What have you lost?

Summary

The website content is a call for submissions on the theme of loss, inviting writers to explore what they have lost and whether it was worth it.

Abstract

The web content presents a writing challenge centered on the concept of loss. It encourages contributors to reflect on personal losses, such as voice, job, parents, health, and intangible fears, and to consider the value and impact of these losses. The prompt is open to various forms of expression, including poetry, photo essays, essays, and stories, and is scheduled for Thursday, January 16th, 2020. Submissions should be tagged with "What I Lost," and contributors are directed to the submission guidelines for further details.

Opinions

The author has experienced significant personal losses, including their voice, job, parents, and health.
Despite these losses, the author perceives them as worthwhile, suggesting that the pain has been balanced out by what was gained or preserved.
The author is also working on overcoming more abstract fears and personal challenges, such as fear of uncertainty and fear of not keeping up.
The prompt implies that loss can be a catalyst for growth or change, prompting reflection on what is truly important.
The call for submissions is inclusive, allowing for diverse perspectives and interpretations of the theme of loss.

Prompt for January 16th

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I have lost my voice, my job, my parents, my health. But, I am working on losing things that matter a lot more than any of that.

I am working to lose weight, to lose my fear of uncertainty, to lose my fear of not being able to keep up.

Everything I have lost has turned out to be worth the losing. Well, almost everything. Worth enough that to balance out the pain.

You can see what I have lost and gained here:

The prompt for Thursday January 16th, 2020 is all about loss. Poetry, photo essays, essays, stories.. send them our way! Tell us: What have YOU lost? Was it worth it? Why? Why not?

Please be sure to give your piece the tag “What I Lost”. The other four tags can be anything you wish. If you are looking for our submission guidelines, you can find them here:

I challenge you to write about…

What have you lost?

Prompt for January 16th

What I have lost is worth it

In what I have lost In what I have gained In what I have kept In what remains Always at the core Of who I was, who I am…

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Last updated: Jan. 11, 2020