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Death, Disappointment, and Dreams; Here’s What You Had to Say
Editors picked the most unique, inspiring, and unexpected Write Here prompt responses ✍🏽
Hi there, writers! Jolie here, senior editor at Medium and editor of Write Here. I’m so happy you all have been able to find creative inspiration and community every week with the writing prompts. Fun fact: I read every article you all tag “WriteHere” (or at minimum, I skim them!) and I’m so impressed by your interpretations of the prompts. From detailed recounts of dreams to poetic advice and life lessons, y’all have really taken some of these thought starters to places I would never would have imagined!
The Write Here team and I wanted to shout-out some of our favorite pieces that were unique, thought provoking, funny, and unexpected. Check out our picks and come back to the Creators Hub every Wednesday for more Write Here writer roundups and maybe you’ll be featured! Happy writing!
If You See a Toilet in Your Dream, Don’t Sit on That Motherf*cker!
The first time I saw the toilet in my dream, I remember it stood in front of me with its smooth white porcelain surface, open seat, and pristine blue Scrubbing Bubbles lavender-scented water.
It looked like a nice cold seat that was waiting for my rear end to be placed upon it. Soon my intuition kicked in and made me say, “Oh, hell no! I know this trick.” –– Crystal A. Walker
When Snitching Goes Wrong
I may never get an apology, and that’s ok, because what that experience has taught me is that it’s important to have a firm knowledge of yourself, as that is where true strength of character and resolve lie. — KSHernandez
All I’m saying is that maybe you can afford to take some risks.
Disappointment Saved My Life
Disappointment is valid, sadness is valid, and even tears are valid. But thinking that that is the end of the road, that’s just ridiculous. –– Pallavi Agarwal
As For Me, I Choose Joy
Because I choose to live in a state of joy, the riptides of life are easier to manage. I might lose my footing for a time, but it’s like Joy is a life ring that allows me to keep my head above water. –– Linda C Smith
You Don’t Need to Find Your Passion
All I’m saying is that maybe you can afford to take some risks. Maybe you’re just not allowing it because of the people around you. Because you’re scared of what people may think or say if you screw up. –– Maliha
You Can Never Be Completely Free Until You’re Free From Yourself
My whole life I thought I needed to escape my oppressive childhood to become free. To heal from depression first, but now I know better. I know that in order to be completely free, I need to overcome myself. — Assumpta Nalubowa
Freedom for me is the freedom to die, another unavoidable death in an unavoidably cruel society.
I Died Last Night
I’m not afraid of death. Especially in recent years, the fear of death and dying has slowly left my life, since coming to understand on a deep soul level that death is most definitely not the end. But my dream did scare me.
It scared me because it made me realise that I am not yet ready to leave. It scared me because it allowed me to face up to the fact that I have still not done nor really even started what my soul came here to do.
It scared me because it brought me face-to-face… with myself. –– Sabah Ismail✨
Free Me From This Binary
It matters little how I dress, speak, or act. There is no freedom for Black people of gender variant experience. Freedom for us is a lie, a myth sold to us through the TV screens by the select few allowed to exist in their fullness.
Freedom for me is the freedom to die, another unavoidable death in an unavoidably cruel society. –– Joseph Coco
The Disappointment of Lonely 20s
Lately, I have realized that we live through seasons. Seasons of hope, happiness, sadness, disappointment, confusion and so much more. Some seasons are harder than others but they always pass. — Vidhipssa Mohan
I Quit My Great Job to Become a Writer
I love being a writer. It’s who I am. It will take a long series of unfortunate events to get me away from this keyboard. — Sean Kernan
Looking for inspiration for your next story? Try out the Write Here prompts and be sure to tag your story “Writehere” and maybe your words will be featured next Wednesday.
