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Is the phrase "Once upon a time..."
Overused
33%
[ 1 ]
Underused
67%
[ 2 ]
Total Votes : 3
Monthly Writing Prompt
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?
Writing Tip
Our monthly writing tips are written by our very own TerishD. You can read more in Terish's Blog located in "The Abstractions" area of the forum.
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.
Number of posts : 2320 Age : 85 Location : portugal Current Mood : Registration date : 2008-08-13
Subject: lost at sea December 31st 2009, 7:31 am
Lost At Sea
It was a quiet night when I woke up in the small cabin I shared with the other deck-boy. The porthole was open and brought a welcoming cooling breeze and I fell asleep again wondering idly what the other deck boy was up to. He was missed at eight o’clock by, the time his watch began, the ship turned around and on the enormous sun sparkly mirror, we looked for him. We knew this was hopeless but something had to be written in the ship’s logbook.
His name was Terje, a puny little boy who cried a lot when shouted at and therefore was an easy target to make fun of by the crew. His steady masturbation had gone on my nerves, mostly because he dried his fluid on the curtain that covered each bunk for privacy. Crew, silent for a few days, feeling guilty for teasing him, I too felt a nip of guilt I enjoyed having the cabin by myself, when we docked in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Terje was all but forgotten.
Kellycakes
Number of posts : 1136 Age : 47 Location : State of Thankfulness! Current Mood : Registration date : 2008-07-17
Subject: Re: lost at sea December 31st 2009, 3:31 pm
Now I really like your reading Oskar, I hope you will be sharing more of this with us. The poem itself was wonderful as well. Where you paused in the reading is where you should break the poem into more lines. Maybe give it a try? Lets see how that turns out? Write on!
August 14th 2020, 6:22 am by TerishD
Subject: lost at sea 
