Walking Away

Walking Away

Friday 30 March 2012

It's a C..... didn't make it...

The flash fiction I have been waiting to be marked has finally come in as a C.... didn't make it... The Gift of Wisdom has now been sent off to another competition and The Nurse which was longlisted has also gone to another competition. I have now decided to be patient and just wait for e-mails arriving telling me they have been successful. Ever the optimist haha.

Today my 75 words It happened in the early hours was chosen to appear on paragraphplanet http://t.co/xOcwzIkq . Each day a different 75 words appears and then goes into the month's archives. If you have time its a great quick read each day.
Here are my 75 words

It happened in the early hours of Sunday morning. Felt like a hundred hands were turning forward. I fell into a void, taken hostage. It was dark, silent and eerie. I knew what was happening but ever year I was powerless to stop it. Like six months later when suddenly I would be released ready for winter. I missed the light, the sunshine, the summer. There’s a rhyme about my predicament Spring forward, fall back. 

3 comments:

  1. Is that what they mean by 'purple prose'?

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  2. A generally pejorative term for writing or speech that is characterized by ornate, flowery, or hyperbolic language. Contrast with plain style..... haha thats purple prose... this blog is so educational....

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    1. Obviously wasn't saying that about your writing ... just that it was purple!

      Floweryness, purple and hyperbole can work ... used sparingly!

      Sal

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