Five-Minute Friday:: Dream

Have you ever heard of Five-Minute Friday? #fmfparty? I stumbled upon a fun group of ladies tonight in my Twitter feed. It was impossible not to notice them all. To be honest, I thought #fmfparty might actually mean "Fill My Feed." They set me straight.

So, right out of the gate, I start with my first writing prompt. My timer is set. Five minutes, and here we go!

It all started in an old house in the living room. A group of ladies all met with one purpose in mind: to dream. The group was fantastically creative. They made the most interesting bunch. Some were bloggers, book authors, poets, song writers—even non-writers. If I could count the number of times someone said, "I don't consider myself a writer..."

But, I am a writer. Yes, I edit more often than I have the pleasure of writing sometimes. Truly, I'm a writer at heart.

One day someone posed the simple question to me: Do you like to edit more than write? She knew I had a habit of filling my time with things that help me avoid the thing I want most: to write.

My excuse was simply that I had absolutely no time. I had no energy. The real truth was that I was more afraid of my story than anything. If I wrote that....

In a quiet, thin space something happened that changed everything. An idea, a little seed started to germinate. I started to consider the bigger "what if..."I started to dream!

*Ding!*

Have you ever tried a five-minute prompt like this one? If you want to give it a try or read the other writers' pieces, head over to Kate's place!