LJ Idol 10: Week 20: Open Topic

[codenamewanderlust]

Of All The Topics So Far (500 Words)

I wish for my writing to be fearless if not effortless

I wish to write for the fun of escaping and the perverse joy it brings to me

Never mind fame and fortune when hypergraphia overtakes me in the middle of the night

Too many tales wanting to be told

Universes full of elegant airships

An underground dance club in a retro-futuristic dystopia

A post-apocalyptic romance, a Mary Sue

In search of a brother who found himself on the wrong side of the law in a barren outpost far from their own

Along the way, Mary meets a handsome drifter who is also the “Traveling Judge” presiding over the brother’s trial

Plot twist, heel turn

Archetypes, alignments

Plot bunnies, anon memes

Gratuitously written death scenes

Just keeping the words going

Weaving a yarn or an old wives tale

Something between monologue and poetry

A breaking the 4th wall soliloquy

The little people have hidden my glasses again

My physical body is shaking but I am not there

Because I am here

Where the action is about to happen

20 seconds into the future

Falling in love with the clacking of the keyboard; I give away all of my secrets

Vague details of how, where and when,the places I have been

A road map, mcguffin, chekov’s gun

I suffer the slings and arrows for the sake of art

The cracks of my heart are still visible where it has been broken and healed imperfectly

A thousand voices whispering to me when I lay down to sleep—

Theoretical and hypothetical conversations never had

Introductions made with sorcerers, succubi, computer hackers, shapeshifters,

A faerie princess framed for murder

Political intrigue, an ethical dilemma

Pirate treasure lost to the bottom of the sea like so much salt

Amid shipwrecked notions, barnacle encrusted possibility

When that one friend inevitably asks if I have written anything new I’ll plead The 5th

I will say nothing that might incriminate me further

No comment to benefit the audience who have come to see a spectacle

Scandal, betrayal, the tragic deuteragonist is told to leave and never come back

Holding my pen steady despite self doubt- constant psych out

I write

From one blue hour to the next

Twilight, midnight, 3am

The witching hour and I’m humming to the orishas for protection and inspiration to tell a single story to it’s completion

Dawn

I awake from horrors

The skin of a skull being split open to to reveal the pink and blue insides, sleep paralysis visions of a giant arachnid getting closer before my brain screams at my my body to wake up

Gasping to the surface of reality

Dragged from the depths of subconscious fantasy

Abandon all hope Fear only fuels passion

A bet around a fire, a thrilling story told by a young woman about a mad doctor who though himself a god

A thunderclap and lighting bringing a genre to life

Once upon a time is an invitation

I remain unable to refuse

Comments

[bewize.livejournal.com]

Very cool. I particularly liked the ending.

[rswndrlst.livejournal.com]

thank you so much!!

[i-17bingo.livejournal.com]

This was exhausting, and I mean that as a compliment. As a writer, I know how those ideas can pinball through your soul until you just can't take it anymore, and when someone asks what you're working on, all you can say is, "Stuff." As celebration/lament of creating, this was top notch.

[rswndrlst.livejournal.com]

haha stuff! indeed! I'm so glad my intention was clear, I always worry my 'stuff' only makes sense to me which is why I stuggle with confidence in my art

Thank you!

[ryl.livejournal.com]

The skin of a skull being split open to to reveal the pink and blue insides, sleep paralysis visions of a giant arachnid getting closer before my brain screams at my my body to wake up

I love this line! It's haunting and vivid, just like a nightmare the second before you wake up.

[rswndrlst.livejournal.com]

I almost took that line out because I was afraid it was too dark but I'm glad I left it I have really vivid dreams that often inspire my writing and I neeed to trust my insticts more - thank you!

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

I could see prompts sprinkled all over and that made me smile. Beautifully told. I loved this.Kudos!

[rswndrlst.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I really tried to include a reference to all 20 prompts so far, it was a suprisingly fun challenge

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Yes, and yes, and yes to this! Writing is play, it's work, it's exploration...and the almost-finding. I loved how you buried Idol here but also bared your own fears. This line forever - Falling in love with the clacking of the keyboard; I give away all of my secrets

KEEP GOING!

[rswndrlst.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU!!

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

It's clear that writing possesses you and that you have a lot of ideas rattling around, ones that would make good stories. I hope some of them find a way out!

[marlawentmad.livejournal.com]

Oh, you captured the experience and feeling so well!

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Write on!

[beeker121.livejournal.com]

This is full of energy, and leaves me both enthusiastic and a little exhausted.

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

I love this so much. It conveys so well the power of needing to write. I really, really love this line:
Falling in love with the clacking of the keyboard; I give away all of my secrets
Vague details of how, where and when,the places I have been