It’s Friday once again, and time for your Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. The fall weather is starting to settle in, the trees are changing colour, and there’s a fresh feeling in the air. I’m not sure if my optimism is real, or if it’s a mixture of denial that winter is coming and nervousness about never completing all the things I need to do in time, but whichever, I’ll take it. In other news, here’s your prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “screen.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
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 our new 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. NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, such as Blogger, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.
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!
October 17, 2016 at 1:28 pm
Color me guilty. I did a little editing this time. I’m doing October Poetry Writing month, and I combined several prompts and a tricky poetic form this week.
Hope that’s OK here. I enjoy writing with your prompts!
Thanks for the prompt. I incorporated it into a new poem at Nickers and Ink.
Funk Mail – Remember when receiving mail was fun?
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October 16, 2016 at 2:59 pm
Thanks Linda. Have a fab week. https://daisyinthewillows.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/shrouded-screen/
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October 15, 2016 at 3:10 pm
Found your prompt through the ever-thoughtful and talented, John W. Howell. Unfortunately, I had just read a vile, racist email. Screen pollution. Thanks for the opportunity to exorcize the icky feelings. xoxo
https://eastmeetsbreast.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/because-a-stranger-called-me-a-prostitute/
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October 15, 2016 at 8:29 pm
Ah, any time. That’s what we’re here for. Welcome aboard, Britt! 😀
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October 15, 2016 at 1:54 pm
I’m a newbie to this soC thing. I don’t know how to do pingbacks, or even what one is ;)https://summerstartstoshine.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/s-oc-saturday-screen/
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October 15, 2016 at 1:56 pm
Hi, and welcome! 😀
All you need do to create a pingback is copy the URL above and paste it anywhere in your own post.
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October 15, 2016 at 1:57 pm
Fab! Thanks Linda 🙂
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October 15, 2016 at 1:57 pm
You’re welcome. 🙂
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October 15, 2016 at 2:01 pm
There you go – done! 😀 Thanks!
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October 15, 2016 at 2:02 pm
Awesome 🙂 It’s a great idea, I love this style of writing 🙂
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October 15, 2016 at 2:11 pm
Thank you. 🙂
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October 15, 2016 at 11:11 am
A response to this popped into my mind very quickly: https://collinesblog.com/2016/10/15/screen-time/
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October 15, 2016 at 10:37 pm
Wonderful! Thanks so much for joining in. 😀
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October 15, 2016 at 12:41 am
This is just the beginning . . .
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October 15, 2016 at 9:46 am
OOoooohhh….
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October 16, 2016 at 9:32 am
:]:
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October 15, 2016 at 12:20 am
Too…sleepy…my bed is full of sand.
https://rantingalong.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/amwriting-using-the-socs-prompt-screen/
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October 15, 2016 at 9:45 am
Sometimes I wonder if stream of consciousness isn’t better when we’re tired. 🙂
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October 15, 2016 at 9:51 am
Probably because we’re semi-conscious, and the unconscious mind gets to come out and play a little. 🙂
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October 15, 2016 at 9:53 am
Excellent deduction. 🙂
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October 14, 2016 at 7:32 pm
Good weekend Linda
https://summerstommy.com/2016/10/14/socs-oct-1516-screen/
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October 15, 2016 at 12:43 pm
Thank you, Michael. 🙂 You too!
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October 14, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Very interesting prompt… this one may take some pondering on….
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October 15, 2016 at 12:41 pm
Don’t think too much. 😉 🙂
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October 14, 2016 at 2:47 pm
Another interesting prompt!
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October 15, 2016 at 12:40 pm
Glad you like it, Willow. 🙂
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