Normanday #57: Five green squid flip flapjacks in the rain.
One might think it’s better to conduct secret business when nobody
is around, but you know a crowd provides the perfect cover. That’s why
you’re walking through town during that morning hour when people are rushing to
work and school. You head straight for the empty flowerpot in front of the used
bookshop on Main Street and dip your hand inside, confident that even if anyone
notices you doing it, they’ll be in too much of a hurry to give it much
thought. You pull out a slip of paper on which is written a single word. You
weren’t expecting that particular word, but you know just what it means. Write
for three minutes…
…about the word, what it means, and what you’ll do now that you’ve
read it.
Email what you wrote to woof at bright dot net by the end of the
day January 6 (put “Norman is Stealthier Than an Invisible Man Wearing Cotton
Candy Shoes” in the subject line). I’ll post as many of my favorite entries as
I want next Monday. Include your first name (or, even better, use a pen name)
and age (unless you’re tortoise-old). If you’re a published children’s or young
adult writer, include a biography to be posted with your entry.
Here are the entries from last week when I asked you to write for
three minutes…
…listing the things you wish you had done in 2012, but didn’t.
Bigfoot
1. Meet new people.
Morzant
1. Cure Bigfoot’s photography impediment.
2. Conduct more author interviews.
3. Experiment with writing poetry.
4. Play a practical joke on Norman.
5. Take Mortimer to see the Grand Canyon.
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