Walls
No time to write? Try 60 second doses.
Okay, so usually I’ve been told, have benefitted from, and would recommend 60 MINUTE doses (or at least 10 minutes). Still, there’s something to even shorter spurts for kicking up ideas even when you’re feeling none.
And the lovely site, the One-Minute Writer, makes it easy, complete with a timer to track the seconds for you.
I tried this one Today’s Writing Prompt: Walls but the whole site is wonderful. And speaking of wonderful, so is the WordPress plug-in scrippets
Walls
[scrippet]
INT. LIVING ROOM, SUBURBAN HOME, NIGHT
WASHWORDS IS HOLDING A RED GLASS BOX.
WASHWORDS
This box holds my lovely heart.
ME
The box is lovely. It is red and glass and catches the light. It is safe.
WASHWORDS
But the heart is inside. Inside is the rich, warm, fleshy love.
ME
Careful. You have to be careful. You’ll break it without the box
WASHWORDS
It’s only the box that could break. It’s the box that is made of glass,threatening shards of red and glass that prickle and stab that heart.
ME
Not if you don’t move it. Ever. Never ever open or adjust it.
WASHWORDS
If you don’t move it, it cannot breathe and it will die.
ME
Still. Safe.
WASHWORDS
And dead.
[/scrippet]
What walls do I want to knock down?
The jagged glass ones that seduce and appeal and dazzle and, on occasion, choke my heart.
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C. Beth said,
Wrote on February 25, 2009 @ 9:26 pm
Thank you for the shout-out! I’m glad you’re enjoying TOMW so much; hope to see plenty more of your contributions there.
Beth
WASHWORDS SAYS: You most definitely will Beth! Thank YOU for the great site. and inspiring me at my most uninspired.
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[F]oxymoron said,
Wrote on February 25, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
Thank you for that plug-in… it will save loads of time!
Ever hear of Sunday Scribblings? It is another writing prompt/blog…
http://sundayscribblings.blogspot.com/
… thought you might be interested.
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WASHWORDS says: Thanks for the tip! I think I have been to Sunday Scribblings but forgot it!
Glad Scrippets helped you. I loveeee it (and I’m really not a scriptwriter).
Washy
david zen-kennedy said,
Wrote on February 26, 2009 @ 10:34 pm
Thanks for the comments and especially your contributions on ‘if the walls could.’ I’ve seen the one-minute writer. . . it’s really fun – capturing a story in a minute is like capturing starlight. You’ve got to be quick. I’ll be out searching for more contributions to A to Z Love this weekend. Let me know if you spot any.
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