Today, be inspired by a favorite childhood meal. For the twist, focus on infusing the post with your unique voice — even if that makes you a little nervous.
By Tell us about your favorite childhood meal — the one that was always a treat, that meant “celebration,” or that comforted you and has deep roots in your memory.
Free free to focus on any aspect of the meal, from the food you ate to the people who were there to the event it marked.
Today’s twist: Tell the story in your own distinct voice.
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
The biggest thing that separates you from every other blogger in the world is your voice. Finding (and being confident in) our voices is one of the biggest challenges in writing, and it’s easy to lose our voices when we’re worried about being liked by everyone, or when we compare ourselves to others.
While it’s true that embracing your voice will mean that not everyone loves you, the people who do will love you a lot. Exhibit A: The Bloggess. Is she the only person who writes about parenting, mental health, and cats? Far from it. Is her style for everyone? Nope. Does she have a huge cadre of loyal readers who are drawn to her unique voice? Definitely.
Write today’s post as if you’re relaying the story to your best friend over a cup of coffee (or glass of wine — your call). Don’t worry if it feels like you ramble a bit, or a four-letter-word sneaks in, or it feels different from what you usually publish. Take a deep breath, tell the story in your own words, and send it out the virtual door.
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Celebrating Celebrating
http://shazzameena.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/writing-101-day-10-celebrating-everyday/
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Here’s my fiction story with an entirely unique outlook.
http://wiredwithwords.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/an-evil-feast/
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Was just about to leave you a few ideas, then saw this. Yay!
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Here is my post for Day 10- The Wednesday Vegetarian
http://livingwithnoexcuses.com/2014/06/15/wednesday-vegetarian/
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My Day 10 entry : https://trivialityofeverydayness.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/writing-101-day-10-most-memorable-childhood-meal/
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My Celebrations is my first month with my blog and word press 🙂 its here if you would like to read http://wp.me/p4C49Z-3R
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Still a few days behind but here is my “favorite meal”
http://spauldis.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/day-10-happy-breakfast/
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At last! I have come up with something- http://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/writing-101-day-ten-favorite-childhood-meal/
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Little worried that my favourite meal is .. a cake! Probably should be more worried about my diet! Looking forward to reading everyone elses favourite foods, both fictional and not 🙂
http://creamcheesebreadandworldpeace.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/writing-101-day-ten-happy-insert-special-occasion-here/
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http://writeitonmywall.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/celebration/
A little late.
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still dragging.. need to get inspired and back to the habit.. I need sleep. Here’s my day 10
http://thebebekohchronicles.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/food-glorious-food/
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It irks me that I’m a day behind the Writing 101 challenge so I decided (and tried!) to fuse days ten and eleven in a single entry. 🙂 I tried doing all of the twists and I’m pretty pleased with what I wrote.
http://thatgirlfromfriday.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/of-childhood-homes-and-sinigang/
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