Welcome back for the twenty-first day of Writober. During this fourth week we’ll be exploring the universal fear of mutilation. From Wikipedia: “Mutilation or maiming is severe damage to the body that has a subsequent harmful effect on an individual’s quality of life. In the modern era, the term has an overwhelmingly negative connotation, referringContinue reading “Fear of Mutilation”
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Intense Fear of Phobias
Welcome back for the eighteenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear, loss of autonomy, through the intense fear of phobias. Phobias are different than our regular fear response. The fear response is no longer from the stimulus, but from the fear of the stimulus. Phobias can become debilitating. There are asContinue reading “Intense Fear of Phobias”
Fear of Control
Welcome back for the seventeenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear: loss of autonomy through fear of control. Fear of control could mean many things: fear of losing control of oneself, fear of losing control to another, fear of being controlled physically or mentally. What other fear of control can youContinue reading “Fear of Control”
Fear of Loneliness
Welcome back for the twelfth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring the universal fear of separation by looking at fear of loneliness. After looking for fear of isolation yesterday, but finding fear of being alone, today I’m wondering if fear of loneliness is also different from fear of being alone. I think it is. IContinue reading “Fear of Loneliness”
Fear of Isolation
Welcome back for the eleventh day of Writober. Thank you to everyone who has been linking up their poems, photos, and stories. You are making this year’s event so much fun. Today we’re exploring the universal fear of separation by looking at fear of isolation. Isolation may be physical or social. Some use isolation asContinue reading “Fear of Isolation”
Fear of Rejection
Welcome back for the ninth day of Writober. Today, we’re exploring the universal fear of separation by looking at fear of rejection. Fear of rejection makes me think of a middle school dance, or being picked last for teams on the playground. However, the fear of being socially excluded can make a person display needyContinue reading “Fear of Rejection”
Writober Week Two: Separation
Welcome back for the seventh day of Writober. How did last week go? Did you dig deep into ego death: face it and find ways to fight it? Most of all, did you write, create, and have fun? I sure did, and I really enjoyed the poems, stories, and photos you linked up to theContinue reading “Writober Week Two: Separation”
Writober Is Coming
October is a very busy month here at Experience Writing. It’s October Poetry Writing Month (OctPoWriMo), Writober daily flash fiction challenge, the daily Halloween Photography Challenge, and it’s the month of preparing to write a novel during November’s NaNoWriMo. Though Writober was the name of the flash fiction challenge, I’m using it as the nameContinue reading “Writober Is Coming”
#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We’re All Part of the Decor
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “decor,” I thought it would be a great inspiration to put up my decorations early, but it’s supposed to rain for a week, so I thought I might make some decor inside instead. Decor makes me think of lamps and wallpaper and carpets, but once I got started appreciating theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We’re All Part of the Decor”
#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “desserts,” I looked at some fun Halloween desserts and found a vegan “white chocolate” recipe. I also loved the idea of putting raspberry filling in the center of my chocolates as blood, so I gave both ideas a try with my Halloween candy mold. The photos tell a Halloween horrorContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story”
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