Thanks to ALL who participated! It was really fun to hear from people who live a distance from our North Carolina, uh, Just Write Office : ) A special thanks to the Bowes Family on the West Coast, who helped keep the last hours of the story hopping! Maybe we'll do it again in 6 months instead of waiting another year....
If you haven't yet read our story (and don't want to wait for the movie), check out the previous post and all the illustrious comments!
I don't want to leave you without a new writing challenge, so here's something you can be chewing on for the next week:
Try your hand at rewriting a well-known expression of wisdom, updating it for today or for your life. Please be very careful to be original and NOT to just use a redone expression you've heard before.
As we often do, we're adding a twist. I will give you the beginning of your saying. The first person who wants to try completing it should
a. Click on "Pencil Scratches"
b. Post the rest of the saying (your way). Start with "...."
c. Add a new "first half" for the next person to complete.
d. (Be careful to use a new "first half" and not one someone else has used.)
e. If these instructions are confusing, look at the "starter" below, then check the first few responses. We've done a few to get everyone started.
Here is the first starter : A bird in the hand.....
Your mind is probably chock-full of wise sayings, but just in case you
need help coming up with a starter, we found a great site with
lots of truisms. They're not all well-known, but you can browse and find that
perfect expression you were trying to remember, or one you'd forgotten about.
(The site includes BIble verses, but please don't rearrange any of those!)
Go to the site, type in a key word or click on a starting letter at the bottom of the page.
http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/wosdirectory.htm
Looking forward to your profound, renovated expressions!
13 comments:
A bird in the hand...
...should probably be wearing a diaper or something.
An apple a day...
...knocks out loose teeth.
Early to bed and early to rise...
....would be to my life a great surprise.
A penny saved...
....is worth less than the metal it was made of:( !
A stitch in time . . .
would help me keep it together if....I could only find the needle and thread :-)
Don't count your chickens...
if a democrat get's elected.(They'll want to take half of them for taxes.)
Life is like a box of chocolates...
...if your whole life is sunshine, you'll be too squishy to be any good.
Too many cooks...
...can be bad for your looks.
Many hands...
...can really tickle those ivories!
A friend in need...
. . . gives their friend the blessing of a good deed.
Let sleeping dogs...
be supper, because they're obviously too lazy to be good companions.
Creativity is 10% inspiration and 90%...
...dawdling, around here : )
A watched pot...
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