Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Wordy Wednesday: Potential!


Since I usually pre-feature the blogger before the story, I will thus toot my own horn a bit, if you don't mind. And if you do, just scroll down to below the line. I won't be at all offended. I promise!

Today's word prompt (by me) is "Potential". I know why I chose this word. It's simple really.

Potential was my favourite word in my 20's when I started reading self-growth, self-development, or "self-improvement" books. or books on what I term potentiality.

And, well, you can do so many things with the word potential can't you? After all, it is about the potential of the word isn't it? ;)

My initial blog post had potential at least of a different kind. Not long ago, my bio read along the line as follows:

Elly is the founder and artistic director/facilitator of Children's Co-Creative Choir. She sang harmony as a child with her sisters, harmony as an adult in church and community choirs, currently with Burstin' with Broadway. She is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist having trained and/or worked with various modalities such as sound, movement, visual art, clowning, psychodrama, mask-making, clay, poetry, and fairytales. Elly's educational background also includes AD(H)D, counselling, bereavement, and children's programs. With her thirst for knowledge and inquisitive mind, she has also participated in numerous workshops ranging from art-making to singing. She has participated in two intensive bootcamp retreats being tested physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Ok, with all that potential in (the back of your) mind, let's move on shall we?

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Stacked marbles (picture from Pixabay)

"See this marble?," asked Sally? Her brother David looked up from where he sat beside her in the living room.

"This," remarked Sally emphatically, "is Earth!" as she outstretched her hand having picked a marble from a stack of them.

"No it's not!" exclaimed five-year old David.

"Oh yes, it is! Look! Look carefully! See all the blue. Those are the oceans. And see the green. That is the land."

"No!" yelled her brother this time, shaking his head vigorously.

"You just have to use your imagination!" Sally responded in a bit of a huff. "This marble has lots of potential!"

P.S. I am relatively new to fiction and if you were paying attention to my previous Wordy Wednesday posts, this is my first fiction with conversation in it. So I challenged myself in using speaking as potential in developing the story.

Though a short story, I would love your feedback. Do you prefer this style or my previous non-speaking Wordy Wednesdays? (Just do a search on the side bar.)

18 comments:

  1. A marble does have lots of potential.

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    1. I'm glad you see eye-to-eye on this one Soumya! ;) <3

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  2. ohh wow .. your qualification and experience is amazing :D the kind that directly makes a real difference to humanity :) I have already heard you sing in one of the videos you had previously shared. And It was so melodious :)

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    1. Oh wow Raj! I am so humbled by your words thanks! :) And thanks for your sweet compliment. <3

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  3. Great Prompt! I enjoyed writing this one :)

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    1. Glad you enjoyed the prompt. Thanks for letting me know. :) <3

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  4. Wow Elly....good to know more of you. Your short story is apt and complete too. Loved reading it. Given your expertise to work with children, would you mind reading a few stories I wrote and give your feedback?

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    1. Thanks Sunaina. I appreciate your kind words and glad you enjoyed my short story. :) Sure, I will take a look though I'm not an expert! ;) <3

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    2. Sharing two links with you here.....http://istoppedtosmellarose.blogspot.in/2015/02/how-sulky-town-became-happy.html and http://istoppedtosmellarose.blogspot.in/2014/10/nannas-corner-that-shop-had-been-empty.html
      Do have a look and let me know your thoughts on the stories.

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    3. Ok, will do and will FB you privately regarding that. :) <3

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  5. I like marbles. I used to look for all kinds of shapes in them as a kid too. It really is all about imagination and creativity, isn't it? I like this prompt. I might write a post on it this time. Let's see.

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    1. Cool, and I did that too Chicky! ;) It certainly is all about imagination and creativity with any plaything/item! :) <3

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  6. "This marble has lots of potential!" made me realize that each of us has some hidden aptitude that may be waiting to see through the day. May be everyone needs some imaginative person (including self) to see that potential.
    Loved this story. :)

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    1. Love YOUR take, i.e., your interpretation Ira! :) Thanks for sharing that. :) And I appreciate that you enjoyed the story. <3

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  7. That is a nice story...a very different take on the word as compared to mine. I went the non-fiction way though. P.S. You are doing a good job with fiction :)

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    1. Thanks and it wasn't until after I posted that I thought a non-fiction one might be more suitable. Oh well! ;) Thanks for the compliment: much appreciated! :) <3

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  8. Very imaginative take on the prompt, Elly! Like it ♥

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    1. Thanks Shilpa. :) I got the first three words intuitively and the rest flowed from there! ;) Interesting too in that I realized I could have combined this prompt with a quote prompt as I had originally meant to write non-fiction: oh well! ;) <3

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