Title: Attaining “High Flight” and “Slipping the Surly Bonds”
Source: Friday Fictioneers sponsored by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple
Word count: 100 words
“You’re full of hot air.”
“Who do you think you are?”
“You can’t.”
“You’ll never—”
Eyes closed, I clap my hands over my ears, hum to drown the sound of their echoing fear, and search for the quiet cry.
Creativity, inner voice, muse, true self, she answers to many names.
Squashed, derided as child’s play, and nothing more than popsicle sticks, school glue, and glitter, she retreated.
I had rejected false experts, and I resolved to change. I hitched my life to Creativity with a capital “C,” vowed to prove the naysayers wrong, and I floated towards the stars.
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Wow, your story is so imaginative and cool.
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Thank you, Dragon Warrior. 🙏
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Search for the quiet cry… That phrase from you says a lot about trusting our own judgement… In my humble opinion
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Ha. I had to re-read the piece as I didn’t remember writing it. 😮 Glad you liked it, Gina.🙏
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I forget I wrote somethings too. 😅🙏❤️
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😄😄💕💕
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Love it, Jo.
As Shakespeare says, It’s all Rock n Roll!
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Glad you liked it, CE, but I thought it was Avril Lavigne 😊
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Nah, it’s always Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde, isn’t it?
(Also, I’ve never heard of Ms Lavigne, sorry)
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A bold move, it’s a hard way to earn a living, but the rewards could be great.
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Truth there, Iain. 👍
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With such self-belief, the only way is up. Delightfully different.
Here’s mine!
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Thanks Keith.
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I admire the tenacity with which you are working at developing your writing skills. I like the imagination with which you evoke your muse in this story.
Good luck, and keep on writing!
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Thank you for your kind words, Penny.
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This is brilliant, Jo. I really love what you did here.
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Aw, Dale you are making me blush. 😊 Thank you for your kind words. 🙏
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I tells it like I sees it! 🙂
My pleasure, ma’am!
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Self-belief is so important – well told.
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True words, James. 💗
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How relatable and uplifting!
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Glad you enjoyed this. 💗
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I knew that you, with a hawk totem, would have a good story for the prompt. I was right 🙂
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Aw, you are so sweet. I’m glad you liked it. 😊🙏
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🙂
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