Saturday Centus time, a themed writing meme. The challenge is to write 100 words to add to the prompt started by Jenny Matlock from off on my tangent.
The writing prompt is in (bold) itallics...
“It was a dark and stormy night"…Brilliant…What a perfect start to her first literary masterpiece.
Pouting, darling Julia used her eraser to gently, but thoroughly scratch off the beginning sentence.
“Your incipit must be original” Mrs. Langford instructed just as Julia had written hers.
Julia was smart, but was she really smart enough to be taking up space at Davidson Academy?
Time would tell.
“Originality will set you apart” Langford continued. “None of that it was a dark and stormy night business”.
Julia squeezed her brain for words….”It was a light and sunshiny day” she scribbled, her flowing cursive flawless.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
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Laughed out loud at the end. So laughed at out loud. I was so feeling her angst in the middle - what a neat piece you have here!!!Julie and her school could have a whole big story to tell!
ReplyDeleteSnorted at the end! Damn this was fine.
ReplyDeleteNice ending.
ReplyDeleteHere is part of my comment to Renner's post that I think applies here too:
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I don't feel that the line 'It was a dark and stormy night' is as hackneyed as the rest of you seem to feel. It still has a freshness to me because I have lived so long outside of the English-speaking world. I still have something of a child's perception of the English language.
I could cry because this means that no matter what I write it is trite!
Or laugh.
Best wishes,
Anna
So, is this a statement about the seemingly canned and cliched nature of our prompt....funny...me likes it ;-) Peace
ReplyDeleteI pressed the wrong button and published my comment before I was ready. Ever do that?
ReplyDeleteI like your title. 'Not all who wander are lost'.
Best wishes,
Anna
Anna's SC #18
Great Centus. Oh writing, how difficult those first lines can be.
ReplyDeleteNice take here...pleasant reading!
ReplyDeleteGood for Julia...I hope she gives more fits to that crotchety old teacher and holds her ground.
ReplyDeleteClever & very funny! Well done!
ReplyDeleteI love your clever take on the prompt! wonderful! :-)
ReplyDeleteLoved loved loved that ending!!! Lovely little take on the prompt! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteFun. I liked this!
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I love this! Totally love it. I actually had that last phrase in my head when I started my little story tonight.
ReplyDeleteBut you totally rocked this SC, so I'm glad I didn't use it!
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
And original.
So there Mrs. Langford!
Great twist!!
ReplyDeleteThat was such a cute story! Loved the zinger at the end. Really well done, Koby!
ReplyDeleteI've added another 100 words!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Anna
Anna's SC #18 - 100 more words!
Ha, ha, ha! That was perfect! You truly captured the feelings of a frustrated writer! I loved "squeezing her brain". I'm sure her flawless, flowing cursive fixed the problem! :)
ReplyDeleteI just posted two assignments on one post. I'm bad, but please visit me anyway!
Malisa
This made me smile. Nothing harder than that first sentence. I'm afraid if I squeezed my brain right now, I would only produce mush :)
ReplyDeleteGot a wonderful chuckle from the ending.
ReplyDeleteVery clever. Very cool. Thanks for the chuckle!
ReplyDelete..........cj
Haha I absolutely love the ending! Good job!
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