Comments on: read write prompt #93: make it a whopper http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/ Mon, 03 May 2010 01:01:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Amy Shimshon http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9187 Amy Shimshon Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:20:27 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9187 I ended up writing about truth and speed. http://shimshonaword.wordpress.com/ I ended up writing about truth and speed. http://shimshonaword.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9052 Deb Scott Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:56:48 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9052 This thrills me, to read this. Thank you for trying it out. This thrills me, to read this. Thank you for trying it out.

]]> By: juliejordanscott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9033 juliejordanscott Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:23:32 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9033 I took a swipe at this in my morning pages today and quickly wrote a poemlette that is the biggest whopper of all, in my book, in my words. I don't have the courage to post it yet. And I want to ride the prompt out the way it was intended to be ridden out. The power in the first words knocked my pencil right out of movement. I took a swipe at this in my morning pages today and quickly wrote a poemlette that is the biggest whopper of all, in my book, in my words.

I don’t have the courage to post it yet.

And I want to ride the prompt out the way it was intended to be ridden out.

The power in the first words knocked my pencil right out of movement.

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9017 Deb Scott Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:45:01 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9017 Of course! ;-) Of course! ;-)

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9016 Deb Scott Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:44:41 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9016 Oooh. I love when circumstances collide, coalesce. (I've been wanting to read some Jeanette Winterson for a while -- I think I'll have to start here.) Thank you for a shared enthusiasm! Oooh. I love when circumstances collide, coalesce. (I’ve been wanting to read some Jeanette Winterson for a while — I think I’ll have to start here.)

Thank you for a shared enthusiasm!

]]> By: Kathy (A~Lotus) http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9012 Kathy (A~Lotus) Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:05:20 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9012 A "whopper" of lies. That actually sounds very appetizing in a very mischievous way, of course. ;) A “whopper” of lies. That actually sounds very appetizing in a very mischievous way, of course. ;)

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9002 Deb Scott Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:35:42 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9002 We want to challenge each other, but not traverse ground that breaks a personal moral boundary, Wayne. Do what is right for you. We want to challenge each other, but not traverse ground that breaks a personal moral boundary, Wayne. Do what is right for you.

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-9001 Deb Scott Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:34:40 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-9001 Enjoy! Enjoy!

]]> By: Cindy Childress http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8999 Cindy Childress Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:12:29 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8999 This prompt works with the book I am reading at the moment, Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson. If anyone hasn't read it before, the book takes leaps of space and time and has magical elements so that it's miles away from realism, and yet it gives the sense of particular details of exactness as well as mediates on its philosophy of reality. Maybe everyone else is familiar with this kind of writing, but it's new to me, and it's starting to free me up to do more "playing" in my writing, which is exactly where this prompt is also directing us. Thank you for the opportunity to break away not just from "how it really happened" but also from whether it happened at all. This prompt works with the book I am reading at the moment, Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson. If anyone hasn’t read it before, the book takes leaps of space and time and has magical elements so that it’s miles away from realism, and yet it gives the sense of particular details of exactness as well as mediates on its philosophy of reality. Maybe everyone else is familiar with this kind of writing, but it’s new to me, and it’s starting to free me up to do more “playing” in my writing, which is exactly where this prompt is also directing us. Thank you for the opportunity to break away not just from “how it really happened” but also from whether it happened at all.

]]> By: Wayne Pitchko http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8998 Wayne Pitchko Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:24:35 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8998 "Whopper"...like some huge hamburger....dam thats double hard for me.....a vegatarian who has never...but never told a fib or a lie in my entire 71 years.....now I not only have to eat a huge whopper of a hamburger....but tell as whopper lie... I don't know if this is possible. “Whopper”…like some huge hamburger….dam thats double hard for me…..a vegatarian who has never…but never told a fib or a lie in my entire 71 years…..now I not only have to eat a huge whopper of a hamburger….but tell as whopper lie… I don’t know if this is possible.

]]> By: ren powell http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8991 ren powell Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:22:04 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8991 How cool! I am going to sit down and write for the prompt now! How cool! I am going to sit down and write for the prompt now!

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8988 Deb Scott Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:15:25 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8988 Enjoy the exercise, Rallentanda, and perhaps see if another version takes you another place. Enjoy the exercise, Rallentanda, and perhaps see if another version takes you another place.

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8987 Deb Scott Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:14:25 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8987 Thanks, Nathan. I'm sure there's a body of wisdom about how the notion, too. I wish I could go to school and make that some part of a dissertation :). Thanks, Nathan. I’m sure there’s a body of wisdom about how the notion, too. I wish I could go to school and make that some part of a dissertation :) .

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8986 Deb Scott Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:12:53 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8986 Fun! Fun!

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8985 Deb Scott Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:12:36 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8985 The fantastic is easier to lie about, isn't it? The fantastic is easier to lie about, isn’t it?

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8984 Deb Scott Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:11:50 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8984 Haha! Weird what the subconscious brings, isn't it? Enjoy. Haha! Weird what the subconscious brings, isn’t it? Enjoy.

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8983 Deb Scott Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:11:00 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8983 Hero-schmero :-) ... happy you like the prompt! Hero-schmero :-) … happy you like the prompt!

]]> By: Deb Scott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8982 Deb Scott Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:10:11 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8982 Glad you like the prompt. I've long been fascinated with "shape-shifting nature of truth," too. Nice way to say it. Glad you like the prompt. I’ve long been fascinated with “shape-shifting nature of truth,” too. Nice way to say it.

]]> By: Rallentanda http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8981 Rallentanda Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:22:39 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8981 Well I hope this is not right otherwise I'm going to have to change my poem Well I hope this is not right otherwise I’m going to have to change my poem

]]> By: Nathan http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/09/18/read-write-prompt-93-make-it-a-whopper/comment-page-1/#comment-8978 Nathan Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:56:25 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=6189#comment-8978 Great idea for a prompt, Deb! I love the notion that a "fantasy of lies" is a good way to get at the truth. Great idea for a prompt, Deb! I love the notion that a “fantasy of lies” is a good way to get at the truth.

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