Whiplash! – “Q” up and wait for the next topic in this line of writing.

Whiplash: An injury to the neck caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head, either backward or forward; And in the case of writing or speaking, can be caused by a rapid change of topic without prior notice.

Whiplash! – “Q” up and wait for the next topic in this line of writing.

It starts with just the letter Q

Where I must think what must I do

I think I’ll just go on a quest

For words that rhyme, I’ll do my best

I’ll try to keep my writing cheery

As I commence to make my query

What begins with “Q”? now that’s the question

I must make things up, revise, refreshen

But this is hard it makes me queasy

To write with so much “q” ain’t easy

But I’ll prevail, I will not Quit!

I’d like to keep on bit by bit

I hope this writing was a smash

For here it comes, ta-ta Whiplash!

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I love to collect quotes. I’ve been collecting them since I started teaching. I started a list in one of my first writer’s notebooks.  I even designed an eBoard where I can store all of my collected quotes online. Check out https://tinyurl.com/y4t4ts7c There’s even a section on that site where you can add favorite quotes of your own.

There are a number of quotes that I have also saved as signatures in my email responses. I let the computer randomly decided which quote to add to my letters when I’m using my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, my other devices don’t allow me to choose random quotes from a list, so you only get the same one.

I was reading the other day that a good source for writing is by using an ‘epigram’ (quote). I see a lot of them as chapter starters in books that I read.  So,

“Be one with pen and paper and let your thoughts explode thereon. For it is in the mind and imagination whereupon your story will come to life.” – Harvey Heilbrun (2019)

Whiplash!

I know I write and talk a lot about listening to stories and podcasts and TV, etc. But sometimes I really enjoy listening to “Quiet”. Quiet is not always silence. For quiet can be the steady pour of a summer shower. The chirp of a distant bird calling to its mate. The wind as it blows through the branches of the trees like a low hum.

Quiet is best heard with your eyes closed and your mind clear so that your imagination is free to fly and both relax and stimulate you. Quiet is good.

Whiplash!

More questions to think about and answer. Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to share? You can add it to my eBoard or just share it here. How do you define “quiet”? Do you have a special place to find it?

TTFN – Our next installment is tomorrow…“R” we ever going to stick to one topic?