PROMPT #171 We have a dialogue prompt this week .... with a twist. What is the twist? You need to take it forward from the perspective of the opposite gender, not yours. You may use the dialogue as a theme, beginning or end. Your piece can be fiction, poetry, an anecdote, historical fiction, biographical sketch, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171
Reena's Exploration Challenge #170 Welcome to yet another week! I don't see the scenario changing as expected. I see faint glimmers of hope, not the bright sun. Will 2021 be another transitional year, or a pathbreaking year? Let's go off at a tangent, and conquer ---- our mindsets, if nothing else. Control the controllable! PROMPT … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #170
Welcome to the next normal, as the stories around us change! PROMPT #169 Create a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link in Comments. In case you are using a pingback, do check back to see if it has worked. Last, but not least, don’t forget to tag the post “Reena’s Exploration Challenge” for … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #169
Welcome back! Complexity is a lot like freedom - everybody knows what it is, but cannot tell. The author of this quote was not talking of writers and poets. For they sure can tell. PROMPT #168 Well, there are more terms and conditions in this prompt than any other episode of the Exploration Challenge. Enjoy … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #168
Welcome to much-awaited 2021! Wish you all a very Happy New Year, brimming with creativity and more freedom than you had in the year that passed away! +1 is always good. 2020+1 seems better. I hope we are able to say Thank You, 2021 — You were the best. Well, we go ahead with the … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #167
Reena's Exploration Challenge #164 Welcome to the last month of 2020! We’ve all hoped it ends soon, and I hope all of us are ending it on a note of hope. I throw open a question, before netizens take a break for the holidays. How can we change the format of this Challenge in 2021? … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #164
I reproduce a poem I came across on Goodreads, by Suzy Kassem “REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS Before you were born,And were still too tiny forThe human eye to see,You won the race for lifeFrom among 250 million competitors.And yet,How fast you have forgottenYour strength,When your very existenceIs proof of your greatness.You were born a winner,A warrior,One … Continue reading Greatness
Reena's Exploration Challenge Welcome back to explore the innermost recesses of our mind! PROMPT #163 We are getting ready for a re-lockdown here, after a sharp spike in the number of Covid cases. Here’s a video depicting a let’s interpretation of life in lockdown. https://aeon.co/videos/lean-into-loneliness-like-it-is-holding-you-a-poetic-reflection-on-life-in-lockdown Take us into your inner world., and let us see … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #163
Reena's Exploration Challenge - Writing Challenges Welcome back - Regulars and the new entrants that came in last week! PROMPT #162 Here are three sentences for you to build your piece on. His thought process was on so many levels that he gave himself a phobia of heights. Random words in front of other random … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #162
Reena's Exploration Challenge #161 Welcome back to light! PROMPT #161 We celebrate Diwali - the festival of lights in India, while America celebrates a new President. Light can mean different things to different people, just like the election results in any country. James Baldwin says, One discovers the light in the darkness, that is what … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #161
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