Author: JoHawkTheWriter

Glorious View — Three Line Tales

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From Sonya’s 3LineTales at Only100Words.
You can find the original prompt here. Thank you, Sonya.

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photo by Jack Anstey via Unsplash

The lonesome whistle boomed across the valley, shook my cell and bore into my soul.

I marked the journeys to and fro, carrying countless passenger to their destinations, to dreamlike places where I could not go.

I imagined travelers viewing my castle’s beautiful tower from afar, wishing they were me and never realizing my dearest wish was to be on the train seated next to them.

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Daily Quote

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I take exception to this quote as I don’t see the point in writing a bad story. If you are going to the trouble of writing you need to write a good story. You can fix bad writing. However, a story that is ill-conceived, not well thought out or lacking cohesiveness, well I suppose you could fix it, but that seems more work than it is worth. Not to mention it is a waste of writing time.

I will assume we all have fabulous story ideas and are spending this month writing a good story, badly.

What is your biggest stumbling block this month?

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

Time Capsule — 100 Word Wednesday

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Title: Time Capsule
Source:  100 Word Wednesday: Week 96
Word count: 100 words

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Photo by Paul Gaudriault

Life changed after Grandmama died. Papa, a quiet man, retreated further while I mourned. He signed Grandmama’s death certificate and handed me the apartment keys. I wouldn’t live there long.

I was twenty, and I knew Grandmama’s lessons on survival. The apartment, the jewels, the Boldini painting, they bore testament to a woman’s ability to live well.

Soldiers were marching into the city when I fled. I wouldn’t speak of those years again, although I thought of them daily. I kept the apartment and the secrets it held while the memories lived in my heart and the child I carried.

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Jo Hawk The Writer

 

Altered Potential — Friday Fictioneers

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Title: Altered Potential
Source:  Friday Fictioneers sponsored by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple
Word count: 100 words

PHOTO PROMPT © J.S. Brand

Takoda drove his truck on the wide ribbon of black asphalted four-lane highway. Power lines echoed the roads curves, slashing black streaks across the brilliant blue sky.

He wondered at the trees planted beneath power lines. He cried at the misshapen forms they adapted to grow in a world where men prevented them from reaching their true potential.  He didn’t understand the lack of logic.

They planted trees knowing they would grow, knowing their branches would  intertwine with the lines and require cutting. Five feet of distance and trees and power lines could coexist. It would have changed the world.

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Deluge — Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge

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Title: Deluge
Source: Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge
The Prompt: Use these 3 words (gray, wind, echoes) to spark your imagination.  BUT you CANNOT USE these 3 words.

Photo by Caitlyn Noble on Unsplash

The storm blew across the lake, chasing clouds, whipping waves and dancing between the slashing lightning and pelting raindrops. The waves crashed into the rocks spewing geysers of water high into the frigid air.

Aela stood at the precipice, the future balance on the blade of her ax. A modern-day warrior she stood guard, prepared for battle. Unsure of the way forward she was unable to turn back. The scream smashed against the water wall reverberating in her ears as it shattered into frozen shards that slammed her body and slashed her soul.

The storm abated, and she knew what she must do.

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Daily Quote

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Now is not the time to edit. Put the white-out down, ignore the delete key, give your inner critic a bottle of whiskey (not the good stuff that should be hidden away for November 30th) and set your critic in a locked room with a copy of “War and Peace”.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t trust the white-out.

How do you silence your critic?

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Daily Quote

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There is a pair of mallards who visit my yard each year. When they arrive, I share cracked corn and perhaps a handful of crackers. I seldom have bread in the house. They arrive before dusk reminding me that at this moment my job is to enjoy their presence. They go where the water flows and let it take them where it will. I remember my ducks as I write and let the story take me where it will.

Where is your story taking you today?

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Daily Quote

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Hello? Anyone out there? I know you are writing and making progress and pulling your hair out. It’s okay, I won’t lie, I am doing the same thing. And if you’re not doing NaNo be patient with the rest of us crazy writers, we will rejoin you in twenty-five days.

Are you deep into NaNo? Oh, you can answer me in December.

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Jo Hawk The Writer