the creative minimalist

  • A Fiction Writing Prompt about dreaming to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. My eyes snapped open. I was wide awake. But the dream was still vivid. Writing Prompt Expanded This Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is about stretching your imagination muscles. Dreams are not fully understood. More importantly…

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  • I wrote a piece of music for the Christmas holidays. I now offer it to you. You can hear it below or download to keep and listen anytime you want. I hope it brings you a little pleasure in these difficult times. As you hear the bells jingle raise a prayer or intention and perhaps…

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. There were faces all around, looking intently at me, but I recognised none of them Writing Prompt Expanded A piece of advice often given to would be writers is to write about what you know. Well, this…

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  • advent noun1 the arrival of a notable person or thing: the advent of television.2 (Advent) the first season of the Church year, leading up to Christmas and including the four preceding Sundays.Old English, from Latin adventus ‘arrival’, from advenire, from ad- ‘to’ + venire ‘come’. Advent has arrived. Of course, there is a certain irony…

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