A little of both. Mostly I'm glad to find the older prompts are still useful, and that's helping me think about what makes a good, evergreen prompt, like yours so often are. Love the photo album image—that is the fun part. Do you have an old blog too?
I guess that’s right about the evergreen part. I have a few and never looked back. On the other hand, I was thinking of old poems. I found some years ago, before Substack and the moment I started reading some of those I wanted to change and rewrite them. But then, I thought hang on a minute. Do I change the past? Or do I write new stuff? It was a learning moment that it’s ok to leave as is and they were perfect when they were done. They meant something then and a writer is like a teacher their job is never done. But prompts I guess are different. Because they could inspire a new story. Thank you for the kind words you sent my way. As for my old blog, the moment I stopped putting stories up the readers disappeared. Life got busy and I left it. I get the occasional message.
Your prompts keep me writing, Julie, but what I have come to notice is that I want to share my response. Since they are usually too long to post here in the comments sections, I read them, change them a few times and then save them thinking I'll probably never see them again. Truth is, I am a retired champion journal-er who never shared my morning pages. Julia Cameron said just write three pages and move on. Why do you suppose I've graduated to wanting to share?
How are you finding it going over older posts from a previous blog? Does it feel complicated or joyful like looking at an old photo album?
A little of both. Mostly I'm glad to find the older prompts are still useful, and that's helping me think about what makes a good, evergreen prompt, like yours so often are. Love the photo album image—that is the fun part. Do you have an old blog too?
I guess that’s right about the evergreen part. I have a few and never looked back. On the other hand, I was thinking of old poems. I found some years ago, before Substack and the moment I started reading some of those I wanted to change and rewrite them. But then, I thought hang on a minute. Do I change the past? Or do I write new stuff? It was a learning moment that it’s ok to leave as is and they were perfect when they were done. They meant something then and a writer is like a teacher their job is never done. But prompts I guess are different. Because they could inspire a new story. Thank you for the kind words you sent my way. As for my old blog, the moment I stopped putting stories up the readers disappeared. Life got busy and I left it. I get the occasional message.
Your prompts keep me writing, Julie, but what I have come to notice is that I want to share my response. Since they are usually too long to post here in the comments sections, I read them, change them a few times and then save them thinking I'll probably never see them again. Truth is, I am a retired champion journal-er who never shared my morning pages. Julia Cameron said just write three pages and move on. Why do you suppose I've graduated to wanting to share?