Thursday's Writing Essentials July 5, 2012 Long Jump

After honoring those who put their lives on the line to preserve our freedoms we have come back to the track meet. As we enter the venue the long jump competition has begun and we are drawn to it. We notice how much effort each athlete exerts in their competition. There is so much involved in this competition. There is the importance of getting off to a quick start, knowing when to make a stutter step prior to the jump, how to spring in to the jump and how to land forward. This event takes a great deal of practice and commitment and we draw so many parallels to our life experiences from it.

The Challenge for Thursday July 12, 2012 is to create a post with focus on "The Long Jumps In Our lives."

When an athlete makes a poor jump it is because of timing. A poor jump can happen if the athlete begins the run to soon, or too late, begins the jump too soon or too late. Bad landings can very much make a difference in how the jump turns out. If they lose their balance and land backwards it can make a good jump bad. Being too early or too late not only can lead to bad distances but can lead to jumps that are disqualified. Each athlete has two chances to run without jumping before they are disqualified. The worst mistake any long jumper can make is not to complete their jumps.

In life there are times when we must make long jumps. Sometimes the jumps are good sometimes they are bad. The worst mistake we can make is to not attempt a jump that we need to make. We all have so many moments in our lives when we needed or need to make long jumps. Those who accept this challenge should have a lot of experiences real or imagined  from which to create your posts.

The only limit is that this challenge is that your post must have "Long Jump 7/12/2012" somewhere in the title.

Be sure to tag it with  Thurs or Thursday Writing Essentials, Gather Writing Essentials, Long Jump. Post to Gather Writing Essentials

There is a limit of three submissions from each member per day. If you’re extremely prolific, spread out your work and post only three submissions per day.

The challenge has been set. Are you ready to accept this Thursday Challenge? Ladies and Gentlemen we look forward to seeing your work.

*Any post submitted after Thursday will be accepted throughout the week as usual.

As always all genres are welcome including but not limited to: fiction, first person account, historical fiction, non fiction, science fiction, prose,photo essays and any other format I might not have mentioned.

The challenge has been set. Are you ready to accept this Thursday Challenge? Ladies and Gentlemen it is time to use your creativity to inspire, encourage, spread laughter and more. Each week the responses to Thursday's challenges become better and better. This challenge promises to be the best one yet. Ladies and gentlemen ............place your fingers on your keyboards............on your mark.............. get set........go.

*Any post submitted after Thursday will be accepted throughout the week as usual.