[Creative Writing]

Today's prompt is:

He turned the key in the lock and opened the door. To his horror he saw..

Water. Everywhere.There had been a BAD clog in the pipes and it just *happened* to only affect his apartment.Of course.He wasn't completely surprised, since it was an old building.The guy who owned the building kept saying he was going to update the pipes but he never did. Fortunately he had good insurance, so everything in his house was replaceable with insurance money.

[Creative writing]

Today's prompt is: a evangelist and a memo.

Ok..

He got on the intercom with his secretary: "would you please cancel the rest of my appointments for the day? This is really bad.It is going to take me the whole rest of the day and maybe tomorrow to get this sorted out".

He hadn't been entirely surprised by the content of the memo;however, what had happened finally came to light and in public knowledge so he was going to have to deal with the consequences of it himself.Noone else. He wasn't happy about it, of course. He made a few notes to himself.Just then the phone rangg. He wasn't at all surprised who was on the other end of the line.

"I was just going to call you..so we could do some..strategizing" he said.

[Creative writing..with a bit of a twist!]

I am going to talk about fanfic. Have I written fanfic?oh yeah,I have.I have written fanfic for shows that nobody else remembers, sprawling things which filled up several notebooks. I also really like to write new characters and incorporate them into the story.

Have I written less than perfect fanfiction?Sure!I've had my fanfic called "shitty" and you know what?It really doesn't bother me at all.

I'm kinda private about my fanfic..I think I would have to do a lot of editing before I would think about putting it on someplace like Archive Of Our Own(I'm kind of a perfectionist that way, I guess..).I really like Archive, and Fanfiction.net less so(there are fics for shows that haven't been on the air  for years...some of them better than others.

Would I write Hannibal fanfiction?I  have..I've got a ton of ideas up here *taps head* for plot ideas..I kinda want to write a kid!Will fic, I have a great idea for a back story fic with Will and his dad..or a post-S3 fic,possibly.We'll have to see how the S3 finale plays out.

 I also like hospital fics, so I think it would be cool to write a fic with what happened with Will when he was in the hospital after he was stabbed..I kinda think it wasn't as easy as the doctors patching him up..there was a reason that it took him 8 months to recover.

[creative writing prompt]

Today's prompt is:Write about someone  who does everything by the book

I'm going to draw on personal experience for this one!I worked in the kitchen of a military school.Twice. And you want to talk about "it has to be perfect OR ELSE". Oh man..I mean,I  don't mind cutting vegetables, but when you've got someone watching what you're doing over your shoulder..I can't cut vegetables uniformly.Never have been able to. That was the wrong job to give me!

If you're thinking about opening a restaraunt/working at a restaraunt I'd suggest working in the kitchen of a military school for a while.It's quite the dose of reality.It's hard work-the kitchen I worked in, we were required to wear long pants, and there was not even enough air conditioning.Add into that all of the cooking that was going on..it was HOT.

We did get lunch for free though-and it was really good.

[3 pages.not necessarily in the morning either!]

Not sure if this should be tagged as health or creative writing but..I decided to start doing Morning Pages again. Much like going to a therapist, I think that it is something that I need to do.

My problem is is that I have tried doing Morning Pages in the past and all I wind up doing  is rehashing shit from years and years ago.

I have been working on "being in the now" with my therapist...As with a lot of things relating to therapy, I am choosing to say that I am a "work in progress". That's not to say that I'm denying or not owning stuff..I am. But it's me being truthful!

[my creative side]

I have been reading about writing sprints,where you write for a set amount of time(as short as 10-15 minutes and as long as an hour.)

It's a group activity, but it is probably possible to find places where you can find prompts for writing sprints. Which is something that I really want to do. I am hoping that this will help me do more writing-who knows, I may even try doing Nanowrimo(National Novel Writing Month) this year(I keep saying that I am going to do it but I never get my shit together  in enough time this year. It would something I'd be able to cross of the 'ol bucket list that is for sure!

You know, I have a ton of ideas for Nanowrimo but they're kind of half-realised ideas-I feel like maybe they're not the most original ideas on the planet but if I tweaked them a bit I could purpose them in a way that it would be readable. Let's be honest-this is more about doing Nanowrimo, and finishing it-in a month-than it being published

(Though has anyone gotten a publishing  deal because of something they wrote for Nanowrimo?I'm too lazy to Google....Wouldn't surprise me if someone had, to be honest.)

One of my blocks on writing a book is bad reviews. That's probably not that uncommon of a fear. Even established authors probably feel that way at times.There are a few hack writers, especially the ones who write Twilight knockoffs-who [A Few Good Men] Can't handle the truth[/A Few Good Men]

[creative writing]

Today's prompt is: Write about a habit you find hard to break.

Not sure if this counts, but..I tend to be a creature of habit when I go to my favourite restaraunts. If I find something that I really like,that's what I'll order. I  have been going to Anthony's, a seafood restaraunt here in San Diego since I was small and I always order the same thing:Fish and Chips.

There are a few places in town(the place that is within walking distance of my house starts making my lunch as soon as they see me-no word of a lie-I have a standard order-tuna melt-there, too!)that know me very well.

[creative writing]

Today's prompt is: "Complete this  famous tagline with your own:The greatest tragedy is"

 Hatred of any sort. People struggling to get by and barely making it most months. This was an easy one for me. i think I've answered a questions like this before. I think I..I wouldn't say "think about it a lot" would be quite the right wording but it fits so we'll go with it.

I'm a very deep thinker, I just don't show it a lot. When I get into my "deep in thought" mode it's more moral and philosophical things than anything else.

[creative writing]

Today's prompt is: Tiffany and Alan meet on a cruise. One of them loves to cook.

OK. confession time.. Tiffany is SO me. I love to cook. I'm basically inserting myself into the story.

Tiffany was making notes whilst she watched the cooking demonstration. Alan noticed that  She noticed him noticing and said "I'm going to try this  when I get home;but change a few things" and went back to taking notes.

At the end, they gave out samples, which were delicious. Tiffany went and sat by the pool for  a while, then she went to get ready for dinner.

That night happened to be formal night so Tiffany dressed up. She went to the dining room and was shown to  a table with several other people who she didn't know.One of who was Alan.

Alan, it turned out, wasn't much of a cook. "I do like to eat though" he said. "The microwave is my best friend.

"I could help you with that..give you some advice on cooking" Tiffany said. "Oh, I would love that!" Alan replied "I can send you a ton of links to Youtube clips on how to cook, too". By the end of dinner, they had exchanged emails and cell phone numbers.

At the end of the cruise, Tiffany and Alan headed back to the airport at the same time. Alan looked over and there was Tiffany. "It was meant to be" Alan thought.