Sacrifice
Martyr
Saint
Savior 
There are things we give up in order to be what others need us to be. We have heard of those folks who sacrifice everything for those they love. Sacrificial lambs. They give up everything for the greater good. 
Today I’m thinking about our greatest sacrifices. The things we withhold from ourselves. How has this narrative played out in our lives? How has this narrative showed up in the lives of our characters? How does the theme of sacrifice show up in our stories? 
Writing Prompts:
(1) What have you sacrificed? What will they sacrifice? (15 minutes)
(2) What will they fight for? (15 minutes)
(3) What would they die for? (15 minutes)
Remove yourself from this exercise. Allow your characters to speak. Allow what wants to be written to find its landing on the page. Surrender to the process. Lean in and trust what wants to be expressed.
Set your timer for the time allotted. Do not lift the pen off of the page. Do not over think. Do not censor or self edit. You are writing from a stream of consciousness. Trust what wants to be written. If you get stuck begin the prompt again… GO!!!
There are things we fear as writers. Certain truths we rather keep hidden. Let’s go there!
The intention for these prompts is to help you flush out your story and look for the scenes you might want to write. Whether we are writing fiction or non-fiction there are moments (the great stories do this well) where we are called to feel things. Allow us to feel everything. Allow us to see everything. Bring us into this world.
BEGIN!
Joining in on my writing challenge and writers commitment! Here are the TWO rules:
1. Check in for yesterdays writing each day: How was yesterday? (post if you wrote, didn’t write, got stuck, need some support.)
Did you find it challenging to carve in the time to write? If we are honest with ourselves where could we have begun instead of doing…….. (Fill in the blank-leave your response in the comments). Yesterday is done. We are not beating ourselves up. Today we get to begin again.
2. WRITING COMMITMENT:
I AM committed to writing everyday!
I AM completely off FB or any form of social media until the days writing is done!
I WILL check in once a day everyday to share that I have met our goal!
If you are writing fiction or non-fiction, choose to write the prompt from whichever POV, or character you choose-i.e. 1st or third person.
Writing Prompts:(1) What have you sacrificed? What will they sacrifice? (15 minutes)
(2) What will they fight for? (15 minutes)
(3) What would they die for? (15 minutes)
Check in later.
Happy writing!
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