It’s Friday! Already! That means it’s time for your Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. It’s also the last day of April tomorrow, which means this is the final time this year that I’ll revolve the prompt around the letter of the day for those participating in the A to Z Challenge. I think it’s gone pretty well, despite that little inconvenience (or convenience as the case may be), don’t you? Here’s your prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “zoo.” Use the word zoo, or find a word that contains it. Have fun!
After you’ve written your Saturday post tomorrow, please link it here at this week’s prompt page and check to make sure it’s here in the comments so others can find it and see your awesome Stream of Consciousness post. Anyone can join in!
To make your post more visible, use the SoCS badge! Just paste it in your Saturday post so people browsing the reader will immediately know your post is stream of consciousness and/or pin it as a widget to your site to show you’re a participant. Wear it with pride!!
Here are the rules:
1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing, (typos can be fixed) and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
3. There will be a prompt every week. I will post the prompt here on my blog on Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The’,” or simply a single word to get your started.
4. Ping back! It’s important, so that I and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of this post into yours. Your link will show up in my comments for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top.
5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read everyone’s! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later, or go to the previous week, by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find right below the “Like” button on my post.
6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!
7. As a suggestion, tag your post “SoCS” and/or “#SoCS” for more exposure and more views.
8. Have fun!
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May 1, 2016 at 6:58 am
Here’s mine. don’t know why it won’t show in the pingback even though I’ve linked to this post. http://suzysomedaysomewhere.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/zooming-into-soul-socs-fridayreflections.html
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May 2, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Apparently the pingbacks only work between WordPress accounts.
Sorry.
Glad you joined in though! 😀
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April 30, 2016 at 7:30 pm
I thought about going all fancy and diving into the depths of zoonotic infections or some such. But I stuck with the plain ol’ zoo. Whatever!
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May 2, 2016 at 3:09 pm
Zoos are good. 🙂
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April 30, 2016 at 10:18 am
I didn’t play today, but it’s a great collection. I’m so glad the pingbacks are working so I can scan the players!
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April 30, 2016 at 10:31 am
Me too!! Thanks for reading, Dan. 😀
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April 30, 2016 at 2:11 am
aaaaaaaaaaargh! missed it again 😦 – got to finish up a couple of challenges still. When things get quieter I will be back 🙂 x
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April 30, 2016 at 9:54 am
I know the feeling. Looking forward to your next SoCS post… hopefully next week. 😀
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April 29, 2016 at 11:38 pm
It made me think of a song I love to listen as I run… Les Jumor – Zoomer! And then it prompted me to take a 5 mile run! Thanks 🙂 I hope at least this time I will be able to participate.
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April 29, 2016 at 11:40 pm
I hope so too, Praj! 😀 Glad I’ve already inspired you!
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April 29, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Happy weekend Linda.
https://summerstommy.com/2016/04/29/socs-april-3016-zoo/
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April 29, 2016 at 11:40 pm
Have a lovely weekend, Michael. 🙂
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