Lately, I have felt an urge to return to the basics of creative writing. In this mindset, I have noticed wonderful little nuggets of writing in the everyday "literature" of our lives: emails, blogs, Facebook statuses, etc. Today I came across Barry Shaeffer's Facebook blog about his recent trip to Nepal. I quote from it here:
"Daai?"
"Yes?"
"Cinema?"
"Yep. Cinema tomorrow."
"Lollipop?"
"Yes, lollipop tomorrow at the cinema."
Repeat ad infinitum ad nauseum.
Source: Barry Shaeffer, Blog post “This Little Light of Mine”
That little passage tells so much in so few words. Beautiful.
What great writing have you recently come across in your daily life?
Feel free to post a sentence or a paragraph here.
1 comment:
I don't know if this qualifies as great, but I really like it:
To me, the whole process of being a brush stroke in someone else's painting is a little difficult.
-Madonna
If you want real life, I said this earlier today:
Do that again and I will have a dog on your ass in 2 seconds.
-KG
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