PROMPT 2: Writing Prompts from AlexMcGilvery's 'Getting To Carnegie Hall'

PROMPT 2.0: Writing Prompts from AlexMcGilvery's 'Getting To Carnegie Hall'

I enjoy the practice of composing from writing prompts. I know that many resist. But I don't. Just as I don't resist turning down a street I've never been on after seeing a promising road sign. I like the moments just after I've taken the turn (made the decision) when the mysteries, the adventures, the visions reveal themselves. You never know exactly where it's going to take you, because it's the first time. I like the idea that others have taken the same turn and have seen different things. I like the idea of doing it, just to do it, simply for the experience and nothing else - necessarily. I like how, when it's done, there is a value, a gain, that wasn't forseen. This is how I feel about writing prompts. You never know what you will gain until you go down that road.

I'm heading down a road now. @AlexMCGilvery has assembled some great writing prompts (really full on writing exercises), in his book Getting to Carnegie Hall. This is my practice book for these exercises. Currently he has a total of six exercises described. I sure hope he will be adding more. Here goes...

(Thanks to @ShelleyBurbank for introducing his book to me. She also has completed exercises from the book.)

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