Our reader and contributor “C” has shared what they would do if there were only 7 days left on earth. This is in response to our latest prompt: “The world ends in seven days. No one will believe you. What do you do with the time you have left?“ I’d like to think that ifContinue reading “End of the world dinner party”
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The Last Seven Days
This week’s prompt is: The world ends in seven days. No one will believe you. What do you do with the time you have left? Please reply by April 19th – as always, email or comment with your responses and I will share them on the blog.
I am my own antagonist
Our reader “C” has responded to the latest prompt: “Imagine your life as a work of fiction. Describe the antagonist, and how you would prevail against them.” Here is their response: When I look at my life, I keep trying to pin my struggles or conflicts on someone else, but I’m not sure it’s fairContinue reading “I am my own antagonist”
The antagonist
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”
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
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”
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