Thank you to everyone who played along last week…especially to the ‘non-writers’ whose participation only proves that they’re actually writers after all. ;)
Welcome to today’s Sunday Scribble.
This time, we have a line from a song….a rather provocative, evocative and full-of-possibility line.1
Use it directly as part of your piece, or just as a jumping off point.
Even if you don’t identify as a writer, I invite you to have a noodle in a notebook or on a scrap of paper…just to see what might happen.
If you absolutely have no interest - fair enough - you can toggle your preference in the manage subscriptions portion of your settings.
Write by hand, if you’re able.
Give yourself a time limit.
No edits.
No second thoughts.
Let your pen take a walk across the page.
Ready?
Let’s begin.
A night so black, the darkness hummed….2
I know, right?
Hints: What does this line feel like? What is the atmosphere? Who is describing the night? What are they trying to tell us?
Off you go then! Enjoy!
~m. xo
I’ve actually tweaked the original line slightly…because I can.
Ooh I have been on the edge of a scene for two days and because I had some vague ideas but wasn’t certain how it would go … I hadn’t started writing it yet. (You know it’s bad when you watch clips of Regency ball scenes). This might be my way in.
Darkness does sound different from light, doesn’t it.
Some pronounce it as om, others as womb.
When you hear it for the first time,
you’ll be faced with a choice
that will haunt you
for the rest of
your days.
Will I follow… 🌚
x