In case you all have not been checking my website daily--- which I am sure you do, because how else would you have found my Blogspot account?--- you may not already know what my "Topic of the Day" is or what that even means.
Let me clarify. Topic of the Day is a stimulation based on a Creative Writing course that I have been taking. For my Topic of the Day, I list a topic which could be a word or two, a quote, a phrase, or a picture. For those of you like myself that like to write, Sarah A. Kaider's "Topic of the Day" is designed to stimulate your mind and give you inspiration for the day.
When my Topic of the Day is Moist Cabbage, which it is today--- Yes, I am aware that moist cabbage is not the most pleasant thing to think of, but I assure you the idea was not mine to begin with. You can blame my friend, Jake, for that one--- the idea is to write for five minutes (or longer for my veteran writers) about said Topic.
I know that today's example is not all that great of a topic, but keep in mind that inspiration can come from strange places, and that hating "Moist Cabbage" may just be your next big poem.
The other day, my topic was "Stalking Elephants"; which, if you were wondering, also came from Jake. Now, a couple of my friends thought that "Stalking Elephants" may just about be the weirdest thing they have ever heard, and an absolute bonkers topic. Then, my friends started getting into a debate on whether the elephants were stalking us, or we were stalking the elephants. Which I noticed, stimulated a lot of thought and interesting opinions from them. Then, my friend, Jake, noticed that after our friend, Kathryn, asked if the elephants were stalking us, he envisioned an elephant standing on tip-toe with shades on and creeping behind him. How is that not creative?
So I assure you, as odd or pleasant as my topics may seem, they definitely stimulate your mind to think something; whether positive or negative is up to you.
I will be posting a topic every single day on both my website under the tab News and Topic of the Day, and on my Facebook page in an album called "Topic of the Day."
Keep checking back, and try reflecting on these topics for, at the bare minimum, five minutes a day. It will not kill you, and may in fact be good for your mind. After writing a bunch of stories, poems, etc. based on these topics, look back on them from time to time when you need inspiration. Especially if you are like me, constantly writing stories and getting the writer's curse: Writer's Block.
Who knows, maybe your writing will improve. Maybe you will start liking to write if you haven't before. Or, maybe, just maybe, you might like moist cabbage.
~Sarah A. Kaider~
9/27/12
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