52 Writing Prompts

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Prompt #3: Letting Go of Shame

Prompt #3: Letting Go of Shame

...and making it into art

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Suzanne Roberts
Jan 21, 2022
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52 Writing Prompts
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Prompt #3: Letting Go of Shame
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In the previous two prompts, we wrote our most difficult topics and then destroyed what we wrote because getting started means focusing on the process of writing and not the outcome. To write, the verb, is the most important thing. 

In this exercise, though, we will save what we have written, hopefully creating something we can build on next week and maybe even eventually share with the world. One of the things that draws us to write, after all, is the connection we make with other humans, even if it’s just one reader. 

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