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Writing Challenge Day 50: Inspiration

March 20, 2016 Alison Taylor

If you feel so inspired, write about whatever comes into your head. Or take a day of rest from your writings.

How is this week of the writing challenge going for you? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments below!

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Writing Challenge Day 49: Wild Card Day

March 19, 2016 Alison Taylor

Today, write about something you missed earlier in the week. Or pick something from your timeline and write about it. 

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Writing Challenge Day 48: Scents and Sounds

March 18, 2016 Alison Taylor

Describe the sounds and scents of your childhood environment. Did you wake up to the smell of brewing coffee, or fall asleep to the muffled sounds of your parents' conversation in the next room? What about your school, your outside play areas, your friends' homes?

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Writing Challenge Day 47: Siblings

March 17, 2016 Alison Taylor

Describe your sibling(s). Which one was most like you, which one was least like you? Which did you get along with the most/least? What have you learned from your siblings?

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Writing Challenge Day 46: Spending Money

March 16, 2016 Alison Taylor

How did you earn spending money as a child? Or did you have to work to help support your family? When you had pocket money, how did you spend it, or did you save it instead? How have your childhood experiences with money affected your finances as an adult?

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Writing Challenge Day 45: School Dances

March 15, 2016 Alison Taylor

Did your school have dances or did you ever take dancing lessons? What was that experience like? Did it help or hurt your social life as a youth?

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Writing Challenge Day 44: In Trouble

March 14, 2016 Alison Taylor

Describe a time when you got in trouble, or got caught doing something you were told not to.

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Writing Challenge Day 43: Inspiration

March 13, 2016 Alison Taylor

If you feel so inspired, write about whatever comes into your head. Or take a day of rest from your writings. How is this week of the writing challenge going for you? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments below!

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Writing Challenge Day 42: Wild Card Day

March 12, 2016 Alison Taylor

Today, write about something you missed earlier in the week. Or pick something from your timeline and write about it. 

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Writing Challenge Day 41: Favorite Foods

March 11, 2016 Alison Taylor

What were your favorite foods growing up? Who cooked for you, and how was it? Did your family grow any food?

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Writing Challenge Day 40: Your Town

March 10, 2016 Alison Taylor

Do you have a "home town?" What was life like in the city or town in which you grew up? Or did you move around in your youth? Describe an experience.

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Writing Challenge Day 39: Holiday Traditions

March 9, 2016 Alison Taylor

What holiday traditions did your family celebrate when you were growing up? Were there special foods or rituals involved? Have you continued any of those traditions in your adult life? Were holidays happy times or stressful times in your family?

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Writing Challenge Day 38: Early Sports

March 7, 2016 Alison Taylor

What were your first athletic experiences? Community night games? Little league? Gym class? How did you feel about sports in general? Were you good at athletics or was it hard for you? 

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Writing Challenge Day 37: Your First Movie

March 7, 2016 Alison Taylor

What was the first movie you ever saw? What were some of your other favorite movies growing up? Favorite actors/actresses? Why were they your favorites?

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Writing Challenge Day 36: Inspiration

March 6, 2016 Alison Taylor

If you feel so inspired, write about whatever comes into your head. Or take a day of rest from your writings. How is this week of the writing challenge going for you? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments below!

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Writing Challenge Day 35: Wild Card Day

March 5, 2016 Alison Taylor

Today, write about something you missed earlier in the week. Or pick something from your timeline and write about it. 

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Writing Challenge Day 34: Childhood Best Friend

March 4, 2016 Alison Taylor

Did you have a best friend as a child? Or more than one? Who were your best playmates and what did you do together?

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Writing Challenge Day 33: Neighborhood

March 3, 2016 Alison Taylor

What was your neighborhood growing up like, or neighborhood(s) if you moved? Was it social, or did you feel isolated from your neighbors? Did you have a neighborhood hangout?

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Daily Writing Challenge Day 32: Favorite Books

March 2, 2016 Alison Taylor

What were your favorite books growing up, and why? How did the books you read influence you?

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Trying to Catch Up with the Daily Writing Challenge?

March 1, 2016 Alison Taylor
Trying to catch up with the Daily Writing Challenge?

Trying to catch up with the Daily Writing Challenge?

Trying to catch up with the Daily Writing Challenge?

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