The Writer Has A Talk With Herself
“So what’s the problem?”
“I can’t think of anything to write.”
“Why not write one of those dialogue thingys you like doing?”
“Okay, this is really starting to get meta…”
“Maybe if you went out and talked to actual people, you might get more inspired. It’s a shame you’re such a misanthrope.”
“No I’m not! There may be a few people out there I’m not terribly fond of, but that’s it. I’m just an introvert who loves their alone time.”
“Yeah right! You’re in a room having a dialogue with yourself, what does that tell you?”
“I’m a writer?”
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 99
This was written with the prompt misanthrope provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #169.
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Love it. I live alone, and I speak to myself all the time. And I say, Yea, but I’m a writer. But I am definitely not misanthropic… though there are some some folks I wouldn’t waste my time on.
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Yes when people find me talking to myself I just tell them I’ working on some new material…
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My excuse is I’m practicing dialogue!
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*I’m
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LOL, I love it. 😀 Can connect with it also.
Reminds me also of a time back in elementary school when the teacher told the class to write an essay on anything. When I told the teacher I couldn’t think of anything, she said write an essay on that. And I did, LOL. Got an A also. 😀
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Yes once I approached the prompt that way the rest of it thankfully came quite easily.
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I’m in two minds about whether ‘thingys’ ought to be ‘thingies’.
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Yeah the latter is probably more correct.
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Bill Shakestick made up words. No reason why you can’t!
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Ha! Well, you can be both … but, I hear ya! Fun write! 🙂
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Ah, this is so relatable.
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Thanks 🙂
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Love this piece!
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Thanks 🙂
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Ha! It worked, you wrote! But of course, you’re a writer. Often when I do something along these lines it gets the pen moving and the story finally gets unblocked.
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Exactly! 🙂
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Nice. And it’s true that just writing loosens thing us a bit, even if it is self talk, which it so often seems to be,
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Yes I agree 🙂
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I can very much relate to this. Love it! 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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That was great. Loved the ending.p
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Thanks 🙂
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Sometimes you just have to get snarky with your inner self and tell ’em the way it is. I liked it!
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Yes I agree ☺️
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Absolutely well done!
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Thanks 😁
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