One line exercises

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A collection of one line exercises. In most cases, this is a phrase or single line intended to provoke a story - so go ahead, find one that makes your muse jump, and write!

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originally posted: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 08:42:03 -0400

Get on your starting line . . .

and that line is:

You built a bridge on broken dreams.

Get ready.

Let the little gray cells cogitate. What kind of bridge is it? The Brooklyn Bridge, Golden Gate, a rainbow for the Valkyries, perhaps something spun of spider webs and morning dew... and what of the dreams? Are they fine iridescent shards like the remains of soap bubbles? Or are they dank gray fog and mud, dragging footsteps to a halt?

And... write!

[They're out of the starting gate... there's a lot of scribbling over on the heart side... wait a minute, I think I see a paragraph breaking out of the pack on the prose side... one of the poets is throwing line breaks, I'm not sure how long he can keep that up...]

(If you're not sure, the point here is to use that starting line either directly or indirectly, and write something. Be reading you!)

something there is that doesn't love a wall...