Saturday, July 23, 2011

Wally and the Well

Said Wally at the last meeting of our writers group: “Aside from the fact your whole premise reminds me not so much of The Outsiders as The Little Rascals, there’s a fundamental problem with your central metaphor.”
     “You’re talking about the well?” I asked.
     “Indeed. You say that character of yours who spoiled everyone’s summer was ‘poisoning the well’ because he refused to take the hint and leave; whereas, considering the term originates in the strategies of classic warfare, I have to ask…why anyone would stick around a poisoned well.”
     “I don’t know, Wally. Why don’t you tell me?”

Photo by Kashif Mardani.
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11 comments:

  1. Roy SchulzeJuly 25, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    For the month of July, the members of Exquisite Corpse are writing 100 words a day on each letter of the alphabet in turn.

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  2. Roy SchulzeNovember 12, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    Reposted to dVerse.

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  3. ClaudiaNovember 12, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    smiles..the fundamental problem with the central metaphor.. made me smile and your question at the end even more..love me some writers discussions..haha

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  4. Brian MillerNovember 12, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    ooo haha...like the writing group...lol...and this is your invitation to leave...smiles...'well' played...lol

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  5. SheilaNovember 12, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    very unique response to the prompt. I like it! :)

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  6. AnonymousNovember 12, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    you're lucky someone in your writer's group knows to say that there is something wrong with a metaphor.

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  7. Laurie KolpNovember 12, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    ... and lucky that your writing group doesn't have one that monopolizes the meeting.

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  8. Yousei HimeNovember 12, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    That was awesome! So many Wally's in the world and so few opportunities for pure, delicious sarcasm flying over their heads.

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  9. ScarletNovember 13, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    sounds like you had an interesting writer's meeting...

    nice to meet you at D'verse ~

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  10. tinkwelbornNovember 13, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    Ha! a good piece. I like it!

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  11. James RainsfordNovember 14, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Interesting and certainly different.

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