PHOTO PROMPT © Sean Fallon
THE WRITE STUFF
Writing is easy. Any fool can do it – many try.
To be a good writer requires a bit of genius, which Edison described as 1% Inspiration, and 99% Perspiration. Robert Heinlein said that a writer must write 2000 words each day, to keep the muscles and mind toned.
To be a successful writer, to assemble the right theme, the right title, a believable story arc and interesting characters, to capture and hold the readers’ attention, is like catching lightning in a bottle.
Here’s a Flash – none of that is Fiction.
The best of luck to all of us who try.
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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
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My apologies for the clichéd title, but it is apt.
Archon's Den 
that was inventive.
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‘If you can’t fix it, feature it.’
‘Dazzle ’em with your footwork.’
‘Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.’
Did anyone notice that I can’t actually write? 🙄
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Well done, sir!!!
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Awww, ’tweren’t nothin’ Ma’am. 😉
Can I still look forward to something from you on this, yet this week? 😕
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Uhhh… Nope! Figured I’d not be able to respond to any comments as I was away in Cuba…so I din’t write nuffin’!
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😎
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Neil Gaiman showed us in Stardust how lightning can be caught… onwards then. Great take on the prompt.
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When I am stumped for a fiction theme for Rochelle’s photos (all too often) and publish something like this, I am often surprised when others find my attempts worthy. Thanx. 🙂
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I believe in reading to be able to write… this is one to remember.
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I have to remember to stop reading long enough to write a few words of my own. For you, or anyone with the interest to see the 46 books I read last year, click here. 🙂
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A very interesting and non-fictional take on the prompt. I really liked your analogy.
Yes, excellent writing really is like “catching lightning in a bottle” – isn’t it?
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The first ‘writers’ who don’t ‘write’ that I thought of, were those who compose user-manuals for home appliances, so I decided to present a little feel-good DIY tale, using the lightning hook. It’s not fiction, but it resonates within this group. 🙂
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Indeed. I like it.
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😀 Ahhh.
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Really? 2000 words a day? Sigh. Sometimes it takes me take three days to get my hundred words for Frific. I don’t like that Heinlein advice at all – but I do agree with the lightning in a bottle idea. Good thoughts, Archon. Thanks for sharing.
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Those who participate in NaNoWriMo have to average 1667 words per day to finish on time. One lady I knew who tried it, suggested getting out ahead at 2000/WPD, and using part of the last week for proofreading, editing and polish. I can’t do it ’cause my name’s not Clive Cussler or Tom Clancy. 😛
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I can see I’m going to have to lift my game.
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It ain’t easy, it’s damned hard, two thousand poor words are not worth one good sentence, say I. Loved your offering.
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Like the original Karate Kid movie (You remember, don’t you? Wax on – wax off) I suppose Heinlein felt that, if we keep pumping out 2000 daily words, sooner or later they’d all become good sentences, without our even noticing.
Thanx for the visit and comment. 🙂
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A very clever and apt bit of flash fact.
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Thanx. Stop in again. I’ll try for something a little more on-theme next week. 🙄
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[…] discovered this through a blog post by Archon’s Den. Glad I saw this, […]
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Thanx for the link, and welcome to the wolf-pack. Feel free to howl. 🙄
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A very well-executed metaphor of words. I like your twist for the photo prompt. I always enjoy your interpretations of the weeky prompts.
Isadora 😎
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I am happy that you do, because….Look Out! Here comes another Wednesday photo. 😆
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Well done, Archon. I’ve heard all that and I’m still trying. A person can learn a lot and the rest is practice–trial and error–with imagination. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I just left an old joke on another site.
A guy gets off a plane with a cello case, and asks a cabby out front, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?”
“Practice, practice, practice!” 🙄
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Dear Archon,
How about catching wind in a butterfly net?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That’s only for you folks down south. Up here, it’s so cold we catch it in icecube trays. 😉 🙄
Thanx for the visit. 🙂
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