Tell us a story in the form of a list… and, in some way, USE the numbering of the items to play some role. (Yes, you know how I go on about FORM & CONTENT.)
So the list might be 1-10, or it might be 10-1. (What’s the difference?) It might be 1-14 with the number 13 missing. Or some other number missing, for some reason that becomes clear at a later point. Perhaps the list is formed in some other way,with number substitutes.
The list can be of anything: story points; ingredients; actions taken; decisions made; characters; the order in which to eat courses of a meal; or plant spring plants.
Any length. A few words. Paragraphs. Or longer.
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This fits right in to the theme for December and I appreciate the way you have served as a beacon of writer inspiration for me. Here's the post for today and I hope you see the connection with your article and all others about list making. https://georgiapatrick.substack.com/p/if-you-stop-procrastinating-would
This fits right in to the theme for December and I appreciate the way you have served as a beacon of writer inspiration for me. Here's the post for today and I hope you see the connection with your article and all others about list making. https://georgiapatrick.substack.com/p/if-you-stop-procrastinating-would
Very good, Georgia. So much truth in your post.
A real "get on with it!"
Sorority House Semester List
Ten sorority sisters move into their house for new semester
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Nine show up and socially engage
Eight register for classes
Seven actually attend
Six study at the library
Five cheat on the pop quiz
Four head off to the college pub
Three wake up during the eight am lecture
Two hand in their theory papers
One passes does not fail
Makes me wonder abut that house...!
So did Professor Krumpus....
The Morning Clothes Roundup
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1 small boy in footie pajamas.
0 clothes! NAKED BABY!!
1 fresh diaper. Relief.
2-piece dinosaur outfit.
3 mismatched socks in the drawer.
2 of those socks go on feet.
1 is immediately taken off.
2 socks on feet again.
3 bites of oatmeal go into the boy.
(The phone rings. You ignore it.)
4 minutes to get yourself ready.
(Only) 5 minutes late getting out the door.
And we know that those two socks are not a pair. You evoke those times in my live so clearly! (Four bites of Cream-of-Wheat on the walls...)
You know it! I once discovered ketchup splattered all over the inside of our front door. You both wonder, and don’t. 😅
Wonder...and don't, yes!