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Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2004 4:25:42 am PDT #5158 of 10001
brillig

A thought for a drabble topic: the first paragraph of a murder mystery or thriller or something over-the-top and dramatic. Could be Bulwer-Littonish, could be a bit more restrained.

(The thought came to me as I was riding the bus to work in the cold rain, and the words "It rained all night. We prayed it wouldn't wash the dirt off the new grave in the woods." came to me. I have a scary muse.)

erikaj - Jun 10, 2004 5:09:57 am PDT #5159 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

You're not the only one. Personally, I blame television. :)

deborah grabien - Jun 10, 2004 5:54:59 am PDT #5160 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

A first-pagraph drabble? On a book genre theme?

TEPPPPPYYYYYYYY!

Steph L. - Jun 10, 2004 6:03:12 am PDT #5161 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

You rang?

deborah grabien - Jun 10, 2004 6:09:08 am PDT #5162 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

(bounce bounce bounce)

Can we have that idea soon? Can we? Pleeeeeease?

As in, picking a genre - mystery, romance, scifi, whatever rings the writers' bellses - and having the drabble be the exact 100-word opening paragraph?

I think it would be a humongous help to folks having trouble focussing.

Steph L. - Jun 10, 2004 6:09:55 am PDT #5163 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Can we have that idea soon? Can we? Pleeeeeease?

Absolutely!

Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2004 6:21:29 am PDT #5164 of 10001
brillig

I think it would be a humongous help to folks having trouble focussing

Heck, and I just wanted to write overwrought pot boilers. Now Deb has to go and make it all useful.

deborah grabien - Jun 10, 2004 6:24:30 am PDT #5165 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

(bounce bounce bounce)

Here's another fruit drabble.

Witchcraft

The recipe is simple: a pound of strawberries, washed, dried and hulled. You slice them, and set them aside.

Two pounds of peaches - yellow, please, for while Babcocks are sweeter off the tree, they lose their celestial savour when baked. Pit them, peel them and slice them into wedges. Macerate in half a cup sugar until a syrup forms.

Spread them in a baking pan

Make a lemon-infused shortcrust, sweet-tart and doughy. Drop it over the fruit in spoonfuls; it will spread as it bakes.

Your kitchen becomes an orchard, a temple of the best smell on earth.

Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2004 6:27:20 am PDT #5166 of 10001
brillig

That noise you hear is my stomach growling. Damn, Deb.

I have no problem with beginnings, I can generally come up with a good, hooky opening. My problem is endings. I know where the story ends, but my characters always seem to just be standing around staring at each other, waiting for someone else to be the first to walk off stage.

Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2004 6:29:42 am PDT #5167 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I can do beginnings and endings. It's those damn middles I have trouble with.

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