6/2/22

When stress grips you, let go… write the feeling of letting go.  The definition and picture of that detachment.  Stress is not a being, it’s imagined, conceptual.  You and your strength, your ability to write your way through and out of it IS real.

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Writing your way through challenging scenes is what defines your written dimension. Hope you intersect with such times, REPEATEDLY.

4/15/22

Writing in a new location is like exchanging minds with yourself, I’ve found.  It’s a restart, a renewal… starting a new story yes but becoming a new diarist, new writer, new thinker and human.  This brick wall to my left, the view out this first floor window right in front of me.  One tree in…

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Language and lean Angles and sitting She just talks I have to empathize The code Mindful of triggers But no gun Just that for the word And inference of that That’s the wick That’s the catalyst It’s the most successful Formula and notes known Well that was easy Now you can command And plan, anywhere…

3/23/22

Forget what stresses you. Embrace and encourage what emboldens and elevates you. Something I’m thinking about tonight. For me, and ALL of you. Enjoy your night. Love, #professormikey

ENGLISH 1A PROMPT

Who are you, today? Who and what is YOUR character? Not asking you to do a third-person piece, but define and describe the identity you offer the world, TODAY. Enjoy your writing…. -Mike

ENGLISH 1A – CLASS PROMPTS FOR THURSDAY 10/14/21

(5-5:10pm:) How was your day?  Anything in in the day itself that taught you something about you, how you see your life and day and what occurs in both? (5:10-5:35pm:) What are some of your initial observations on David Sedaris?  Feel free to expand from what you texted me, if you did.  Is he happy,…

ENGLISH 1A PROMPT

Whatever you feel on a Monday morning is imagined, positive or antithetical..what you do and how you react, what you create is what’s meaningful and story-relevant.

ENGLISH 1A PROMPT

Write something.  Anything, below.  A story, a note to yourself, a thought… think of engaging readers, keeping them on the page.  Not selling, but genuine and heartfelt, TRUE, engagement.  This could take any form… enjoy your writing, enjoy the fact that you will attract readers, new friends, build community.  Not “followers”, but REAL interactions and…

ENGLISH 1A PROMPT

Self-perception and estimation… How you see yourself… How does Irby tackle this topic?  What does she suggest to readers in terms of viewing one’s self, and reaching a consistency of true happiness?