A quick correction from Trevor: In the episode introduction, I accidentally announced this month’s theme as Change. Apparently, I made the wrong choice. 😄 The actual theme is Choices—and every story you’ll hear was written in response to that prompt. Thanks for rolling with me, and enjoy the episode!

Episode 7 – Prompt: Choices

Every story begins with a choice.

Some choices are obvious. Others happen quietly, almost without us noticing. We choose whether to stay or leave. Whether to speak or remain silent. Whether to forgive, to begin again, or to keep moving forward despite uncertainty. Sometimes it’s the choices we don’t make that shape our lives just as powerfully.

In this episode of the Write Things Podcast, writers explore the many ways choices influence who we become. Through memoir, fiction, and creative nonfiction, these original pieces examine grief, love, identity, courage, uncertainty, and the moments that quietly redirect the course of our lives.

As always, every piece is read by the writer who created it. These aren’t polished performances by professional actors—they’re authentic stories shared in the voices of the people who lived, imagined, and wrote them.

Whether you’re here to be inspired, challenged, or simply reminded that every life contains turning points, we hope these stories stay with you long after the episode ends.

Chapters

00:00:00 – Introduction

1:45:08 – Marcie Harrison – Memoir Excerpt

04:59:12 – Michelle Ramseth – “Next Up”

10:32:18 – Carl Hyde – “The Six Stones” (Novel working title)

14:49:02 – Leonie Lazarus – “Beginning the Final Chapter”

19:31:06 – Dr. Christine Churchill – Memoir Excerpt

24:59:08 – Charlotte Ehlers – “Choices”

29:39:02 – Catherine Smallwood – “Leptospirosis”

35:28:06 – Aileen House – “GO BEO”

40:16:20 – Outro

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