Digressions and Reflections | Writing Prompt
The Jumpoff: Issue #7
Welcome! A cute lil springboard for writers, The Jumpoff will be serving up bi-weekly creative prompts to get you out of your head and onto the page.
To “jump off” means “to set off quickly, usually with success; a point of departure.” And that’s what we’re doing here, folks—we’re dolling out exercises to jolt your brain, jog your memory, spur inspiration, stimulate that genius wit of yours, cue the masterpiece!
Whether you’re writing fiction, poetry, nonfiction…what even is genre anyway? Who cares! The Jumpoff doesn’t, and you shouldn’t either…so whatever the prompt is giving, feel free to take and interpret on your own terms. Jump in…the water’s fine!
PROMPT
Inspired by a lesson in my Personal Essay workshop, let’s write about the self!
Find a moment to digress in your writing and comment on it—this is a moment to be self-reflexive about the process of telling this story.
Some ideas:
What I mean to say is…
What I want to tell you is…
What I wish I could tell you is…
Make your voice impossible to ignore!
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