Welcome
to the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means! It's
time to let our insecurities hang out. Yep, it's the Insecure Writer's Support Group blog hop.
If you're a writer at any stage of career, I highly recommend this blog
hop as a way to connect with other writers for support, sympathy,
ideas, and networking. If you're a reader, it's a great way to peek
behind the curtain of a writing life.
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. The awesome co-hosts for the March 5 posting of the IWSG are Ronel Janse Van Vuuren, Pat Garcia, and Liza @ Middle Passages!
This month's question:
March 5 question - If for one day you could be anyone or *thing* in the world, what would it be? Describe, tell why, and any themes, goals, or values they/it inspire in you.
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What a fun question this month! So many possibilities.
Should I be a dog? A bird? A whale? I've often wondered what it would be like to be any number of animals. To be able to fly, or swim, or leap with their abilities. I wonder if it would be like Selkie stories, though, where there's some danger I'll forget who I used to be and just remain forever in my animal form. Then again, maybe that could be amazing.
It could be cool to be a man for a minute. To see what all this business is like from that point of view. Maybe it would help me understand what's going on with some of the males in my life…or maybe it would be more like trying to drive an unfamiliar vehicle. Maybe I'd need more than one day to try this one out.
Is one day long enough to wreak havoc in the life of one of the bigwigs in my country? How quickly could I dismantle a financial empire and turn the money to uses I believe in instead? Avoiding names, but could I take over RichDude's life for a day and fund every GoFundMe out there, give scholarships galore, spoil scientists and librarians with resources, and fund every food scarcity charity in the country for the foreseeable future? I bet my signing hand would hurt by then end of day, and boy howdy, would RichDude be in for a surprise when he took his life back over.
Yeah, I think I'll go with that third one. If you see some RichDude out there seeming like he had an Ebeneezer Scrooge experience? That was me :-)
Cool answers. It would be great to do real good in the world, even for one day.
ReplyDeleteLOL. I like the last answer about being RichDude. I have a few in mind...
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That would be so great if you could take over RichDude's life for a day. Then rotate through the rest of them.
ReplyDeleteAlso...do we suspect there's some kind of connection between Ben and Glory? (Also hoping you get that reference. :))
I absolutely do!
DeleteYears wouldn't be enough for me to understand the opposite sex.
ReplyDeleteTrue. I don't understand the gender I have fully and I've been trying to figure that out for 50 years so far.
DeleteWhat a fun post! Any of these would make a great story.
ReplyDeleteThanks :-)
DeleteYeah, the choices are limitless. Have a good month.
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You too!
DeleteGreat choice, Samantha! I'm sure you would do compassionate work and create such good if you had access to RichDude's resources. I can't fathom what he and his orange sidekick are thinking. One of my favorite pieces I've written was a short story about a Selkie. It would be fascinating to experience what a seal does. All the best to you!
ReplyDeleteLove selkies! I'll have to look for your story.
DeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteBe a rich dude, interesting. I don't think I want to be that. That not saying that I wouldn't want to have plenty of money so that I can help others , but the most people that have money are arrogant and need their heads examine. 😊
Shalom shalom
I'm hoping I'd be different. Especially if I did it short term…so I don't fall for my own con.
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