Your Scars, Your Story
All I knew of Daddy was his dying. My part in the story had been to go along for the ride. “I pushed you in the stroller,” Mother told me, “and when I came home from the grocery store, he was dead.” I was seven now and the stroller story wasn’t large enough to hold an entire father.
I knew other children with breathing fathers, fathers who came home after work and attended second grade pageants.
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The above story is about the father I never knew, whose story I longed for and yet rejected.
I’m wondering: What stories might you be rejecting?
Maybe you think they’re too painful to work with, or even to remember.
When I call up the pain of a story, own it, and create with it, there’s an incredible transformation that happens . . . but I didn’t always feel this way.
Wildfire Writer Edee Lemonier (who had her first acceptance for publication last week – yay!) recently talked about this process. She said, “Looking at my own story and saying ‘the narrator’ is the greatest gift I’ve ever received.”
Telling her story helped Edee find distance and healing. It also makes for beautiful, powerful writing.
I invite you to look at your dark places, enter them from the place of Story, and watch as the light pours in.
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Need a story prompt?
- Visit the Bookish board for wild and inspiring images.
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Ways to do what you love . . .
Special workshop series:
Tuesday evenings in February, the first-ever collaborative workshop series with literary pros Sage Cohen, Laura Stanfill, and myself: Finding Your Stride: How to Build Momentum in Your Writing Life.
Details at Path of Possibility. Registration happening now.
Special event:
Wednesday, January 29, Wildfire Wednesday at Cascade Park Library. A William Stafford Centennial
Celebration, featuring amazing
poets Kate Gray and Tiel Aisha Ansari, and I'll be reading poetry, too.
Free.
Classes:
Tuesday, February 3: Burn Wild workshop style class at Rouse Portland, 3:30 - 5:30 pm. $30/class or $100 for all 4 Tuesdays in February. Join our Meetup or sign up by email
christi@christikrug.com
Ongoing . . .
Wednesdays, February 5 & February 19: New Wildfire Round Table class in the 'Couv.
Time: 6 - 8:30 p.m. Constructive feedback for writing, drafting, revising.
Thursdays in February: Wildfire Writing at Clark College. You can take this class whenever you need a creative boost as it is different every session - as many of you can attest! Concludes March 20.
Thursday mornings: Wildfire Round Table. Class currently full.
I would love to see you in February!
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I've added Portland classes to the Meetups schedule!
Please join . . .
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