Once upon a time a memoirist got all confused about a flash fiction prompt requiring a fairy tale ending. In real life, it seemed they hardly ever came along. Not those that can be written in 99 words anyway. (She forgot she could just make it up.)
So she huffed and she puffed and the deadline drew near. She tried waving her magic wand but the words would not appear, so in the end she made more coffee, ate up all the chocolate in the house and pretended she and her monsters would live happily ever after. THE END.
In response to this weeks prompt from Charli Mills at the Carrot Ranch:
January 13, 2016 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) begin a story with, “Once upon a time…”
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January 20, 2016 at 11:11 am
Fabulous, Lisa, in both senses of the word.
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January 20, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Thanks Anne. It’s really multilayered this week! Wish I’d had time to explain 🙂
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January 20, 2016 at 4:17 am
LOL Too funny! I’m running because the pub is closing and everyone wants to know why I’m laughing!!!
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January 20, 2016 at 5:32 pm
I bet! It’s no laughing matter that the pub is closing!! (Thanks 😀 )
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January 19, 2016 at 5:11 pm
Too cute!
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January 19, 2016 at 4:38 pm
Love this Lisa. So clever! I am having a hard time with “magic” myself. Maybe today is the day my morning coffee will help…
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January 20, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Well.. I’m having one of those days where it’s now getting dark and I’ve only just braved opening up Scrivener! Magic wand where are you..?
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January 19, 2016 at 4:13 pm
I think we could all cope with the stresses of the occassionally once upon a times if we knew chocolate and coffee was at hand.
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January 20, 2016 at 5:33 pm
It’s how you get fat writing memoir!
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January 20, 2016 at 9:19 pm
I think I can get fat without writing any excuse! !
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January 19, 2016 at 3:41 pm
We did it again! Was just this morning thinking of a life-story “fiction” piece about a writer in a fairy tale. 😀 Mine didn’t have coffee or chocolate, though. 💖 This is brilliant!
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January 19, 2016 at 3:46 pm
I so wanted to write about whether this was fiction or metaphor for my life! Lol X
But have to get a grip with my priorities and keep Blogging Lite 😀
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