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tasia marie's avatar

Absolutley love this idea to inspire writing! Thank you 🫂

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

So glad it turned into a whole story for you... which I am so excited to read on the 14th btw :)

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tasia marie's avatar

Thank you! Stay tuned 🤓

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mia randolph's avatar

this such an amazing idea! i’ll be sure to try this to get myself out of a rut :)

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Ah yay Mia!! Can't wait to hear how it goes!

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Roberta's avatar

this is amazing!! I'll definitely trying this out soon! also the tooth fairy story is sick!!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Thank you Roberta -- it was so fun to write!

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guinevere kane's avatar

absolutely love your story in this! (this is also exactly how i use pinterest, thank you for sharing!)

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Yesss love to find another Pinterest writer here ✨ and thanks for your kind words on my story :)

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muses & makings's avatar

I have no words but thank you for sharing this 🥺

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Thank you so much for reading it! Really glad it was helpful!

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raisha ⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚ ˚୨୧⋆。˚ ⋆'s avatar

this is quite literally the best substack piece ive ever seen. thank you for writing this. that piece you included about the girlhood gothic mall piece was so sick omg. i absolutely loved it.

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

AH Raisha I LOVE that you read Girlhood Gothic! Maybe I'll start sharing more of my fiction on here :) Your kind words mean so much!

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Anthony Draper's avatar

This is such a brilliant idea! Thank you.

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Thank you so much Anthony! I'm really glad you got something from it :)

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Amanda Forrest's avatar

Im so in love with this concept. I have so many pictures saved to my camera roll from Pinterest. Thank you for such an incredible idea.

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Thanks Amanda! I would love to read the stories you write inspired by the photos in your camera roll!

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Josie's avatar

Stealing this idea!!! And I’ll try out the prompt you included. Will definitely share my results. Eep. So excited.

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Yay!! Can't wait to see how your story turns out!

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chloe moon's avatar

Thank you for writing this! This has definitely given me some ideas on how to boost my writing, I had never considered using Pinterest in these ways before!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

I’d love to read your story if you use this prompt!! Happy writing and thank you so much for the support 🤗

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Mia's avatar

love this, and the story!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Thank you so much for reading and supporting Mia 💕💕

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aubrey k's avatar

Ahh!! The twist in your story was so satisfying!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Aw Aubrey it means so much that you read my story!! Thank you!!

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Jenny Clark's avatar

Yesss I've been doing this in reverse, writing a poem and then finding an image on Pinterest that matches the vibe but I love the idea of an ekphrastic poem. Might just get me out of this rut <3

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

So glad it helped! Thank you so much for reading and sharing :)

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Simi Sidhu Writes's avatar

Thank you for sharing this… I would never have thought of using it in this way but it makes perfect sense!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Yay! I'm so glad to hear it was helpful to you - I use it in my writing instruction, and students have really liked it!

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Simi Sidhu Writes's avatar

I’m a few chapters in to writing a new novel so I’m going to make a mood board!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

oh course!! I’m so glad it was helpful! I’m working on another essay now about the craft of writing — will have it up in the next couple weeks, so stay tuned!

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