Writing 300 words sounds like a breeze, right? Wrong, especially when you’re weighed down by an illness and your brain is sluggish to respond. So, if this post isn’t up to the mark, I suggest you blame the rhinovirus.
Month: January 2016
Vocab Wednesdays #7
Taken from my phone. I'm sure you can tell.
The Magic of Childhood
The word ‘childhood’ brings a flood of memories to the mind, I’m sure. It means different things to different people, but in general it takes one back to a simpler time, where one’s imagination had no limits. Bedtime stories came to life in dreams and the working of things beyond a developing brain’s comprehension was obviously run by powerful enchantments. In this post, I’ll be listing phenomena that I attributed to magic as a child.
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Fictional Fridays #3
The story of Vivian has surely come a long way since the first post. I did quite a bit of research and character development that I never intended to when I started out. For this installment, I’m combining two prompts – one is Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes Prompt Challenge #10 and the new one is Time to Write: Stranger by Rachel Poli.
I celebrated a festival called ‘Sankranti’ last week. Almost every calendar month has two or three festivals in my country and it’s a great time to come together as a community. The following piece is loosely based on this.
Vocab Wednesdays #6
Meet drizzle’s lesser known cousin.
On Overuse
The folks who run Blogging 101 didn’t leave me an option with this assignment, so here is my version of it. The prompt for this post is “Reason to Believe“. Warning: It reads like a rant.
Fictional Fridays #2
Last week, I started the story of Vivian with Fictional Fridays #1Â and felt compelled to continue. I’ve taken up the challenge yet again with the next prompt –Â Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes Prompt Challenge #9.
Vocab Wednesdays #5
Shower Thoughts + Friends GIFs
The mundane task of bathing should only take a few minutes and go something like this… Continue reading
Fictional Fridays #1
What does one do when all the writing juice has been sucked out of them? Look for a prompt to put some of that back, of course. I rummaged through quite a few till I found this gem that suits me perfectly – FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES (Prompt Challenge #8). This is the first time that I’m attempting a post of this sort, so I do hope you’ll bear with me.
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Pages That Rustle 