Welcome to your first day of the Free Five-Day Writing Challenge! Today’s challenge focuses on the firsts in the decade you are currently living.
Use the handout below to create a cluster or mindmap of all the things you experienced for the first time in your current decade. Print out several blank cluster diagrams and use them to bring your story down to a size that focuses on a moment that involves only a few people. If you’ve not yet watched the How to Cluster video, you may want to do that first.
Today’s lesson explores the importance of conflict or a central issue around which your s-story revolves. When you’ve settled on a moment you wish to write, consider the conflict or central issue and create a first draft of the story. Upload it in the comments section below. Happy writing!
Hi thank you for having me. This is my first time here. I did my clustering of my current decade (50-59 yrs old) and decided to write on a ‘first” kind of. It was ‘Losing my Mom’ I put this was actually the 3rd & final time I lost her. The other 2 times will be covered in my earlier years. I have never experience death this close to me. Her & I were always seperated by distance & circumstances. My conflict was my guilt for not being there more phyisically for her in her final years. However even though… Read more »
Welcome, Angela. We’re glad you’re here. That’s a difficult situation with a mom. My mom lingered for a long time with Alzheimer’s, and I don’t think there is no right way to go through a loss like yours or mine. It must be comforting to know your mom always believed in you and was proud of you. Thanks so much for sharing your journey.