This week's prompts are:
1 - abandon
2 - vanish
3 - quaver
4 - unstring
5 - poor
Charlotte (Mother Owl)'s color of February is Glass Elephant Blue. See the color at Charlotte's blog over here.
You may write your piece in the comments or post it on your blog. If posting on your blog, please leave a direct link to the post so we can all visit you. Have fun writing!
The poor musician decided to unstring his violin, abandon his profession, and vanish, never to play another quaver.
ReplyDeleteSad and succinct, as always well done.
DeleteSeems extreme to go as far as to unstring the violin, wonder what happened for him to do that?
DeleteMike: The extreme of unstring his violin said something terrible must have happened for him to do this. Always, you write such thoughtful little pieces to ponder over.
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That is terribly sad, but a good use of the prompts!
DeleteWell done Mike - very succinct ... cheers HIlary
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ReplyDeleteLa música era su gran pasión y escribía en su pentagrama algunas composiciones musicales esperando alcanzar la fama.
ReplyDeleteDe pobre no lo sacaba su afición por la música. A punto de abandonar y hacer desaparecer su sueño. Una noche de imsonnio le hizo levantarse de la cama. Cierta melodía le rondaba la cabeza y había que plasmarla en el pentagrama.
Redondas blancas y negras, corcheas y semircorcheas, fusas y semifusas, con algún silencio entre ellas y en clave de sol.
Una vez plasmada en la partitura. La comenzó a tocar en su inseparable violín. Estaba seguro que tendría el éxito que necesitaba para saltar a la fama.
Espero que logre su sueño.
DeleteI hope he is successful this time.
DeleteVentana de Foto: I had to use google translate so what I read in the translation, it sounded sad but hopeful.
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A beautiful story, and wonderful use of the prompt words.
DeleteFinally, he made it! Fine story, Antonia.
DeleteMine has been posted here.
ReplyDeleteCindi: I just read your piece, looks like something big is going to happen.
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Thank you for hosting. On Wednesday, my story will be over here.
ReplyDeletemessymimi: I just read your piece. Good use of the prompts.
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Thank you for the words. I'll get my mind ticking over and have a story on my blog on Friday. (Australian Friday)
ReplyDeleteRiver: Looking forward to reading it.
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Hi Lissa - Mike's is very succinct ... but I'm grateful to you for helping EC out ...
ReplyDeletePoor abandoned glass elephant blue ornament ... just left languishing on the windowsill. The child reached her hand out … wondering if she dared take care of the elephant … her fingers quavered … yet she did very quickly pocket the figurine.
She was hoping when she got home she could get her parents help her string up her new treasure, away from the filching hands of her brother: she didn't want him unstringing it, dropping it and then breaking it.
Youngsters love these little pretty objects … I know I still have a few – not glass ones … but one or two African ones.
I found using the colour really quite difficult ... cheers to one and all - Hilary
Hilary Melton-Butcher: By your words, I see the elephant ornament dangling in the sunshine. That color, glass elephant blue, is a bit of mouthful for a color but you used it well.
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A wonderful story, and I can relate to her fears about her brother!
DeleteI do hope she gets to keep it and it stays safe. Nice use of the prompts.
DeleteHaving done enough damage herself, she has an idea of what little brothers are capable of.
DeleteGood one, Hilary. ;-)
Thanks Lissa, Cindi, Mimi, and Sean - appreciate the comments - cheers Hilary
DeleteAlas, we abandon the shores of our homeland to find the poor souls who have been lost to the Vanish, a strange malady. To unstring the riddle we face, we have employed five wise women who quaver convincingly over their portents. But, after we've been at see for three days, we lose more and more of our crew, and even some of the wise women. And now, it is done to three of us. Who will go next? Who will stay? And if I am the only one left, will I be able to sail this ship home? (BTW - I was having a lot of fun with these word prompts.) Happy IWSG Day!
ReplyDeleteTyrean Martinson: So these three who are left, will they fight among themselves? This was thoughtful. Happy IWSG day to you too.
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Hi Tyrean - a different take ... interesting as to what happens next ... good to see you with us for Words for Wednesday - cheers Hilary
DeleteI loved this story!
DeleteYou've got a nice mystery to be solved here, maybe you could write more about it.
DeleteQuaver and unstring! The poor have to abandon and vanish ... glass Elephant blue.
ReplyDeleteHi Sean - succinct ... the mind wanders ... well done - cheers Hilary
DeleteSean Jeating: I can't decide if this is sad or funny. I'm glad you wrote something.
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It's meant sarcastically, Lissa.
DeleteSean Jeating: Thanks for the clarification. I think sarcasm is hard to understand sometimes, at least, in written form.
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A good use of the prompts ... I, unfortunately, will never be able to write a one sentence story. It is not my lot in life to be known as a woman who kept her mouth shut. ;-/
DeleteNice one sentence story!
DeleteEven though I had the prompts early, I seem unable to write on time.
ReplyDeleteMy take on the prompts is here: Fiction: The soul guardian. It's a three part which I promise will not too long in length.
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DeleteI loved your story and can't wait to read the next part! Great character development!
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