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by Joy
Rated: 18+ · Book · Experience · #2003843
Second blog -- answers to an ocean of prompts
Kathleen-613's creation for my blog

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN

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Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.

David Whyte

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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
August 13, 2019 at 11:17pm
August 13, 2019 at 11:17pm
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Prompt: "I think quotes are very dangerous things." Kate Bush Do you agree with this?

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From where I stand, I think quotes make great prompts to write from, but to a person who doesn’t read or write much, I can see how they can be boring and even threatening. This may be because some people dislike the feeling when a quote deftly points to their shortcomings, especially if such people have never thought about or tried to improve their own internal workings.


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Prompt: “The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.”
Leo Tolstoy
Agree or disagree and what do you think Tolstoy meant?

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From the pen of a master, good vs.bad or good vs. good do not matter. Either theme will provide an excellent story.

Still, in good vs.good, the conflict may have the inclination to grow larger and deeper. This resembles a couple of people at odds with each other with both showing equally good points; such a conflict attracts the interest of an onlooker more strongly, the onlooker being the reader. Surely, this theme is more interesting but also more difficult to write.

The same clash may happen in real life when a couple in a relationship break apart and their friends don’t know what to do as they like each person equally.




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