Five (5) Word Wednesday

How A Simple Idea Turned into An Enriching Writing Circle

I have learned countless writing lessons from Kathy Fish . She was the inspiration for sharing a 5 word prompt with a group of writers.

In a SmokeLong workshop, she told the story of a group writing weekly to a collective prompt and giving each other feedback.

Who knew this could be so powerful?

I love this because it is low-stakes for the writers. Everyone gets the words at the same time, so the understanding is that the piece shared is a draft because of the quick turnaround.

I turned this idea into a group of my own with enchanting results!

Each writer would wrote a 750 word or less piece (Story, poem, essay) and shared it in a private community.

Simple and low stakes.

It was a smashing success and fun!

We didn’t overthink it. We experimented. We had fun.

Now, it is your turn!

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Here are five words:  

umbrella, infinity, chess, sunflower, ignore

I would love to hear about your experience in the comments.

Please note, that publicly sharing your story counts as published!