Picture courtesy of Doug MacIlroy
This picture evokes a certain hunger, an emptiness that plagues creative types. I’m going to go with that as my theme this week.
Word count: 100
Missing Link
The pages mocked him with their blankness. Head in hand, he groaned deeply. With rewrites, he could move words around. It’s hard to work with nothing. His soul was as empty as the pages.
Hands poised over the keyboard, he plunged in. “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.” Typing on, “and bit him on the arse. Poor dog ran to the water’s edge to soothe his painful rear only to be pulled under by a gruesome phantom fish.”
Pure crap. But any words were better than none, or so he’d heard. All could be remedied with revisions.
© Erin Leary
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As a writer who has struggled to put anything down on the proverbial paper recently, I sympathise whole-heartedly with the protagonist plight in your story. On the other-hand, I laugh and applaud your story, for I find it funny, light and more importantly, alive. Well done
Thanks for reading and for your kind comment!
“And then what happened?” (Never fear, we can Fix It In Photoshop.)
Indeed. Post production is sometimes best.
A great write, Erin. 🙂
Thank you!
I think every writer has struggled with this. I often feel like the main character from Big Hero 6 when he couldn’t find any ideas. “Empty. Useless. BRAIN!”
Nicely done. 🙂 Rewrites can cure almost anything.
I like that. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I can relate.
Yup…sometimes you just gotta free write!
…and hope for the best. My typing classes came back tome as inspiration.
I felt this way when I opened the photo prompt this week. I almost gave up. Good one Erin.
I had the same struggle! 😀
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I know what that’s like! Some days you just have to write something, anything, to get the words flowing. Good story. 🙂
Thank you for reading. I think this is a universal problem.
Dear Erin,
Who among us doesn’t relate to your story? Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
What a great idea to link creative hunger to the image. And the fish ate the poor dog, any way to fill the emptiness helps. I love it.
Thank you for reading!
Haha, I’m sure many of us can relate to this, as Rochelle said! I enjoyed it. : )
A theme most writers could appreciate!
As you know, I can totally relate! Very clever and original, Erin; I really enjoyed this one!
For you, dear, anything!
I’ve heard that advice, but never was good at following it. Sometimes it will take me an hour to write two sentences, then spend the next session rearranging the words over and over. It’s obvious from the comments that we all relate. You made me smile.
Funny. We must have had the same typing teacher. I can add ‘me too’ to all the commenters who could relate to the experience you’ve portrayed. I was hoping it got better with practice. Wrong??
Yes, typing was taught with many of the same lessons. 😀
Writers’ block is such a curse. One never knows when it wi
Yes, it can really be a pain. Usually, my trouble is knowing what I want to write. So many words in my head…
Good story about curing writer’s block, Erin. That’s what they tell us to do isn’t it. I like the humorous subject matter. Well done. 😀 — Suzanne
Thanks, Suzanne! Sometimes you just have to start!