Tiptoeing in, hoping not to be noticed

Hi Jyl,

Welcome! I noticed you! 🙂
So glad you are here in all your courage and bravery.I look forward to sharing what we write.

That’s the first step, Jyl. I’ve been right where you are, but I love that you’re engaging here. Before you know it, you’ll be sharing your story. 🙂

Welcome, Jyl,

So glad you’re on the course. It’s turning out for me to be much better than expectations. You’ll be fine.

Judith

Hi Jyl! I noticed you, too.

We don’t bite. 🙂

The nice thing about stories is that everyone has them. Maybe even doing a Google search of writing prompts or skimming through what others have submitted so far will jog your “muse”.

Looking forward to sharing with you!

Welcome, Jyl! I’d like to thank you on behalf of all homeschooled students, by the way. 🙂 I was homeschooled from K-12, and it prepared me magnificently for college.

Hi jyl! I’m in Ontario too 🙂 I’m sure your words will come.

Hi Jyl! I wouldn’t worry about what you’re “supposed” to write. Think rather about what you’d like to write. A story from you life? from your family history? A story of the sun peeking out from behind the clouds and filling your life with sunshine and hope? Don’t hit yourself over the head with it, but try asking yourself these questions and seeing what you come up with.

I had no idea what to write for the first exercise, but was tickled by Joe’s mention of starting a story with wanting something, even if it’s only a cup of water. So that’s exactly how my story, ICE begins. You can take any prompt and ask yourself Who? Why? What? When? etc. about it to get yourself going. And even if you’ve never written before, you can start and learn to write.

And besides, you have a whole community here to encourage you and help you on the way.

Hope this helps.

What Mirel said. And don’t feel like you have to write 750 words for your first story. It can be 200.

Thanks for telling us a little about yourself. And welcome. So glad you’re here.