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I Talk in Picture Form
The words are my camera.
Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)’s prompt challenges us to stand proud through one-lined zingers left unsaid.
#WritingPrompt: one-liner poem. Be as petty as you need to be.
I’m a woman of many words. What most could say in a few words, I say in a long-winded story. Don’t fault me. I do it for you so you get the full picture.
When you speak to me, your words waft through the air into my mind creating a movie in living colour. As the reel rolls, I add details as your story fills in the blanks based on the questions I ask you. Maybe that’s why I dislike small talk so much. Idle chatter leaves your movie flat — in black and white. I lose interest quickly.
When I speak to you, I create a motion picture that sets the mood. Whether it be a mystery, drama, comedy, or tragedy, my conversational goal is to keep you aching for more. I give you chances to get lost in the details. I give you words to use for your own movie, no matter how vibrant, or dull.
You keep me guessing, I give you clues.
So, challenges become fascinating when publishers coax stories written in less than 150 words (The Daily Cuppa short forms), 500 words (Keeley Schroder’s monthly challenge prompts) and now Lucy Dan’s one-liner poem. It forces a more streamlined approach to…
