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Writing Under the Influence

I find myself longing, daydreaming for extra minutes just to have more time to write . . .

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"For me, the writing process is a personal sharing "For me, the writing process is a personal sharing of what's in my head and perhaps why I’ve failed to move on to fiction or even lengthier creative nonfiction. I’m more interested in committing memories to paper in essay format so that they can’t run off, escape. Once I have them on paper, I can go back to that memory whenever I want. It’s Kodachrome with a laptop. There’s never any judging no matter what I share: tears, anger, frustration, or joy. The keyboard doesn’t talk back to me; it’s only an instrument of conveyance, something always there for me, like the very best of friends, the kind who will always be by your side . . . " L. J. Thompson, Module 1, Week 1. 📝🌊🌧️🌴 #homework #MFA #amwriting #create #words #distancelearning #wordflow #writechat #thoughtsofashutin #socialdistancewriting #mywords #writerscommunity #writersroad #wordnerd #indiewriter ##floridawriter #writerswhorun #tellmeastory #memoir #writersofinstagram #pagesandstories
Every summer I tell myself, I will maintain a ten- Every summer I tell myself, I will maintain a ten-mile fitness level, and every summer, I lose the battle to Florida heat and humidity. Time for the great summer slow down! 🤷‍♀️🏃‍♀️😁🌴☀️ #runnerproblems #socialdistancerunning #runchat #dontbeatyourselfup #roadrunner #floridarunner #summerrunning #takingabreak #runlove #runhappy #nuunlife #covid_19 #tailwindnutrition #lifebythesea #lovefl #runnersofinstagram #pagesandstories
Nothing makes me laugh more than stupid humor. 🤣📝👋 #stupidhumor #wordsmatter #neologism #funwithwords #smile #funstuff #thursdaythoughts #amwriting #memoir #writingcommunity #writinginspiration #words #havefunwithit #thoughtsofashutin #covid_19 #quarantinelife #floridawriter #writechat #creativenonfiction #writersroad #wordnerd #writersofinstagram #pagesandstories
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Back to school for me! 😍❤️📝📚💻 #mfa Back to school for me! 😍❤️📝📚💻 #mfa #creativenonfiction #essays #memoir #writersroad #nerdlife #student #covid_19 #onlinelearning #writingworkshop #words #lindenwooduniversity #amwriting #quarantinelife #writechat #tellmeastory #writingcommunity #igwriter #floridawriter #writerswhorun #picturestory #writersofinstagram #pagesandstories
"It’s a very big birthday for me today and a ver "It’s a very big birthday for me today and a very strange one at that. In the past, for every decade that rolled by, I would promise myself I was going to make it a big celebration. These promises have never reached fruition for one reason or another, usually because I didn’t have the money for whatever big plans I had cooked up. I, like many of you, thought 2020 was going to be my year . . .  And then, the pandemic . . . " 🥳🎂🎁🎈🎉🤷‍♀️ #newpost #linkinbio👆 ⬆️⬆️⬆️ #blogpost #birthday #happybirthdaytome #oldwriter #amwriting #floridawriter #words #memoir #essaywriting #blogger #quarantinelife #covıd19birthday #socialdistancewriting #covid_19 #vienna #tellmeastory #essay #writingcommunity #writechat #writersroad #writersofig #pagesandstories
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“It’s Friday night date, and I’m waiting for “It’s Friday night date, and I’m waiting for the babysitter. I’m five then . . . I think, wearing PJs and watching my parents dance in the living room to Frank on vinyl. The scent of Chanel floats on an air of expectation. In my childlike opinion, there was never a couple more beautiful. He is handsome, dark haired and brown-eyed, and she outshines Jackie Kennedy, every bit as fashionable and elegant, but much prettier. The light of love swirls around her just like the folds of her evening skirt as he twirls her, and cheek to cheek, they appear to float across the room.”—L. Thompson, “What Love Looks Like” ❤️🎶💘📝 #love #romance #datenight #franksinatra #memoir #memories #childhoodmemories #amwriting #essaywriting #writersroad #writechat #writerscommunity #storytelling #lovewriting #writersconnection #igwriter #writersofinstagram #pagesandstories
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