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Original posting 9 May 2011

Drat, drat, drat. You got to remind me about these things.

Target is ... what, May 20 tooth? No, 22th! Huh, I'll be running workshops that day. But anyway.

D'y'a like the triplets? How about these?

Character: Taxi driver.
Setting: A ski resort.
Problem: There's a dead body on the floor.

Note: up to you as to who died, which floor they are on, and all that stuff. You can play it for laughs, do a serious mystery, or whatever -- who said zombies? No, no, get your crucifix and stake out and kill them before they multiply! Anyway, whatever you like, just...

WRITE!

Original Posting 27 March 2011

Before I forget, let's see... For the next two weeks (that would be aiming at April 10, right?), how about we toss in a few possible topics? Here, try these:

1. An old painter. Your choice on gender, whether the paintings or the person or the subjects or something else is old (and just how old is old, anyway? I'll bet teenagers have a slightly different viewpoint than those of us who have passed our first half century, somehow. Don't trust anyone over... 80? Nah, it doesn't have the same ring to it as back in the days when anyone over 30 was over-the-hill...). Anyway, an old painter (house, oil, water, or whatever?).

2. A cat. Kitty, kitty, kitty? Something of the feline persuasion (yes, if you want to throw in Catwoman, that's your business). Big cat, little kitty, whatever, add some whiskers to your tale.

Bubble, boil, toil and trouble?

3. I can't decide. Power failure or April Fool's? Okay, take your pick (that's a sneaky way to get 4 topics in, isn't it?). Anyway, the day that things went off (where were they? Was it night or day? How long did the power stay off? What happened...) OR that day when practical jokers often go straight, to avoid being confused with the flood of April Fools jokes. Spin your bottle and pick one of these!

Stir your pot, dance around, and let the power of the word move you right along, okay? When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning or in pouring rain? Fair is... ah, that's a twice-told tale, isn't it? Still pretty good, though.

So, an old painter, a cat, and either power failure or April Fool's. And a story, limerick, wild essay, tale from the cryptic persona, or whatever makes you...

WRITE!