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8/24/2006

A Writing Prompt

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,Deep Thoughts,Life, the Universe, and Everything,Personal,Things to Read — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Tiger which is terribly early in the morning or 5:52 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waning Gibbous

Oh, this cannot be a good sign…

So, as many of my regular readers know, I occasionally entertain dreams of being a professional writer. Toward that end, I have a massive library of non-fiction books about writing. In fact, my current “bathroom reading” is The Writer’s idea Book, by Jack Heffron. Here’s the most recent writing prompt I read, on page 62, with some added emphasis:

Talk to family members in search of a mysterious relative from the past: someone who struck out on his own and was never heard from again; someone who lived modestly and died with a surprising amount of money; someone who abrubtly left a marriage, someone who lived alone and rarely visited anyone in the family. Imagine a life for this person, the details, based on what you know but pushing beyond into the realm of fiction.

Oh, God, I’ve become a writing prompt….

2 Comments

  1. well, they do say to write what you know…

    Comment by kat — 8/24/2006 @ 7:28 am

  2. I could, Kat, but I don’t think anyone would believe it. Not even as fiction.

    Comment by the Network Geek — 8/24/2006 @ 9:17 am

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