Hello all, this is Emily’s response to the prompt: “Imagine your life as a work of fiction. Describe the antagonist, and how you would prevail against them.” Some days it feels like I am a passenger in a story I did not create. One day I want to wake up and everything is as itContinue reading “The antagonist”
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The next prompt
Hello readers! I have another prompt for you to consider: “Imagine your life as a work of fiction. Describe the antagonist, and how you would prevail against them.” As always you can comment below or email me with your responses. I will run this until April 5th.
Prompt thoughts
I’m not sure yet, but I think our next prompt is going to be about stories. I don’t want to just open and close subjects like some crazy round of speed dating. So I think that subjects should interconnect enough so that a common thread can be sewn throughout them, yet remain unoque enough soContinue reading “Prompt thoughts”
Thoughts on love
C has sent in their response to this prompt: “Can you live a fulfilling life without being “in love”? What does that even mean? And is love something we have any control over?” I found this to be a pretty troubling question because love is my favorite thing in the world. The things I loveContinue reading “Thoughts on love”
To love is to lose control
Here is Emily’s response to the prompt: “Can you live a fulfilling life without being “in love”? What does that even mean? And is love something we have any control over?” I am writing this while my cat Yennefer is lying sleepily next to me in bed. Her eyes squint at me as she purrsContinue reading “To love is to lose control”
Love is complex
Here is my response to the prompt: “Can you live a fulfilling life without being “in love”? What does that even mean? And is love something we have any control over?” Yes. Love is complex, so I think that I should narrow it down a tad. People tend to separate love into categories. Filial love,Continue reading “Love is complex”
This Week’s Prompt: Can You Live a Fulfilling Life Without Being “In Love”?
Prompt runs until 22nd March 2026 We talk about love constantly. In songs, in films, in the advice we give each other at kitchen tables and over text messages at midnight. And yet, for all the words we pour into it, love remains stubbornly hard to pin down. This week’s prompt asks you to sitContinue reading “This Week’s Prompt: Can You Live a Fulfilling Life Without Being “In Love”?”
Empathy prompt response
Here is C’s response to the latest prompt: “Can you truly understand someone whose suffering you’ve never experienced, or is empathy always a kind of fiction? Besides the fact that I don’t think you can ever truly understand someone else, I don’t think shared experience is necessary for the empathy you feel towards someone. NoContinue reading “Empathy prompt response”
Empathy
Hello all, here is my response to the 2nd prompt. “Can you truly understand someone whose suffering you’ve never experienced, or is empathy always a kind of fiction?” I don’t know if there is a definite link between the experiences you have and how much empathy you feel for others. I know that for me,Continue reading “Empathy”
Prompt 2
Hello all, here is the next writing prompt for you all. I shall close entries on March 15th. “Can you truly understand someone whose suffering you’ve never experienced, or is empathy always a kind of fiction?” You can email your responses to roberthiraeth@gmail.com and I shall publish them.
Robert Hiraeth 