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Prompt & Link: “Second Chance”

February 21, 2008

9:00 AM Friday morning, February 22nd, 2008, on the U.S. west coast, is quickly approaching — so… here I am with a new Prompt!

This week’s, and the twenty third Writer’s Island prompt is: “Second Chance”.

As always, I don’t want to unduly influence you regarding how you approach this week’s prompt. Just ask yourself, what if you had a “Second Chance” — then please just tell us what that might mean to you. Stir our emotions!

•> This week I’m going to try something a bit different. This week there will be a second prompt. Every Friday here in the U.S., and perhaps world wide, the brand new movies open in the theaters. So I’m going to experiment with an extra prompt for a few weeks, one inspired by a current new movie. I’m calling this source of inspiration, the WI ‘Matinee Muse’.

vantage-point-movie-poster.jpg

We turn to the movie Vantage Point for our first ever ‘Matinee Muse’ prompt — and the prompt it inspires is: “Perspective”. See if that sparks anything for you. If we Islanders find the ‘Matinee Muse’ prompts enjoyable — they could become a regular weekly offering. <•

Feel free to use either, or both, of this week’s prompts — or use neither if you so choose. Whatever moves your soul this week is what we all want to read.

So, create your poem, prose, short story, essay, commentary, or whatever — and post it on your blog. Feel free to include recordings of you reading your work — and any photo, artwork, or graphic representation you feel is relevant.

When you have finished your piece, please return here to this post and place your link to your work as a comment — and as you know, just the link, not the piece.

Please realize there is no need to rush, this post will be open to receive your links for the entire week, leading up to the next prompt.

May this, and every week, find your muse in a friendly mood! We can’t wait to see what you write…

78 comments to “Prompt & Link: “Second Chance””

  1. The passions that fuel our spirits inevitably find their way back to us…. a self-reflective and personal post….

    Rebirth

         by rebecca February 21, 2008 at 11:16 pm

  2. Two prompts this week! Excellent. Here’s my first on Second Chance:

    http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/second-chance

         by AnthonyNorth February 22, 2008 at 4:04 am

  3. Thanks! Rob, this is very timely. Second chance, that is!

    I will write theother one soon.

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/02/snooty-to-boot.html

         by gautami tripathy February 22, 2008 at 4:40 am

  4. Okay, second prompt sorted. Here we go:

    http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/perspectives

    By the way, have I said how much I love these prompts?

         by AnthonyNorth February 22, 2008 at 5:46 am

  5. “What turns you on?”

    http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/turns/

    Rose

    xo

         by Rose Dewy Knickers February 22, 2008 at 7:49 am

  6. ive been to bangkok 2-3 times already but a couple of weekends ago, me and my friend went there to explore the city. and just shoot everything.

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/02/escape.html

    now i love the place especially for a photo enthusiast like me.

         by totomai February 22, 2008 at 8:28 am

  7. Hmm. this would work for both.

    I’ll see what else I can come up with. I like that this place jumps all week now!

         by Susan Helene Gottfried February 22, 2008 at 9:26 am

  8. Second chance is up on my blog please everyone check it out.

         by Jadey February 22, 2008 at 10:40 am

  9. Greetings! My thoughts for the day. Titled: “One Chance” http://presentrat.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/writers-island-second-chance/

         by ratanaong February 22, 2008 at 10:41 am

  10. And here’s mine …triggered by a post made by Keith -

    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/02/no-second-chance.html

         by UL February 22, 2008 at 11:59 am

  11. Thank you for the prompt and the site!

    Mine:
    Faulting

         by Tumblewords February 22, 2008 at 12:10 pm

  12. ok wanted to do something unconventional ..so second prompt first ;)…lol!!
    here is my contribution for the ‘matinee muse’
    hope u like it! :)

    http://thiswholenewworld.blogspot.com/2008/02/life-matter-of-perspective.html

         by pri February 22, 2008 at 1:00 pm

  13. Greetings All!

    Here are eight lives and as many second chances: LIVES

    See you this weekend.

         by Richard February 22, 2008 at 1:05 pm

  14. http://jenshumbleopinion2.blogspot.com/2008/02/passion-second-chance-perspectivesunday.html

    three prompts rolled into one :D

         by Just Jen February 22, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  15. Liked the prompt. Here is my piece.Have a great weekend everybody!No second chances there! ;-)

    http://justamotheroftwo.blogspot.com/

         by Ps February 22, 2008 at 2:08 pm

  16. A Second Chance for which I’d freely trade my life… still!

         by Rob Kistner February 22, 2008 at 2:27 pm

  17. Ah - what fun! A Second Chance immediately following our Time Travel? This is quite the inward journey you’re taking us on, Rob!

    My piece is here - http://hedwyg.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/writers-island-second-chance/ .

    Have a great weekend, all!
    warriormare / hedwyg

         by warriormare February 22, 2008 at 2:37 pm

  18. A sad post but appropriate to the prompt.

    http://scenesfromaslowmovingtrain.blogspot.com/2008/02/bookends.html

         by annieelf February 22, 2008 at 3:15 pm

  19. Good Day Everyone!

    Here’s my take on Second Chance, From The Seed’s Perspective

    These are my collection of poems from my “Seed” series, with my “Seed” sketches I created in 1998.

    I wish you well.

    ~ Jeques

         by jeques February 22, 2008 at 3:26 pm

  20. It’s a Western, I guess…

    Second Chance Saloon

         by Tiel Aisha Ansari February 22, 2008 at 7:39 pm

  21. Take two from here

         by pauline February 22, 2008 at 9:06 pm

  22. Here’s one for the “Perspective” prompt:

    Center, No Center

         by Tiel Aisha Ansari February 22, 2008 at 11:20 pm

  23. Here is my submission for this week.
    http://myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com/

         by Myrtle Beached Whale February 23, 2008 at 12:36 am

  24. http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/02/death.html

         by Steve February 23, 2008 at 1:57 am

  25. Here is my Second Chance posting! Amazing, when you are doing some research on a topic, as I am right now, suddenly there can be “associations”! Enjoy!

    http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-chance-for-writers-island.html

    Smiles and Light

         by Gemma Wiseman February 23, 2008 at 6:26 am

  26. Now my second posting for “Perspective”!

    Rob! Great idea having 2 prompts! Enjoyed them!

    http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/02/perspective-writers-island.html

    Smiles and Light

         by Gemma Wiseman February 23, 2008 at 8:12 am

  27. Words & pictures are up …
    http://over-it.blogspot.com/2008/02/writers-island-second-chance.html

         by Redness February 23, 2008 at 8:35 am

  28. Re perspective, I find that the movie Vantage Point illustrates it two ways: the movie itself and how the movie was made by the director and how its viewed by its audience. Check it out here

         by Em Dy February 23, 2008 at 9:27 am

  29. i combined this with sunday scribblings…..
    second chance at passion

         by paisley February 23, 2008 at 10:21 am

  30. A very literal response to the prompt from me this week:

    The Do-Over Button

    Thanks Rob.

         by Robin February 23, 2008 at 11:26 am

  31. here’s mine:

    second chance

         by lissa February 23, 2008 at 11:47 am

  32. i forgot to mention when i posted that i like the idea of two weekly prompts,, but i have to say i would prefer if they were issued on two separate days… just my thoughts….

         by paisley February 23, 2008 at 1:13 pm

  33. A proem of betrayal and forgiveness, dictated to me from the perspective of another. I look forward to reading everybody else’s later this week!

    http://slygly.blogspot.com/2008/02/betrayal.html

         by Glynis February 23, 2008 at 4:11 pm

  34. …..so this is what I’ve come up with!

    http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/

         by keith hillman February 23, 2008 at 4:15 pm

  35. Both perpective and a second chance…

    If at First

         by chicklegirl February 23, 2008 at 4:30 pm

  36. I have posted mine: Given a Second Chance? - Pay it Forward
    http://cricket51.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/writers-island-given-a-second-chance-pay-it-forward/

         by cricket51 February 23, 2008 at 4:48 pm

  37. I need help!!! I question whether the opportunity for a second chance is an invitation to trouble. Take a quick read and see if you have an opinion.

         by Barbara Torris February 23, 2008 at 5:18 pm

  38. Second chance: http://just-one-step-at-a-time.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-chances.html

    Perspective: http://sleepingdaisies.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-see-you-see.html
    (something I wrote last year).

         by Jo February 23, 2008 at 6:31 pm

  39. This story is based on my friend’s decision to separate from her husband. From her perspective the second chance was in relation to her own life and how she felt about herself.
    Hope you like it -

    http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/a-second-chance/

         by Selma February 23, 2008 at 8:27 pm

  40. Chances

    and

    Barricades

         by noahthegreat February 23, 2008 at 11:04 pm

  41. nice idea of two prompts but could it be done on two eoparate days…gives addicted people like me tim eto channelise teh thoughts…

    My two-in-one

    http://myaalochane.blogspot.com/2008/02/all-matter-of-perspective.html

         by Thinking aloud February 23, 2008 at 11:45 pm

  42. thanks for the prompt.

    http://floydpittsley.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-chances-never-occur-without-some.html

         by Floyd Pittsley February 24, 2008 at 12:06 am

  43. http://floydpittsley.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-chances-never-occur-without-some.html

         by Floyd Pittsley February 24, 2008 at 12:07 am

  44. for the second prompt… my perspective about death

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/03/end.html :-)

         by totomai February 24, 2008 at 5:36 am

  45. Here’s mine! :)

    http://extemporaneous.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/restraint-abandoned/

    Heather

         by Heather February 24, 2008 at 3:24 pm

  46. Hi all…my first time here…just started writing so I would love some feedback!

    http://wackyrandomrambles.blogspot.com/2008/02/writers-island-prompt-second-chances.html

    Jo Anne

         by Jo Anne February 24, 2008 at 4:46 pm

  47. That was GREAT fun!!! I just wrote a truly upbeat piece……..NOT. I do hope you come to check it out and share your thoughts with me. Now I’m off to all the other posts! thanks……

    http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2008/02/channeling-mr-waits.html

         by awareness February 24, 2008 at 8:33 pm

  48. my first time writing a story, hope you like it.

    http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-chance.html

         by lucy February 24, 2008 at 8:53 pm

  49. I am going to try both prompt. This first post was motivated by the first prompt, “Second Chance”.

    Of Choice And Chance by J.C. Montomery

         by J.C. Montgomery February 25, 2008 at 12:45 am

  50. I just couldn’t sit out this one….a small poem to convey what I think, from a woman’s perpective.
    So that makes me taking on both prompts, doesn’t it?
    I’ve got it down here

    http://emotionalecology.blogspot.com/2008/02/papers-folded-screens-shut-down-fingers.html

         by Prats February 25, 2008 at 1:29 am

  51. http://sidesteppingreal.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-chance.html

    Nice prompts!

    (Rob, can you send me the url button?)-ren

         by renkat February 25, 2008 at 2:50 am

  52. this is my matinée“lovely corps” redux post on perspective….

         by paisley February 25, 2008 at 8:55 am

  53. Here it goes

    http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/are-you-ready-to-give-it/

         by Rambler February 25, 2008 at 9:50 am

  54. Sometimes there are no second chances.

    http://myunclepepeksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/wi-wrp-one-for-two.html

         by pepektheassassin February 25, 2008 at 3:12 pm

  55. here’s my shot at second chance, words really cannot express my feelings on this.
    http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/02/writers-island-prompt.html

         by leigh lear February 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm

  56. Brand new blog and first attempt at Writers Island.

    http://harmonioushorizons.blogspot.com/2008/02/writers-island-second-chance.html

         by Harmony February 25, 2008 at 7:45 pm

  57. Here is my use of a second chance. Happy Tuesday all.

         by Sarala February 25, 2008 at 9:34 pm

  58. Oops. It automatically added an old link. Here is the real link.
    http://sharala.blogspot.com/2008/02/time-travel.html

         by Sarala February 25, 2008 at 9:35 pm

  59. ‘kay, I wrote a couple of 100 word fiction stories with a theme of “second chance”. You can find them here:
    Second Chance

         by Corina February 26, 2008 at 5:06 am

  60. Mine is also a short fiction on the second chance theme.

    Just His Luck

         by Scout February 26, 2008 at 5:43 am

  61. here is one for perspective… on perspectives of people within a house looking at distorted perspectives of a house; with a perspective rendering

    http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=1156

         by AscenderRisesAbove February 26, 2008 at 8:38 am

  62. Here’s my take on second chance
    http://trailbrooklane.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-chance.html

    Thanks

         by Joy February 26, 2008 at 9:50 am

  63. Here’s mine for “Second Chance”…I might post another for Perspective later on this week:

    http://creativekarina.blogspot.com/2008/02/writers-island-s-22-and-23.html

         by Karina February 26, 2008 at 10:43 am

  64. Posting for perspective.

    Suppose this works in a way of speaking

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/02/jumping-from-cliff-to-prove-my-love.html

         by gautami tripathy February 26, 2008 at 12:25 pm

  65. better late than never… great prompt this week… also look forward to the new movie muse prompt as well… adding the new prompt just sorta fell into an interesting response for me… can’t wait to read everybody else…

    Photo

         by pieceofpie February 26, 2008 at 3:05 pm

  66. Just a note to let a lot of you know that I cannot comment on your blogs because they only accept Blogger or Google accounts. It’s been very frustrating to read, type out my comment, then not be able to post it. But I am reading them. I just wish I could comment.

         by Corina February 26, 2008 at 7:04 pm

  67. censed&incensed</a

         by the scôp February 26, 2008 at 7:09 pm

  68. Here is the second chance that I want:

    http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/02/prompt-second-chances.html

         by Bean February 26, 2008 at 8:05 pm

  69. Here is my perspective:

    http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/02/prompt-perspective.html

         by Bean February 26, 2008 at 8:11 pm

  70. This is mine for the week! http://happytiler.blogspot.com/2008/02/writers-island-second-chance.html

         by Giggles February 26, 2008 at 10:23 pm

  71. Hi! This is my first writers Island post
    http://courtingdestiny.com/archives/2008/02/27/3ww-little-nibbler-writers-island-aging-friends-leaving-new-york-for-a-better-less-pricey-life/

         by pia February 27, 2008 at 10:26 am

  72. http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/last-dance/

         by Shirley February 27, 2008 at 2:27 pm

  73. Here’s to second chances:
    http://literallyinthemoment.blogspot.com/2008/02/crossroads-poem.html

         by Jo February 27, 2008 at 3:04 pm

  74. Here is my prompt on Second Chance.

    http://www.theliterarymouse.com/home/2008/2/26/writers-island-second-chance.html

    I hope to do one on Perspective before the prompts change!

         by Michelle February 27, 2008 at 9:14 pm

  75. Woohoo! Nothing like squeezing in at the last minute.

    A New Outlook

         by Write From Karen February 28, 2008 at 2:40 pm

  76. Just catching up on several weeks worth of writing this morning…

    http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/second-chance.html

    http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/perspective.html

    Thanks for being here. Liking the second prompt idea.

         by Marilyn March 9, 2008 at 8:35 am

  77. I’m getting married on 3/22 to the most amazing woman I’ve ever met.
    This piece is from a fight we had.
    She somehow gave me that chance.

    http://meaning-and-balance.blogspot.com/2008/03/of-atonement.html

         by Nonbalanced March 10, 2008 at 2:46 pm

  78. I’m late, but using this prompt:

    http://www.mixedmetaphor.net/2008/03/19/the-letter-17/

         by Jenn March 19, 2008 at 2:22 am

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