Ex marks the spot. - Tuesday May 25, 2010

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       So I'm sitting in this big, empty castle and thinking about how fleeting everything is. The feeling will pass. Everything does. Everything ends. This moment, this life, this country (whichever you may be in), this world -- it will end. Many believe that some things last, many will disagree. But on the small scale, at least, we can all agree that things must eventually come to an end. Friendships fizzle, relationships disintegrate. Even the traditional marriage has a "'till death do us part" clause. Unless you're Mormon -- then you're stuck. Most importantly, this photo prompt challenge will end, so you'd better hop to it! Photo prompt found here, from the picture originally entitled "People Die Alone." Take a moment and let the picture speak to you with its thousand words. What does it say? As always, you may take this in any direction you wish: poem, prose, more pictures -- just be creative. And enjoy. And write. Go!



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You must:
  • Have your entry set to public.
  • Link to either this site or the blog ring.
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  • Have your entry done by May 31st.
  • Have fun

Happy writing! Be sure to check out everyone's entries. I'm sure they appreciate your feedback.

Posted 5/25/2010 at 8:38 PM

10 Comments

I am a fiction writer and I always feel weird writing fiction for your prompts when everyone else isn't. 

Posted 5/15/2010 at 1:5 AM by LilMisha

@LilMisha - oh, goodness, don't feel weird. this is about your own writing, after all. that's why i do the prompts/challenges. i happen to be a fiction writer myself.

Posted 5/15/2010 at 3:29 AM by Kween_of_the_Queens

I think I did it w rong but I made an entry


elliott

Posted 5/15/2010 at 11:47 AM by elliott610

My poem on the flow of time is up

Posted 5/23/2010 at 3:30 PM by Zeal4living

its a start. : | 


http://geeohde32.xanga.com/727156511/first-draft-slam/
Posted 5/18/2010 at 1:23 AM by geeohde32

@geeohde32 - yay! =)

Posted 5/18/2010 at 9:42 AM by Kween_of_the_Queens

I participated in this challenge. HERE is the link to my entry. Thanks for the prompt!

Posted 5/19/2010 at 6:14 AM by AngRoCamp

i had to mention your profile pic is gorgeous!

Posted 5/26/2010 at 5:53 AM by hades_kitty

Here's my little word vomit blurb about it: http://p45-fired.xanga.com/727707299/kween-of-the-queens-ex-marks-the-spot/


Not very creative or anything, but just something that I had been thinking about recently myself.
Posted 5/25/2010 at 12:21 PM by p45_fired

@hades_kitty - thanks! i don't remember where i found it, lol.

Posted 5/26/2010 at 12:14 PM by Kween_of_the_Queens

Brevity is the soul of wit. - Friday May 14, 2010

       I'll be brief -- click on these:
 
       Try telling that to Charles Dickens. Or Vikram Seth. Well, neither of them have proved as popular as the bard, so I guess that shows who's right, yeah? Anyway.

       Well April sure was interesting. Over twenty posts for the first challenge (good job there!) then almost nuthin' on the second (not so good). But I'm sure that means you'll all be chomping at the bit to get at this one, right? Well, good, because it's definitely gonna be a challenge! Our first challenge this month comes from one of my favorite xangans, impossibleangles. She sent me this message: "You know the old story about how someone challenged Ernest Hemingway to write a short story in just six words? And he did, 'For Sale: Baby shoes, never used.' and won the bet. It's an old tale that has been around forever, though I don't think that the original source of this was ever found. Still it's a great story. So complete. How about challenging everyone to write stories in 10 (since we aren't all Hemingway) words or less?"

       So this is the challenge, my lovely lords and ladies: write an uber short story, commonly known as flash fiction, in ten words or less. It doesn't have to be fiction, but flash non-fiction just doesn't have the same ring to it, you know? As always you can make it your own. I'll be really impressed if one of you poets can make a haiku in ten words or less. I'm sure it's possible. There are lots of big words out there.



Just copy and paste the code below into your weblog to link back to this site!
It should come out looking exactly like the picture above. Tutorial here.



You must:
  • Have your entry set to public.
  • Link to either this site or the blog ring.
  • Come back to this site to let me know that you have posted for this challenge. I will then link to your entry. Rec your entry. Leave you eProps.
  • Have your entry done by May 14th for Prime Time Action, but I'll keep linking posts through the 31st.
  • Have fun.
Happy writing! Be sure to check out everyone's entries. I'm sure they appreciate your feedback.

Posted 5/14/2010 at 9:48 AM

15 Comments

I love this challenge. i've posted mine; this one came to me right away but im sure i'll do one again after finals. 

Posted 5/1/2010 at 12:44 AM by geeohde32

For some reason, this is less intimidating   Here is mine.

Posted 5/1/2010 at 2:35 AM by storyslut
Posted 5/1/2010 at 11:52 AM by Zeal4living

Here is mine, thanks.

Posted 5/6/2010 at 2:26 AM by flo_capp

I posted! HERE IS MINE

Posted 5/2/2010 at 4:2 PM by madamzephyrus

Here's mine!

Posted 5/2/2010 at 8:29 PM by anasazi018

http://none-may-have-her.xanga.com/726414628/individual-interpretation/

Posted 5/1/2010 at 3:8 PM by None_May_Have_Her

here.

I hate how I'm such a pathetic romantic.
Posted 5/1/2010 at 2:54 PM by DommieDisaster

Done!! HERE

Posted 5/1/2010 at 11:49 PM by BubblysLife
Posted 5/11/2010 at 7:33 PM by mercurialmusic

Here you are.
I hope you enjoy.
I couldn't do just one!

GREAT topic! Love this one.

Posted 5/13/2010 at 10:45 PM by alibaby3203

Depending on the time zone I may have made the cutoff on this.If not I am forty-one minutes late.


elliott eternally lost

Posted 5/14/2010 at 1:43 AM by elliott610

@IRTwiggit -  very cool.

Posted 6/19/2010 at 4:8 PM by Kween_of_the_Queens

I didn't blog, since this is old, but I was intrigued and felt like trying a haiku.

Forever searching, - I survive much loneliness - waiting for you, love.

Posted 6/19/2010 at 11:17 AM by IRTwiggit

this wuz fun! i just postid myne 

Posted 5/10/2010 at 10:15 AM by pansybradshaw