Today, write a post with roots in a real-world conversation. For a twist, include foreshadowing.
By Write a post inspired by a real-world conversation.
We don’t write in a bubble — we write in the world, and what we say is influenced by our experiences. Today, take a cue from something you’ve overheard and write a post inspired by a real-life conversation. Revisit a time when you wish you’d spoken up, reminisce about an important conversation that will always stick with you, or tune in to a conversation happening around you right now and write your reaction. Take time to listen — to what you hear around you, or what your memories stir up.
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
– Ernest Hemingway
Today’s twist: include an element of foreshadowing in the beginning of your post.
At its most basic, foreshadowing gives readers a roadmap to what will happen later in your post — a subtle detail planted in the back of a reader’s mind, like a telling piece of dialogue or a strategic mention of an object that hints at what’s to come. When an author tells us there are dark clouds on the horizon, we know something negative will happen soon.
This doesn’t mean your post has to have a Shocking! Twist! à la The Usual Suspects or Shirley Jackson’s classic short story, “The Lottery.” It just means you’ll give readers some clues as you go — a sense of what will happen next, information that might be important later, or a detail that you’ll explain in your conclusion.
We’re ready to go wherever you want to lead us.
Ready to share? Give us a clue that draws us to your post on The Commons.
Oh…The Lottery…that story freaked me out in high school.
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Reply To Writing 101: Dark clouds On The (Virtual) Horizon
http://impossiblebebong.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/shadows/
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Still writing, but here’s my lead…(hope this doesn’t break the rules, Michelle)
The self-anointed most important woman in the grocery store was leaving quite a wake of emotional and physical destruction, plowing through the aisles as if she were being timed and her life depended on breaking the world record.
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Very good, I felt as if I was right there and feeling how you felt!
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I am excited to read the rest!
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http://diariesofthenight.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/it-could-always-be-worse/
oh boy
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Does the foreshadow work? Thanks.
http://whisper2scream.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/writing-101-challenge-market-justice/
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The challenge gets more difficult by the day… And that’s great! when the going gets tough, only the tough gets going -right?.
So no backing out…I just need my thinking cap! Did anyone see it? ☺
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And here is my humble offering! Titled: The Beauty and the Beef
http://hardethaewoh.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/the-beauty-and-the-beef/
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I love this one. I have so much I could write here. So many incidences. But I chose the one that I should have spoken at didn’t and it somehow changed my entire life.
Please do read it and let me know.
http://wordytale.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/dreadful-white-waiting-rooms/
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A recent conversation. I got a different style of speech for the other character: http://clareflourish.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/ben/
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Initially, I find this hard. But after talking to someone, an idea popped suddenly. Here it is:
http://allenjambalaya.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/the-unreturned-book-a-short-story/
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i tried something short but to the point!!!
http://societyvsmindvsheart.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/dark-clouds-on-the-horizon/
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“It was a dark and stormy night.” Okay, just kidding. That isn’t actually how I started out this assignment, which asked us to use foreshadowing. Take a look. http://mindfuldigressions.com/2014/09/30/youre-toast/
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Five cents. A cool nickle, it doesn’t sound a lot for a life does it?
http://wp.me/p4P21q-2W
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http://bluecrescentfading.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/the-earth-is-going-round-the-twist/ here’s my take on this 😉
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Here is my submission for this assignment.
http://whenthetimeiswrite.com/2014/10/01/writing-101-dark-clouds-on-the-virtual-horizon/
Feedback is always welcome. I feel like I may have forced the foreshadowing to the beginning of the piece and disrupted the flow. In some ways I’m writing this story backwards though, so it may be natural for me to feel that way.
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If there is anyone still hanging around here, aside from the wordpress ghosts, i have done this topic finally http://brettodownes.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/12-dark-clouds-in-a-virtual-horizon-wordpress/
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