This week I again paused from my regular song prompts to do something for a contest among friends. I was required to write a story about a picture of a creepy looking swing set, which didn't much appeal to me. So I took it literally and wrote about an actual picture of a swing set …
week 5
I made it just in time! I didn't post about it, but I did finish my weekly story yesterday. Â I used the song Flatline by Scattle as inspiration, sort of, it did kick off the idea but then I kind of went elsewhere. I used one of my old characters again, who, when we last …
Week 4
Done! I took a break from the regularly scheduled prompts to do something different--I was challenged to write a story in someone else's style, using their characters. It was difficult, but I think I pulled it off! Next week I'll continue with the song prompts as usual. In other news, I'm in the second round …
Week 3
I've done it! just in time. And this week, I don't hate it!I wrote about a man who gains destructive powers after being hit by lightning. He uses them to try to save his son, but things go...wrong. I started out the week mostly working on another project that didn't get very far, so I ended …
Just the way you are?
I was in the supermarket and heard this song playing, with the lyric "you're amazing, just the way you are," and I suppose it's meant to be a romantic love song but it just struck me as a condescending, backhanded sort of complement. Is it not enough to say "you're amazing" without adding the qualifier …
Jonas David 