Category: Tom

Many folk with E tickets to Disneyland have asked how do you tom write a 100 word story on the happy place on earth.

It’s a job. You do it every single day. You do it when you don’t want to. You do it when you’re sick. You do it in all the time slivers that occur during a day. It’s work. You are a worker. No one goes on vacation to write. Anyone tells you writing is fun take this number two pencil and send them to god. You may smile at what you wrote, you may even laugh, but in no sense was the arrival at the combination of word no less arduous then haul a pile of bricks up a hill.

Many folk with milk mustaches have asked how do you tom write a 100 word story

So you got the story written and you are looking for an honest assessment of its merit. If you’re looking for a willing soul to help you, think again bucko. Folk will run faster from that then a hill of fire ants. You will need to employ one of the three rules of captive audience participation: tubs, fires, or cars. The first works best on spouses when you sit with your back against the door. Editors love a good fire though restraints speed up the process. Driving at high speeds with your feet, galvanizes the attention of any potential reviewer.

Many folk with receding hairlines (damn I hate when that happens) have asked how do you Tom write a 100 word story

Anyone acquainted with this here X see lent web site knowns that that Caleb guy is the real talent in the room. Oh he’s been quiet for sometime, but he’s a damn good resource when the well runs dry and there’s nothing to prime the pump. I been reggarlee emailn old Caleb for story ideas. He dun suggested a Cthulhu Children’s Christmas story, and a musical about this guy name Ham Let. What the heck is sandy script? He told be about this other guy name Till Eulenspiegel, real trickster there. If you find yourself in a bind email Caleb

Many folk with the best possible intentions have asked how do you Tom write a 100 word story

Over the last 80 installments we’ve poked our collective head into many of the dark corners of the writing underbelly. But a truly happy underbelly is one resting in a truly comfortable chair. You may scoff, but as surely as clothes make the man, chairs make the author. So what are the major points of chairness? One high high backs at least 2in. above your head when seated. Two padded arm rests that curve to meet the seat. It’s got to have casters and a central column that swivels. The seat should be pleated. Fabric should be a brown velour.

Many folk with total recall have asked how do you Tom write a 100 Word story

I write from a dark place, not mentally, in a closet. When all the lights are out it’s easy to have images swirl before your eyes. Generally family members are least likely to bother you if you are sitting on the floor in a closet. Sometimes this will backfire when calls to a locale institution have dispatched two lovely young men in white suites with four point restraints. But if you have good locks and a strong door you can get a fair amount of writing done before the crowbar separates the door casing. Keep the candle away from clothes

Many folk with 40 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to sell have asked how do you Tom write a 100 word story.

Some say read the classics. Immerse yourself in the great works of literature. Some say study the histories of the great cultures of the world. Some say embrace the Sufi masters and let the air ring out in the poetry of pure love. Few will say read cereal boxes. It is the road less traveled. To gain wisdom from ingredient lists is a task worthy of a dervish. Boxes with cartoon characters yield the deeper insights. Make Snap Crackle and Pop your personal mantra. Let the adventures of Quisp and Quake be your guides to the realms of the esoteric

Many folk with peg legs and parrots have asked how do you write a 100 word story

I have waited as long as I can to address this, BUT often one writes a story to say something. YYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCkkkk. How polemic! A burning desire to share some universal truth claws its way out of your brain onto the paper. We will forgive you this time, but don’t let it happen again. If you must reflect on the human condition do it with a small voice, a teen tiny voice blissfully recounting a fool errant. Say it honestly and simply. Let it lie on the ears of your reader not as a demand, but as an invitation to explore.

Many folk with spoollies in their hair have asked how do you tom write a 100 word story

One on the joys of being a writer is choosing the names of characters. My affluent characters have highfalutin names usually double stressed double syllables, for example Wainwright. All the children in my stories have names ending in y. If I’m going to bump that character off nine times out of ten his name is going to be Timmy. Sci-Fi characters have a lot of Zs and Es in their names. Babies are named after my sister. All doctors are Dan. All villains are Gary. The butt of jokes is Frank. My favorite all time character’s name is Arnesto Cervantes

Many folk with ADD have, I think I’ll have some breakfast, wow there are deer on the lawn, where did I put my keys, I’ll look for them in the fridge then asked how do you tom write a 100 word story

It might seem over obvious but 100 word stories need a strong setting. You don’t have the luxury of pages of description. You got five to ten words to imply genre, epoch, and location. Think of these few words as the equivalent of sprinters starting blocks. You need a firm grounding if you’re going to cover 100 yards in 15 seconds. Your opening can signal that the setting is merely two people talking. That the surroundings actually have little effect on the tale. My favorite setting is a greasy-spoon near closing time a young couple and an army of zombies.