Story’s Trying to Bowl Me Over Backwards, Knock Me Forwards

[scribblemyname]

Writing today’s 365 story, “Remembering Lena,” and it’s deceptively simple because it’s not simple at all.

Snippet

Wesley Bryn returned to the book on Wednesday. The title and author name on the cover meant nothing to him—David Copperfield, Charles Dickens—but inside the front cover, a soft blue floral designed bookplate had a due date for Wednesday, today, blue inked in loopy feminine handwriting. Stamped at the bottom of the bookplate was an address for Pretty Things, presumably the establishment where he had borrowed, rented, or otherwise procured said book.

Prompted by pygmymuse

Originally published at Liana Mir. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

Okay... I'm going to need more.

I can't even figure out how I managed to prompt this one. :)

Working...

[scribblemyname]

Not entirely surprising, since that was the only usable snippet just yet. Let's just say the prompt is—

I remember that time that you told me
You said, "Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine

~ "A Case of You" from Blue by Joni Mitchell ~

[ http://www.quotesstar.com/quotes/i/i-remember-the-time-you-125131.html ]

—and I haven't even got to the big idea yet, which is why it's simple and not simple at all. :grins:

Re: Working...

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

:)

Funny how snippets go. They don't always like to be shared.

Ah, that one. I like that one. Well, I like a lot of them, but that's one of the better ones.

I used the other lyrics for a short piece today, was maybe going to try the others tomorrow. It will be interesting to see two different approaches.

I am curious about this big idea you mention, too. :)