QuickWrite of the Day #19: Shake it off
"Writing can be used as a vehicle to express ourselves as we negotiate the journey through our lives” (Gallagher, 2011: p. 24)
Today’s QuickWrite of the Day:
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In The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank wrote “I can shake off anything as I write.” At a time when people are probably dealing with a roller-coaster or emotions, writing can be a good release.
In this spirit of release, think about the things you have seen, heard, felt or experienced that have made you feel frustrated or sad lately. These can range from things like listening to people chewing noisily, to not being able to see your friends in person. Jot your frustrations down in list form first, choose one of them and write about it —see where it takes you. You might want to ask yourself:
What do I feel?
What do I think?
What do I wonder?
What am I puzzled by?
What do I hope?
For inspiration, check out this passage from Karen Foxlee’s Lenny’s Book of Everything (p. 239):
“When you are sad, you feel it in your heart, and when you are in love, you feel it too. The heart is always paining or fluttering or lurching or slowing down in misery. We ran home through the blustery streets and my heart was big as a goldfish bowl in my chest. The wind tugged at us. It pushed us...We were both crying.”
