LIQUID COURAGE

You're on a plane.

You're going/coming. 

Something weighs heavily on your mind,

and a decision must be made.

Find the courage to handle it.

Tell that story!

BOOKENDS

Photo byTom Jenz
Two elderly black gentlemen BW SE Georgia LR

 

"Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly
How terribly strange to be seventy
Old friends, memory brushes the same years, silently sharing the same fears"

~ Simon and Garfunkle - "Old Friends"

Render this scene!

 

STRANDED!

 

You have inadvertently gone the Robinson Crusoe route. 

You need off of this island. 

Your man Friday is a day late. 

Send out your journal entry/rescue note in that empty bottle of Jack.

MIAMI BEACH 2023

The heat wave of 2012 has lingered for eleven years.
Miami Beach is now the Miami Desert. Many changes have affected life as we had been used to.

Write about the brighter days to come.

JUDGING THE BOOK

"When I first saw you, I thought you were handsome. Then, of course, you spoke."
- CAROL CONNELLY (Helen Hunt) in As Good As It Gets (1997)

Here's your opening line. Take it to a natural conclusion.

This Upon a Time...

Using a beloved fairy tale from your youth, rewrite the story to modern day with all the convieniences of today's world. But there's a catch.. write it from the antagonist's point of view. There is no happily, ever after... leave it open ended to revisit at a later date.

Laying Low

Elvis Presley

Amelia Earhart

Jimmy Hoffa
Jim Morrison
Patsy Cline
D.B. Cooper

Choose one:
Tell us what you've been up to since you chose to step out of the limelight.

Drydock!

A boat in the middle of dry land.

Write a story including this boat.

Or write about something misplaced or out of place.

Anachronisms Abound...

You are in an age where modern conveniences were mere pipe dreams. The telephone is tethered to the wall. Your music was heard over a console radio or through a record player. Posted mail took days to reach its destination. And your writing process involved one of these contraptions. You are writing  a "futuristic' piece where all of the modern versions of these scenarios come into play. The only catch is you must give these "inventions" different names than we have given them that are more descriptive to their purpose. Everything new is old again for your piece of fiction. Be as outlandish as possible. You may even taken a modern item and back date it in the same fashion. 

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

You have big shoes to fill. Whose are they and where will they take you? The only direction they will go is where the heart leads. Fill the shoes and this page with your story.

Whale of a Tail...

McGonnagle sat on the shore of the Ness, dripping wet. The bite mark on his arm left a crimson stain growing larger. His wild ramblings of the Monster were atributed to an enormous quantity of Scotch whiskey and the shock of cutting his self on the jagged rocks below. Still, they could not explain the welt upon his back. It was pointed with sharp barbs radiating from the center; the mark of the tail held McGonnagle's tale. The constable filled his report.

Write the constable's report of the incident:

Who Needs Speed?

Life goes by in a hurry.

What do we miss in the process?

Write about something you really notice when you finally slow down.

In Need? Indeed!

Friends walk with you.

If they are still there at the end of your journey, they are friends indeed!

Write a vignette from that timeline.

~DM

AIRBORNE

~ DM

Pulling Together...

Photo by Jonathan Smith

Lean to and pull together. Teamwork prevails. ~ DM

Eerie Night

It Was a Sign...

Reflect

Rainy Tuesday