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Writing Down The Bones Deck #5
This post is inspired by Denise E Lindquist. I never would have known about this deck of cards if it wasn't for her. So thank you Denise for sharing this lovely deck of cards with all of us on Vocal.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹12 months ago in Writers
An Endless Summer. Content Warning.
Sometimes I think that my life is an endless summer, each day coming and going in this quick swirl of emotions and excitement. The warm summer air and the sunlight beaming down on your shoulders, looking out as the sun sets and waiting, or dreaming, of something new and far away and beautiful. A summer that is filled with so many ups and downs, you feel like your stomach might turn like it did that one time you were on the scariest roller coaster at the park with your brother and you definitely didn’t think you were going to survive. But because he was there, I was able to make it through. My brother smiled at me, grabbed my hand, said, “it’s okay kiddo, you’re going to love this”. He always called me kiddo. Sort of like Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill. Except he’s my silly, wonderful, mentally ill brother, and I am his silly and insane little sister.
By Slgtlyscatt3red12 months ago in Writers
First Kiss, Dreams I Hope To Share With Hubby, And How I Want The Relationship Between My Husband and Family
Rupi Kaur’s Relationship Writing Prompts — I would like the relationship between my partner and my family to look like ____________.
By Denise E Lindquist12 months ago in Writers
My Trick in Writing
Since I devoted myself to writing, I started to become serious with it. When I say serious, I treat it as an 8 to 5 job, the only difference though is I’m excited to sit in my chair and ready to write.
By Ann ☕️about a year ago in Writers
The Quiet One Who Does It All!
Ah, the classic feeling of being taken for granted—like you’re always there, doing the thing, and nobody notices until you’re not. It's like being the unsung HERO of your own story, and let me tell you, it doesn’t feel great. You know you’re doing your best, but somehow, it’s just expected. No big deal, right? Just another day in the life of “yeah, they’ll do it, again.”
By Komalabout a year ago in Writers
That Time I Returned to Vocal, and Nobody Knew Who I Was
Gather 'round children and open your beautiful brainballs to a tale of adventure and exploration. An account of failure and resilience.
By LRBabout a year ago in Writers
February: One Goal Accomplished
Early February: I've completed the first of my 2025 goals! Ooh it feels good. I put together a list of writing goals for the year of 2025. Admittedly, I assume there will wind up being more that pop up throughout the year, but I wanted to put down some things that were most important to me, and then try to get through as many of those as I could. It was 16 different goals I jotted down, and I assumed I wouldn't get through them all. But I wanted to try to get through as many as I could. Give myself constant goals on the horizon to strive for.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabileabout a year ago in Writers
Read This if You Feel Like Giving Up
Life in its brevity often feels burdensome, yearning for us to be free of all the turbulence that stirs up its breaths in our hearts. How beautiful would life be if we let go of pain, anger, sadness, grim! I wish we had built-in programming that would delete all the moments and experiences that stirred catastrophic fires and raged war and kindled and whooshed the fire within us simultaneously! Human minds behold the capability of inventiveness, of loving, of living and yet with so much to be blissful about, we are inherent in our ounces to be boggled about negativity, to be enveloped in the traumatic flashes of our photographic memory. I know it is vital to be grateful for the goodness of life, the light that exists in our strides, the privilege and the beauties that we possess, the existence that we lead is a dream for many, that all consorts to be the gospel truth and cannot be denied. But at the end of every second we spend in this mortal realm, in the most painstaking way I would shout in gallant echoes of the rooftop, it is okay to not be okay!
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Writers
Silent Bites is HERE!
Hello!! This is Melissa, the author, with important news: Silent Bites is finally HERE! The new cover is an acrylic painted canvas done by a very dear and close friend of mine, Faron Brooks. She’s always been talented as an artist. Her aptitude for drawing characters, backgrounds and original designs are truly divine and I’m proud of her. Here is another link to purchase Silent Bites!
By Melissa Ingoldsby6 months ago in Writers
Always Late, Sometimes Late, Never Late
Write Down the Bones Deck to Free the Writer Within — This is my wish for you: that you take these cards, grab the topic on one side and write, write, write. Then flip to the other side of the card and take note. I’ve always used the word topic instead of prompt. Prompt is the starting place, but topic indicates more the idea of plunging in and immersing. Natalie Goldberg
By Denise E Lindquistabout a year ago in Writers
It will be the death of me
For some unknown reason, I don't fear death. At least that's what I tell myself, fairly reassuringly, from time to time.
By Marie McGrathabout a year ago in Writers
1,000 Pieces Later: The Vocal Story So Far
When I joined Vocal in March 2021, I had no idea where it would take me. My first handful of posts, including my very first shared poem, trickled in slowly. It wasn’t until the end of that year that I truly began writing with a greater sense of purpose. What started as a slow burn quickly turned into a wildfire.
By Paul Stewartabout a year ago in Writers