I enter the theatre with a #sense of unease. Am I performing surgery on work experience? “It’s just a kidney removal. You’ll be fine!” says the surgeon. “But I’m not trained!” “Don’t panic, you’re not operating!” he laughs, lifting the scalpel. “You’re being operated on.” #vss365

The love you give continues on from while you live to when you’re gone. The #vss365 #prompt for Sept. 11 is #continue. Our stories don’t end- they just continue on a different page.

I can’t #continue the façade any longer. I laugh at my husband. “Just kidding! That’s Jenna.” I wait for my twin to laugh too. It’s so funny he still falls for this, but I know when to stop. “What are you on about, Jen?” she says. “I’m Emily.” They walk off hand-in-hand. #vss365

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An open door affords the chance to change the world you view But don’t forget the ones who worked to open doors for you And do your best to hold those doors so others can come through. The #vss365 #prompt for Sept. 12 is #door. Well-chosen words can open them.

‘Wonderland’ looked fun, but Alice couldn’t fit through that tiny #door. “Don’t eat me,” the cake said. So she didn’t. When she shrank enough to fit, it was dull. Yet she was too weak to go back now. Rotting food made her gag. “Eat me,” it said. But alas she could not. #vss365

The prison of perfection holds the strivers in its jail till they find, with introspection, that there’s freedom when we #fail. The #vss365 #prompt for Sept. 13 is #fail. I hope that every writer gains the confidence to try, fail, and try again.

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Oooh, it's Friday 13th! That means we have to use an appropriate word for someone considered unlucky by sailors, right? Please tag #vssGhostShip. Our thirty-seventh #prompt is #Jonah. (#37) 🖤🏴‍☠️👻 (Source: newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/04/dont-b… ) 📸NOAA/Unsplash

With each rep, he adds more weight. “Keep going til you #fail,” he says. Fail? I can’t fail. Dropping the bar is terrifying. Yet not to do so is also to fail. There’s no way out. So I do it. Nothing bad happens. And I get stronger. There’s a lesson in this somewhere…#vss365

The life we get is the life we make. Don’t count the candles; Eat the cake. The #vss365 #prompt for Sept. 14 is #cake. I hope you get to have yours and eat it too. And save a slice for the next vss365 host, Alice, who takes over on Sept. 16 -she's going to be great!

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People walk by, casually treading on the black lines like it’s not bad luck. One woman has a #cake in her hand, chomping as she crosses the ‘stripes of death,’ flaunting the choking hazard. Me? I pace up & down, invisible all in white. Careful you don’t trip… #vss365 #vsspic

If I should go before my time, I hope I will have left, in rhyme, a legacy of things I’ve said and words I wrote that others read that helped uplift and helped remind that life has many joys to find. The #vss365 #prompt for Sept. 15 is #legacy. Your words are part of yours.

These words I write Will outlive me These stories dark & funny I only hope this #legacy Will one day make some money. Otherwise I picture now My kids in years to come With piles of books not worth a jot And thinking, “Great, thanks Mum!” #vss365

Hello #vss365! It's the first day of the rest of our time together! I will be releasing new prompts each day at 1pm AEST / 3am GST. Today's prompt is #amble. I'm excited to read your wonderful words, and get to know all of you💛

She didn’t get there in time. Didn’t hear the phone, too busy stopping to smell the roses. Lazily taking in the view as he took his last breath. Ambling home like there was nothing to rush for. She can’t even look at a rose now. And she’ll never #amble again. #vss365

Glad to say, the #vss365 community delivers writing far from #abysmal. But what are we to do when that is the source of our inspiration? We go forth and write even more magnificently! Enjoy today's #prompt. I look forward to reading your awesome words!

Looking for a writing #prompt? Well look at this! I just happen to have one ready to go 😉 Today's #vss365 prompt is #torrent. What will come of this word? What fabulous stories will flow and inundate us with their excellence? Let your ideas spill forth, and have fun!