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lsisler

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First Impressions
« on: August 03, 2020, 04:50:42 PM »
When Beck sent me a message asking to join this challenge my initial thought was "no." I've been taking grad classes all summer and these last 5 weeks was my vacation from that. I initially wanted to just take it easy and not write for the rest of the summer.  But, I looked at the prompt and thought, "I could write something for this." And Beck's enthusiasm kinda got to me so I decided "why not?"

When I looked at the picture I focused on the house-- and ignored the surrounding mountain. The first thought that came to mind looking at the house was a small beach bungalow I rented last summer. And since I write memoir I figured I could write about my time there last summer. As I wrote the first draft I added another "beach scene" to try to form a more linear narrative. 

When I went back to look at the prompt again, I saw that it was a mountain house and thought maybe I messed up the prompt from the get-go, but I decided that I'll stick with what I have and see how it turns out.


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Re: First Impressions
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2020, 07:58:46 PM »
I'm so glad you joined us! And that's the wonderful thing about the picture prompts: everyone takes something different away from it! There's no doing it wrong. Twisting the prompt or turning it on its head, making all those amazing brain connections--that's all perfect!

I'm very interested to see where your beach bungalow story goes!

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Re: First Impressions
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2020, 09:02:42 PM »
I'm new to this, but I think the prompt is open to interpretation. If you made it work with memoir, good for you! Can't wait to see how it turns out.
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Re: First Impressions
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2020, 12:18:19 AM »
I love that the prompt (and Beck) inspired you to join us!

I hope it turns into a lovely end of summer experience for you, and I can't wait to see what you come up with!  :heart: