My Story Meadow

Take the
Romantic Journey

A Globally Renown, Favourite Program
for Readers and Writers

“My Story Meadow is a playful story space that withstands the changing of seasons, nature and time and rewards me with life’s treasures.
It is the space where I am inspired to delve deep into worlds, characters, times and places and to create stories that breathe life. These are the
writing études I share with you.”
– Susan L. Marshall

Since 2020, Susan L. Marshall’s passion for crafting mindful, Romantic story moments has touched the hearts of readers across the globe. Here at the My Story Meadow program, you are invited to immerse yourself in her exquisite poetic and fictional études, which she shares with her dedicated readership as she develops her new works. This program is a globally renown favourite for readers and writers who have a passion for writing and its fruition as it evolves into a completed, professional publication. Many of Susan’s professional works breathed their first breaths of life in this program and went onto become successful publications, including best-sellers, available around the globe.

Join Susan on her journeys and discover the art of writing as she shares her techniques and inspirations with you. Follow our Story Playscapes pages on Facebook and/or Instagram, to be promptly informed when Susan shares a new writing etude here. In her big-hearted posts, you will also be able to gain more insight into Susan’s technique choices, inspirations, current writing projects and be able to ask any questions you may have about her work, or writing in general.

The Writing Études

“Each story journey is unique as I step gently through the Meadow and appreciate its natural beauty. New discoveries occur regularly: be it a single leaf; a blade of grass shifting in the wind; a rose petal slowly falling; a glowing ray of light; a pathway; a duck swimming; a small dragonfly… so many wondrous treasures that inspire me to write… I hope you enjoy reading my writing études.”
-Susan L. Marshall

An Étude

HEART’S BUSHFIRE

My shaken stem, flickering afire
amidst soul’s sun burnt winds.
Flowerless and sturdy, it bends,
thorns piercing my heavy heart,
falling aflame on tear’s pillow.

My two eyes, fractured windows,
glass sight firing sharp shrapnel
of stinging scars across the dark.
Sharp pain sears the sure heat,
emblazing heart’s fiery inferno.

Day’s swelter rolls ragefully,
tearing at tattered meadow.
Strips of home torn tearfully,
cut outs of my curated soul,
ablaze in heart’s bushfire.

At war, my heart wrestles,
Fouetté in flames’ whispers.
Stinging scars go seeking
for a patch of pure promise
in tear’s scorched pillow.