52 Writing Prompts

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Prompt # 2 Letting Go of Shame

Prompt # 2 Letting Go of Shame

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Suzanne Roberts
Jan 15, 2022
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Prompt # 2 Letting Go of Shame
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Hello Writers!

In the first prompt, we countered all the internal and external reasons why we can’t write about our most difficult subjects, those things that have caused us shame. 

Now we’re going to take a deep dive, so make sure you are in a safe place, preferably alone or with a trusted writing community.

That thing that is impossible to write? That thing you have vowed to never put onto paper because it’s too shameful? That’s the thing we are going to write about, but here’s the catch: no one will ever read it because you are going to rip it up.

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