Gregory Crewdson’s photographs are set up like movie scenes and meant to tell a story. If you would like to learn more about his work and techniques, there’s a great documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters. What story do you see in this scene?

Don’t forget #pessimisticmoustache! What isms would you use to describe the room and/or the man in it?

#vss: very short story

Frank was running out of time and floorboards. He wished he hadn’t put their prenup “somewhere very safe.”

#OctPoWriMo

Theme: Tapping The Ash Of Her Cigarette – This theme could go well with today’s photograph. She may have walked in on this destruction and lit a cigarette while contemplating what happened. Tapping the ash of her cigarette may cause an explosion, or the smell of tobacco may break him out of his trance and start a conversation.

For the poetry form today, the suggestion was palindrome. And though the explanation of the form at Shadow Poetry gave some nice examples, I came at it a little differently. I found a list of palindromic words and phrases and chose my favorites. Then I printed them, cut them out and arranged them. If it’s not the masterpiece I aimed for I blame–tons o’ snot–Here’s what I came up with:

Nostalgia

Looking back or back looking: a poem in palindromes

Bob
Borrow or rob
Liam’s mail

Dee saw a seed
Drawn onward
Dennis sinned

He did, eh?
Won’t lovers revolt now?

Evil Olive
Live not on evil
Evil did I dwell, lewd I did live

Hannah
Lived on decaf; faced no devil
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas!

Was it a rat I saw?
Won’t I panic in a pit now?

Dumb mud
Doom mood
Too far, Edna, we wander afoot

Dr. Awkward
Maps DNA and spam
Mad as Adam

Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Revered now, I live on. O did I do no evil, I wonder, ever?

Name not one man
Never odd or even
Todd erases a red dot

We sew
We few
No, tie it on

Naomi, did I moan?
I did, did I?

Sh…Tom sees moths
Nemo’s omen
No, it is opposition

Desserts I desire not, so long no lost one rise distressed
Drawn, I sit; serene rest is inward
In words, alas, drown I
Now I won.

 

#FlashFicHive

Finish the sentence with a story.

After Marjorie left, Frank had a problem with handling her final words, “home wrecker!” They echoed in his mind and became an obsession, a mission, a quest. He got to work.

#JustCreateChallenge

April Taylor has posted the prompts for the week. This week is all about character building. The three words I would choose for today’s character are:

1. bully, cruel, messy OR
2. bland, coiled, meek

I hope you’re now motivated for a great week of creating!

Happy Reading and Writing!