http://slow.writerscafe.org/EmilyKate The original writings of author awkward turtle en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775459290 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15                 Mygrandmother’s house never changes. Always filled with people and food andlaughter. The front door always squeaks, the light switch to the basement alwaysclicks, and there are always photos ov.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/828762/ I found a list of writing prompts online, one of which suggested writing about one's first car. Here's the result. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/758325/ this is a beginning. to be continued/edited/revised. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/747815/ I've met the same little kid at the local library a couple of times. He's really cute, and really interesting. So I wrote a semi-fiction short story about him. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/743198/ Well it’s thundering outsideAnd me, I’m enjoying the rumblesThe dog hates it thoughAnd the dog, well she is whimperingSo I’m cooing to herAnd then soon I’m singingWhile I'm sitting in my room, aloneWell except for the dogAnd the dog, she seem.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/708775/ thoughts on an oddly lonely train ride http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/683220/ this is all 100% true. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/677438/ i felt so damn grown up todaywashing dishes, making coffee, boiling the kitchen spongesis that normal? for a 21-year-old to do that?listening to simon and garfunkel on my laptop, humming alongbeing 'responsible', ha. i've lost sight of what that word even means latelyeverything was good until i shat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/662025/ i wrote this a few months ago, never posted it here. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/660929/ It’s a gray day to match my attitudeI’ve consumed too much caffeineLately I only drink coffeeBecause it keeps my hands warmInstead of waking me upIt makes me dizzy My glass hands shake as my head spinsFaint chimes of finger on fingerI wonder if anyone notices my chapped lipsPicked a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/635609/ excess energy in the grocery store. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/616433/ ex boyfriend. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/616431/ Derived from a personal experience in dating someone who was in the military. Imagined scenario. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/485257/ CW assignment: short story. I based this one on an actual experience with s****y roommates and a boyfriend who was (well, still is) hated by them, even though I've moved out of that apartment. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/478899/ CW assignment: free-verse poem http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/478898/ CW assignment: personal essay about an experience. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/478897/ Another CW assignment: a villanelle. It was a huge challenge for me to try to write, so I eventually gave up and just wrote about how much I hated it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/478896/ I took a creative writing class this semester; this was one of the assignments. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/478894/ Inspired by my own s****y job at a grocery store. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/475426/ It's laundry day, and suddenly I was inspired to write something. It's a little sad, but I guess that's ok. Written from a guy's POV. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/471744/ A very short story inspired by a homeless man I drove past one night. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EmilyKate/471712/