Seven Days of Solitude?
Occasionally, I like to visit the website, Creative Writing Prompts , which has 346 numbered writing prompts. At the site you can point your cursor at a random number and then write about whatever the prompt brings to your mind, or browse through the numbers until you find one that you particularly like. For this post, I randomly chose prompt #339 which is, "Write about 5 things you would do to entertain yourself if you did not see a soul for 7 days." My first reaction to this prompt was to laugh and think, "Only five?" because I can easily amuse myself if I am left alone. My problem would NOT be in finding things to entertain myself, it would be in limiting my choices and narrowing it down to just five. I am, for the most part, a lone wolf, in the sense that quite often I prefer solitude and enjoy working alone. I am much better able to focus on what is at hand and feel more creative without the distraction of others around. This is not t...