Writing Cue - If SCREAM was not a painting

Dec 23, 2008 00:33

We’ve all seen this painting before. Scream by Edward Munch. It has been harrowingly engaging for over a century now, not to mention its iconic status in the history of Expressionism.

Now what if this was not intended as a painting? What if Munch was a writer; & here’s the deal - he wrote in a genre you fancy!

That’s your cue. Write in your ( Read more... )

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hermoinejean7 December 29 2008, 14:54:15 UTC
I'm a new member to this community, and I might be sounding terribly stupid here, but please may I know where we're supposed to post our replies to this wonderful prompt?

Are we supposed to make new entries here, or would it suffice if we add our stories as a comment to this post?

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sepiaverse December 29 2008, 15:03:45 UTC
Hi hermoinejean7

The community is terrible new too, and your question is valid (no, not stupid - not one bit!)

You can add the story as a comment to this post, or post it to your own journal and put the link up here, whichever way u like..

Once we are in the rhythm, maybe we could come up with a thumb rule like - a prompt for one fortnight - only responses in the first week, and comments on those works in the second week.

If you have any suggestions oh this count, they are very welcome too...

Look forward to reading your piece :)

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hermoinejean7 January 3 2009, 16:57:07 UTC
Here's my vignette! I'd love to know all of your opinions on it!

A myriad of colours is all that is seen, hues of red and orange everywhere. A cluster of muted voices is all that could be heard, but that, in itself, arouses fear in my mind. For someone like me, who hasn’t had the opportunity to see, felt the joy in hearing, or even listening to others, or known of the wonderful tool called voice; sound and colour, are nothing but alien. Yet, I was able to sense it. Sense is an inherent part of everyone; it doesn’t require training or thought ( ... )

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