Writing Challenge #2

2020-06-06

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Liquid here with the second episode of our traditional series of writing challenges. Last time the challenge was about the great outdoors.

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I wanted to keep up the outside world as a theme while proposing the new challenge. And I also wished to reference a beautiful, unequaled piece of English literature. So this month theme should be What the thunder said, from the fifth part of T.S. Elliot's The Wasteland (which you can read here).

So, this challenge is to write something about thunders, speaking or mute, literal or metaphorical, in the great outside or entirely contained in your kitchen. And of course other references to Elliot's works are more than welcome. Whether that's a short story, a haiku, a riddle, rhyming couplets, or whatever, it's totally up to you.

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Following our prompt tradition here's some lines you can start from, or include anywhere else in your work:

The sky rumbled like a septuagenarian too tired to leave his armchair, but perfectly able to complain.

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There is always another one walking beside you.

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[My] foot slipped on a razor sharp rock, a spear-like tip poking through my sole.

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And just remember: this is a fun challenge. The point is to have some fun, perhaps stretch some creative muscles, or give a new style a try; it's not a contest or anything.

Have fun!