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Write Now! Persuasive Writing Prompts:
Your Major Marker Event
Practice your copywriting skills with this prompt from The Professional Writers’ Alliance (PWA).
In this Write Now! exercise, you’ll connect with a major life event.
In this video by leader, coach, facilitator Ted Capshaw learn how to get in touch with emotions resulting from a major event in your life. Use those emotions to tell a story. (Or read the transcript below.)
Every one of us has marker events that have happened to us in our life. A marker event is something that happens to us that changes the way we approach things; changes the way we think about things.
Today, I want you to think about a major marker event in your life and I want you to write about it. So think back to something that really had an impact on your life. It could be a loss of a loved one. It could be that you moved across the country. Or you decided to not go to college. Anything like that, think about something that really had a major impact on your life. And I just want you to write down specifically what that event was and then also think about what kind of feelings were evoked in it. And then ultimately, I want you to end with this writing piece with how did it really change the way you think and/or approach life?
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Ted,
Been following the many insights and gurus of AWAI and PWA for about a year. In my 80s with a lot of experience as owner/director of 40-staff company for 45+ years. Lots of writing experience, diverse education, confidence, ability to communicate and despite age, lots of energy and awareness, upbeat disposition, ready to write.
Problem: Where to start? Need contacts to produce income and sell my capabilities. Live in Napa but don't travel a lot because of family obligations.
Joe Boyd
quetzxal – June 2, 2017 at 4:01 pm
Joe,
Have you thought of coming to Bootcamp? I say that because there is no one answer to your question. For you it could be to start a blog, website, network a little...there are lots of ways to go about it and almost all of them are discussed in detail at bootcamp.
Ted Capshaw – June 3, 2017 at 5:56 am
In the spring of 2018 I quit my job, packed my stuff and left my home country. At that time I did not think of it as some kind of marker event. I was just moving, this time its was just to a different country. But in actuality I had been defeated by life, so badly that I instinctively wanted to get a way from this place. To have another go at life. When I moved, all that I had on my name I could fit into my backpack. As customs was running my bag through I recall thinking to myself.. hmm you have lived all those years and you dont have nothing to show for it, literally nothing. I laughed out loud, for some reason, I found it funny. I mean, my life is a result of my decisions so the culprit of my situation was looking back at me from mir...
Guest (Kendrick ) – May 1, 2020 at 6:34 am
I have been married for 17 years with three great kids. However, how did all this start.
Years back, my parents encouraged me to think of university. I took their advice … This changed my life.
My friend’s elder brother was now working for a university recruiting program. I called on him, took my chance and begun the application process.
In less than a month, I had an acceptance letter …. My challenge, we did not have a college fund tacked somewhere so we fund raised my first semester fees. All I needed was my first semester tuition and I would work my way throughout the year. Miracles happened … I got my tuition.
This decision to move and go to university changed my life. It was the beginning of meeting my wife and have three kids.
Dodi – June 29, 2020 at 7:15 am