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For this month's writing prompt write a scene using the following sentence to start;

The streets were deserted. Where was everyone? Where had they all gone?
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Look Back

When not able to write ahead, it helps to look back. In my case I had written a paragraph ahead of the story. What I needed to do was add a section of exposition (talking) presenting some facts. In going back, I realized that I could insert a section where a 'tour' of the surroundings could be done. This allowed for character interaction, story development, and other things that enabled me to present the facts in an entertaining manner.

One should not face a writer's block with the mentality of bursting through it. I have found in my own experience that a writer's block is usually due to my mind indicating that it has a problem in 'channeling' the story. One reason might be a re-imagining of certain story points. Another reason however is that there is a problem in where you are at in the story, so you need to look back and find out the problem with the 'journey' that prevents the tale from advancing.

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PostSubject: the failed poet   the failed poet Icon_minitimeFebruary 4th 2009, 4:57 pm
the failed poet

talks
a good game.

she says
her poems
are only about
positive things…

encouraging people…

uplifting them.

she says
anything else
is a waste
of god’s gift.

personally,
i like my poems
with a bit more grit
and guts.

i tend to
see the dirt
before the sky.

that’s all
well and good…

there’s room enough here
for both of us
to be wrong.

but, the thing that kills me
is that
she refuses
to look at her work
critically.

it came from god…
then it must be perfect,
right?

i hate to tell her
it doesn’t always
work that way.

i
point her out
because i know
she can’t cut it.

and i know
i can.

and that’s just
stupid
and arrogant…

but it’s also
true.

besides,
calling yourself
a poet
won’t necessarily
make you one.

just like
me
calling myself
an ass
doesn’t NOT
make me one,

does it?
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PostSubject: Re: the failed poet   the failed poet Icon_minitimeFebruary 4th 2009, 9:53 pm
This made me laugh a bit.
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