I don’t do April Fool’s Jokes. I’ve tried. I fail at it.
Instead, I always make sure there’s sweet stuff in the house for April Fool’s.
Which reminds me about food.
Which then makes me think about several of the food-centered conversations I’ve been privy to recently.
So here we are at the prompt.
Write about food. Food you love, food you despise, food you’ve grown, food you’ve cooked. Write about it. But make sure that what you write is also about people, not just about the food. Unless, of course, you want to make the food have a personality, you know pull a anthropomorphism card. When has food been the center of a scene of great transformation in your life? The food at your wedding, or a loved one’s funeral, or the train you took to Chicago. Whatever. Shoot for no less than 1,000 words. If you get closer to 2,500 words, even better. If you decide to post the exercise on your blog, be sure to let us know.
Next workshop is April 18 at the North Bend Library Meeting room at 10:30 a.m. More details to follow in the next few weeks. Put it on your calendar and plan to attend.
That same afternoon, at 3 p.m. the Storyteller’s Circle will be sharing stories. Location to be determined. Stay tuned for more details on that, too.
And now your moment of Writing Zen:
“For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I’m outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it’s hardest to see.” ~Robin Williams
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What did you Write today?
~Casz
Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
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“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron