Hello, word artists and admirers! Read any good books this summer? July was easily my best reading month so far this year. I finished 14 books this months. A decent chunk of that reading happened during my vacation. I don't expect I'll have that much free time again until the winter holidays, but it was nice getting lost in a few good books.
Some of the books I chose to read on vacation already were on my radar. Some just had interesting sounding titles and were available to download right away on my e-reader. 😅 What makes you pick up a book?
So for this week's optional prompt, I invite you to write poetry or prose which includes an intriguing book title. Want an example? Here are seven good ones to get you started:
1. Beautiful Ruins 2. The Forest of Hands and Teeth 3. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being 5. Love in the Time of Cholera 6. Something Wicked This Way Comes 7. One Hundred Years of Solitude
I'll take poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction. Do be sure to keep your pieces to 369 words or fewer, and one piece per person, please.
Next week, we'll ask you to write about a bone or bones. You can choose to write about bones in general or a specific bone.
Finding
new ways to entertain you can be fun, but we don’t always hit the mark.
If we get fewer than usual responses on any particular week, I have
learned to look first at what is happening in the wider world. If
there’s an election somewhere, or a major disaster, or a national
celebration, it makes sense that some people won’t have the time or
attention to give to this. But sometimes I suspect that, in attempting
variety, I’ve chosen a prompt that lacks wide appeal. So I’d like you to
give us some hints, please, as to what you like best.
For your optional prompt this week,
please return to one of your favourite Friday Writing prompts of the
past, and to that same prompt write something new.
(It may be easier to
look through your own blog first, rather than wading through P&SU
back entries – though you can always use the search box on our blog, top
left, for particular words or themes.)
Please make sure you tell us what prompt you're revisiting. When we see what you choose, we’ll get a better idea of what you
like. You may re-use a favourite prompt from another source if you
wish, rather than one of ours. And if you choose to go off prompt and
create something with no such connection, that will still indicate what
you like to write. (*Grin*)
(You’re also very welcome to tell us in more detail in the comments below.)
The usual guidelines
apply: One post per person, poetry or prose, old or new, on prompt or
off, 369 words maximum (excluding title and notes). Post on your blog,
add the post link to Mister Linky below, visit and encourage other
participants.
Artwork at 'imaginary garden with real toads,'
which many of us remember fondly as a wonderful prompt site, sister to our earlier incarnation, Poets United. (It is now
archived, which means it can still be used as a source of inspiration by
anyone who wishes, but new posts and active reader participation are no
longer happening.)
Next week,
we will invite you to write poetry or prose which includes an intriguing book
title. Want an example? Well, here are seven that caught my curiosity at first
sight:
1.Beautiful Ruins 2.The Forest of Hands and Teeth 3.On Earth We’re
Briefly Gorgeous 4.The Unbearable Lightness of Being 5.Love in the Time of Cholera 6.Something Wicked This Way Comes 7.One Hundred Years of Solitude
