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Announcements:
—We have SDW Co-Writing Today from 8 a.m.-noon CT.
—Our next Online Seminar is Feb 10 with Sarah L. Sanderson and her book The Place We Make (Paid and free registration options available.)
—Our next Thoughtful Readers Gathering is Feb 12 with Maggie Smith and her new children’s book. (Paid and free registration options available.)

Is it time to play a bit and let another writer fuel your creativity?

Pause.

Read “Pan Dulce” by Jose Hernandez Diaz

Prompt.

Jose Hernandez Diaz also writes poems that have a lot of surrealism. Let’s use the poem above and Diaz’s use of surrealism in several of his other poems as inspiration.
Set a timer for eight minutes.Write about a recent phone call or text exchange with a family member or frien d.
Then write a new ending. Experiment! Play! What else could’ve been said? What could’ve been left unsaid? Make stuff up. Make it weird.

Practice.

Add one sentence to three more conversations today. After each phone call, text, or email exchange is complete, create something new. Don’t overthink it. Let your imagination extend what seems to be finished. Then see what happens next.

Want More?
Read about Jose Hernandez Diaz’s typical writing day.

Charlotte Donlon

Writer, Spiritual Director, & Founder of Spiritual Direction for Writers

spiritualdirectionforwriters.com

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