Think back about …

Imitation

Imitation can be the sincerest form of flattery. It can be a learned style or an homage. Imitation can also take the form of plagiarism. But imitation is also the first step in learning. If we want to learn almost anything, we have imitated.

Is there anyone upon whose life or work you have based your own life or work? Has anyone held you in such regard? Think back about Imitation and share forward!

Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt

The Shape Shifter
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Who are you? Is the you you think you know authentic? Do you examine who you are, the portrait you portray, the person we’ve [...]
Sincerely (retroflash)
How clear it seems in retrospect.
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    Here are some variations on that old canard ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’ – [...]
Wanting to be Susie S.
My journey through high school from 1959 to 1963 was more about what I wished I could be than about actually becoming my own [...]
Take the Best, Discard the Rest
Remember the old movie, “The Crying Game”, where one of the lead characters passes as a different gender until [...]
Being Ray
Then one day I read a story about a sea monster...
Judy’s Last Gift
Originally published for the prompt Random Acts of Kindness,  I’m republishing this story here as my friend Judy was someone [...]

New Stories on Old Prompts

That Old Gang of Mine
We were basically "good kids" with no real criminal tendencies except a fondness for underage drinking.
Prompted By Aging
May 27, 2023

Past Stories You May Have Missed

You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
I told them I was only eight, but I promised the announcers that when I was older I would drink Stroh’s beer and use Speedway [...]
Prompted By Big Fan
April 17, 2016
Dance Class
As we prepared for bar mitzvah parties in 1964, my mother put me in a local dance class, which met in someone’s [...]
Prompted By Dance Crazes
February 24, 2017

Think back about …

Imitation

Imitation can be the sincerest form of flattery. It can be a learned style or an homage. Imitation can also take the form of plagiarism. But imitation is also the first step in learning. If we want to learn almost anything, we have imitated.

Is there anyone upon whose life or work you have based your own life or work? Has anyone held you in such regard? Think back about Imitation and share forward!

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