31 Days Remain

A continuation of my #last100days2023 project

Welcome to my #last100dayproject!

What will you do with the remaining 31 days of 2023?

Today’s prompt:

What image or memory comes to mind when you think of the word “dictionary”?

I have a friend I met on retreat with Pam Houston early in the year who has a relationship with a dictionary.

As we were preparing for workshop one morning, Kristen pulled out a raggedy paper dictionary. I discovered it was her grandmother’s and she carries it around. I love that she carries a dictionary, which was her grandmother’s. And yes, she uses it.

The actual dictionary:

You can read more about Kristen at her blog: https://www.chaselovecollective.com/

What is your relationship to dictionaries?

I must admit, I use the dictionary app on my phone rather than using the guide words. I used to teach that skill. It used to be a power standard for the 3rd graders in Indiana.

I invite you to search your notebooks and drives for the prompt word and see what drafts you have that you can resurrect and revise.

What will you write today?

• A list

• A metaphor

• A memory

• One sentence

• A conversation imagined between you and a stranger

Whatever you choose - have fun!

Happy writing!

I invite you to leave a comment!

You belong simply because you are here.

A little more about me: Tammy L. Evans is a writer, teacher, and coach living in a tiny house on a peninsula with her husband and adventure cat. Her location device is her loud laugh. She is working on a non-fiction book about how to submit and publish your first pieces. She is the creator and host of THE BRADBURY TRIO COURSE. Her poetry has been published in The Storyteller, FoxGlove Journal, Story Hall, Blue Insights, The Partnered Pen, and others. Her fiction has been published in Gone Lawn, South Florida Poetry Journal, Cabinets of Heed, Spelk, Five on the Fifth, Clover and White, Fiction Berlin Kitchen, and others.