Today I made pumpkin pie. It was a journey. First, I accidentally broke open the bag while I was thawing the frozen pumpkin puree. Then I didn’t have any ground cloves. And then I burnt it.

It was still an incredibly tasty pie.

Life can be messy, but remember that no matter how burnt your pumpkin pie is, you still made one. And that’s something.

I hope you enjoyed your weekly lame motivational message. Let’s write!

Name of the game: Snap Shot

The rules: Stare at the picture. What does it make you think of? What story is it telling? Okay–thought of something? Good. Now set a timer to 10 minutes and start writing that story. Ready, set, go!

The image:

I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did! Here is what I wrote. I fixed some spelling, but this is about having fun, not editing.

For the first time in a while, I was joined by friends! Please take a moment to appreciate their wonderful words.

• Playtime by Imogen
• Rebirth by Rory
• Liberty by Katie

Feel free to share what you wrote in the comments–games are always better with friends!

Happy writing!