Being Prompted, Jan. 19, 2012

Over the past few weeks, I've been collecting an assortment of various writing prompts because, frankly, I could use the motivation.  I am a writer.  It is somewhere embedded in the joined strands of my DNA.  This doesn't mean that I never struggle to write.  There have been many days, notebook before me, that I've found myself staring blankly at the page, waiting desperately for the pencil or pen to start moving.  But nothing happened.  So hopefully these prompts will help change that.

The first prompt comes from a collection of prompts that I intended to follow during December of 2011.  So many things happened at the start of that month, causing me to forget said intentions almost immediately.  But somehow at 1:30-ish in the a.m. on this lovely Thursday, I find myself looking back over them.

Gwen Bell is another one of the many marvelous individuals who I've stumbled across on the web.  She is a plethora of invaluable information, a model of living life at it's lifeyness (so NOT a word), and the creator of such incredible writing.  The idea for these prompts was originally found on her Reverb10 website, which sadly no longer exists.  But I'm going to use them anyway!!!

One Word.

Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?
(Author: Gwen Bell)

If you notice above, I had to strike through the years, because obviously they are inaccurate.  But still an interesting prompt.  I'm also adding a bit of a spin to it.  While all of these prompts were supposed to be written at the end of the year, I'm going to apply it to the beginning of this year.  So 2012, in one word?  Hmmmm.

paramount

It's interesting that while I was thinking of several other words, this one seemed to bully its way into my head. From there, it simply stuck.  And I love how this word's definition so literally applies to how I envision this year.  Chief in importance or impact.  Preeminent.  (Which is another amazing word, meaning distinguished above others!!)  I certainly see this year falling into that category, mainly because this is the year that everything comes together and begins to ascend towards the goals I've set to obtain.  Ten years from now, I imagine being able to look back and say "2012....that was the year it all got set into motion."

As for a year from now, in 2013?

fruition

Just the thought of that word makes me smile.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet