the second or final harvest of the year, so time to eat, drink and be merry… once the fields are cleared. Mabon also falls around the autumnal equinox, in the northern hemisphere. The day when daylight and nighttime are equal, and when the sun rises and sets directly in the east and west, It is a day of total balance and equilibrium.

    What is our harvest in a modern world, where very few of us live directly off the land? One part of me thinks it is time to be grateful for all that I have. For all that has been ‘harvested’ to create the things I consume. This includes the food on my plate to the clothes I wear and the luxury ‘essentials’ that adorn my lifestyle. However, I lose the earthiness of the harvest in such a simple analogy. There is something of nature that the festival of Mabon brings and I can’t quite connect to it at the moment.

    And what a current moment this is. Every aspect of life has been affected by the coronavirus. This year, it feels like there is no harvest. The seasons are merging into one long miasma. Spring, summer and now autumn have felt no different from each other. Lockdowns have meant that even when the sun did shine, travel was limited. The view from a window doesn’t do justice to the awesome cyclical nature the seasons.

    At this equinox, I stop for a brief moment. I sit and contemplate all that has and is happening. As the celestial movements are in balance, bringing equilibrium, I seek balance in my own life. Despite the monotony of 2020, the world, the universe and life still continue. The stars burn, the planets turn and despite my lack of notice the seasons continue.

    This festival of Mabon I will remember that the harvest still exists.
    The universe still provides.
    My needs are still met.
    I pray that your needs are too.

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    xox

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