Welcome to the Daily 2023 Just Jot it January Prompt and the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt for SATURDAY, JANUARY 7th! I’m scheduling this early so as not to get caught in the trap of being overwhelmed this year. Let’s see if I can keep up my resolution to be organized until the end of the month. Ha!
For those of you joining SoCS for the first time, it’s a little different than the other prompts in that it’s not always a whole or single word. If you’re joining in from JusJoJan, don’t want to write stream of consciousness style, no worries. It’s up to you! If you do want to try it, please check out the rules below. It’s fun! Here’s your Saturday prompt:
Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “out of the box.” Write about the first thing that comes to mind when you think “out of the box.” 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 post. Anyone can join in!
To make your post more visible, use our 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!!
You can also use the Just Jot it January badge! To find the rules for Just Jot it January, click here.
Here are the rules for SoCS:
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!
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January 8, 2023 at 11:44 am
Thanks for the fun prompt, Linda! I hope your week is productive and not too stressful. As per my norm now, here’s my ping-back not working right link 🤣 https://www.quaintrevival.com/2023-exercise-plans-arent-just-for-the-birds/
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January 8, 2023 at 9:03 pm
Thanks, Shelley! Have an awesome week yourself! 😀
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January 8, 2023 at 5:08 am
A little late this week….but I got there!
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January 8, 2023 at 9:59 am
That’s the main thing. 😀 Thanks for joining in!
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January 7, 2023 at 6:07 pm
Reblogged this on All About Writing and more.
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January 7, 2023 at 2:28 pm
https://waffle-with-wendy.blogspot.com/2023/01/just-jot-it-january-socs-7123-out-of-box.html
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January 7, 2023 at 1:04 pm
Hi, here are my random thoughts 🙂
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January 7, 2023 at 11:23 am
https://dawnbenedict.wordpress.com/2023/01/07/out-of-the-box/
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January 7, 2023 at 3:18 am
Happy Saturday, Linda 🙂
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January 7, 2023 at 8:25 pm
Hope you had a happy Saturday too, Ladylee! 😀
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January 6, 2023 at 1:50 pm
scheduled for tomorrow Linda
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/?p=92581
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January 6, 2023 at 11:05 am
This is a good one, Linda – Thanks!
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January 6, 2023 at 11:31 am
Glad you like it, Dan! 😀
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