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On Theatre de la Huchette
This essay originally appeared on my website in 2019. I’m sharing it again as I fantasise about what it must be like to go to a theatre in a foreign…
Jan 30, 2021
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
August 2020
On Naming Things
Clodgy. Gawm. Gubber. Ike. Pug. Sleach. The Sussex dialect apparently contains around 30 different words for mud: the sticky kind, the puddling kind…
Aug 26, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
May 2020
Prompt Ten: HORIZON
I have been thinking a lot about a lot of people being confined indoors and to small geographic areas. I've also been feeling very jealous of pals who…
May 22, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
Prompt Nine: Something That Scares You
Write something that scares you. The form you’ve never felt confident enough to try out. The story you’ve never been able to capture. The topic you’ve…
May 15, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
Prompt Eight: Dead Leaves in the Air
Focus on your earliest memory of nature and the outdoors. It doesn't have to be a trip to a national park, it could be as simple as feeding the ducks or…
May 8, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
Prompt Seven: Refuse To Make Excuses
I write because I am unsatisfied with this world and I refuse to make excuses for it. My imagination desires more, always. Writing towards something…
May 1, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
April 2020
Prompt Six: You're Not Alone
You're not alone. You might not be able to talk to this person right now, but their voice and influence are still in reach. Who is speaking? What do…
Apr 24, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
Prompt Five: (re-)Discovering Your Past Self
There have been earlier parts of my life that bore the hallmarks of this current time: sick days home from school where hours were endless, school…
Apr 17, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
Prompt Four: The Reduced Domain Afresh
Everyone’s world has become rather smaller these past weeks. Things are strange here in Edinburgh. The city is so quiet — as if there’s a World Cup…
Apr 10, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
Prompt Three: Another Thing Entirely
You're looking for something - something needed in that moment that is otherwise dull and uninteresting, a charger cable, perhaps - in a drawer or…
Apr 3, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
March 2020
Prompt Two: The Whole Problem
Dear [Whoever], I’m stuck. What I really want to say about this whole problem is . . . Our second prompt has been donated by Will Eaves. Will Eaves is…
Mar 27, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
Prompt One: An Anchor
Write about an 'anchor-point' of some kind at this tempestuous, chaotic time. A memory, a photo, a moment of natural beauty/encounter? A rock to cling…
Mar 20, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
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