I haven’t seen you for six months, and you decide to show up at my front door with lightbulbs?

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by Amber
I haven’t seen you for six months, and you decide to show up at my front door with lightbulbs?
by Amber
Last year I began an Instagram account dedicated to writing prompts. I’ve always enjoyed reading and doing them, so I decided to give it a try. A little over six months later, and I am still going strong! I thought that it might be fun to go over my process for creating them.
First, I pick an emotional wound or setting that interests me. Then, I write everything that goes along with it. Let’s take the setting of a wedding. What do you see? Hear? Smell? What actions happen?
Sights: Stained glass windows, lectern, wooden pews, flowers, men tugging at uncomfortable collars, uncomfortable shoes, bible verses projected, family being seated, programs passed out.
Sounds: Children squirming, hushed piano music, clearing throats, coughs, sniffles, microphone checks, camera
Smells: Coffee, perfume, cologne, mints.
Actions: runaway bride, judgment from family members, having trouble forgiving and moving on, family drama, an ex showing up uninvited, or a fight breaking out between bride and groom.
After I get a few ideas running through my head, I will begin writing scenarios related to the sighs, sounds, smells, and actions I have previously written.
Here are a few prompts I came up with from the above:
–With one final reflective glance, she was gone forever.
–Pinched toes were not the only affliction she hid the day.
–Her focus was on the door that stood between denial and admittance.
When I choose an emotional wound, I think of the lies resulting from those wounds, fears they may have, and how one would respond. Let’s look at an unexpected pregnancy.
Lies: They’ll never be able to accomplish their dreams, the baby is the source of all their problems, love is temporary.
Fears: abandonment, fear, judgment, always being alone.
Responses: looking for a replacement, doubting mothering skills, wallowing in self-pity.
Examples:
– I did something I can never take back.
–For if they knew the truth, they would want nothing to do with a soul as damaged and broken as hers.โ
–The one thing she is good at is running away from her problems.
That’s it! It does take some time, but I find it enjoyable to create different scenarios, and it helps in my writing to come up with ideas and plot twists. Sometimes I’ll even use portions of my writing that I won’t be using any longer. Regardless of how awful I think a prompt is, I write it down. You never know when or how you’ll use them in the future.
If you like writing prompts, I will encourage you to follow my Instagram account, and if you use any of my prompts, use the hashtag #PromptedToWrite <3
by Amber
This year’s theme has been redemption, mostly because that’s what the story I am working on is about. The daily reminder that I am never too far gone for God’s grace is a sobering thought. By no means does this mean sin all you want and ask for forgiveness, then you’re golden. If you’re truly in Christ, you will desire to love and obey His commands.
๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ’๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ.
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๐ค๐๐ฃ 3:9
My main character runs away from her problems, feeling as if she’s too broken and damaged to be loved by anyone, especially Christ. We’ve all felt that way, at least I know I have. Things seem to be spiraling out of control, and we turn to everything but the one thing we need, Christ.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด 2:20
Christ’s blood delivers and redeems us. When we feel too far gone, we should come back to the truths of God’s word. We are new creations, who we were in the past is no longer who we are today.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. 2 ๐๐ฐ๐ณ. 5:17
by Amber
Ink-stained fingers inscribed words on a page, some remain in my mind persistently expanding until they age.
by Amber
Perfection is the killer of creativity. When we aim for perfection, we fail to take risks and try to meet other’s standards instead of trying to achieve our own.โฃโฃ
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โฃโฃPerfection shouldn’t be our intention; instead, let’s concentrate on progress and making strides in our own time, no one else’s. Don’t be afraid to fail, and don’t be scared to try, you learn the most from your shortcomings.โฃโฃ
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