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September 24, 2007
Jumpstart
Jeffery Harrell is asking for a do over because he hasn't written a piece of fiction all week.
Which depresses me not only because he's one of the few truly talented short fiction writers around (I needs me fix, Jeff!) but also because my own attempts at getting the stories I want to write down my arms and out the end of my fingers have taken a hike into the Sierras and refused to come back.
So I'm going through some of my old writings, rereading and hoping to coax muse back into town. One of the things I really enjoy is finding a photo, or news story or even an odd turn of phrase and using that as a jump point for fiction. 100 word stories is like training camp where a word, phrase or photo is presented as a story inspiration and the story one writes is restricted to 100 word, no more, no less. It was there a couple of years ago this picture was presented:
My 100 word story over the jump:
Her eyes were not filled with wonder but a growing horror. She looked across a foresaken landscape, emptied of people. Decaying buildings, slouching in shame of their paint-stripped nakedness. It no longer spoke of a community where people once walked, laughed, lived and...For more pictures, the full gallery hereLoved...
The car. A rusted hulk that mocked her. She could still feel the soft leather against her bare back, his hand sliding up her thigh, his lips against the soft of her neck.
She whirled on him, grabbing fistfuls of his shirt.
"Take me back," she hissed, "Back. NOW. I don't want to know the future."
Posted by Darleen at September 24, 2007 12:03 AM
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Nice 36(?) Chevy? Dodge?
Posted by: Carl W. Goss at September 28, 2007 03:16 AM