#Open
carrierendellwrites @ Threads
One of the things that got me started writing regularly (daily in fact) was to write ‘Very Short Stories” using prompt words provided on Twitter under the hashtag #VSS365. In 2020, I wrote a very short story (or poem) for everyday of the year. These, with accompanying illustrations, became my first major project and resulted in Monty’s Very Short Shorts:
After the project concluded and with the later demise of Twitter I no longer did this daily practice and worked on other projects. But recently, I discovered that “VSS” was alive and well on Threads and the writing community there is quite supportive and engaged. So I decided to try my hand at it again. I’m not sure whether I’ll do this everyday (and even if I do I’m not sure if I will repost to my Blahg or not), but let’s give it a go. Here is the first Threads VSS I participated in from a few days ago:
#Open
It doesn’t matter if a door opens if we’re unwilling to walk through it. The analogy of doors being opened or closed in life keeps popping up these days. Along with lessons on the futility of banging my head against locked doors and the irony of it all when there are new doors freely opening if I only just look up. Perhaps the door isn’t as shiny as another, but it’s not about the door itself. It’s about the life that we reveal after walking through.
Be well,
Monty
Monty’s Blahg 