I just found your channel and appreciate it. Here’s my attempt at the assignment: A chronic procrastinator lies on his deathbed, surveying his life to find the meaning that has eluded him, determined to find this before he dies. On his headstone, his last thought is engraved, “My life has had meaning, and it is…”.
Your intriguing assignment reminds me of my time many moons ago on an online discussion group devoted to a particular romantic film, where one of the topics introduced for interested parties was to compose a love story, involving the movie's two main characters, in only three sentences. This was a form of fanfiction, a species of writing that had previously never interested me as either reader or amateur writer, but I actually ended up composing a handful of these very brief tales, and enjoyed the exercise and reading other's efforts as well. It was remarkable how much could be expressed in a mere three lines. My response to your current challenge: The towers of the royal city lay in the distance as in the cremation grounds Vimala, wife and now widow of the noble brahmin caste, settled herself on the pyre on which her dear husband's body had been lain; with all congregants' eyes upon her, she swallowed her mortal dread and resolved to face the coming immolation with the steely dignity her immaculate breeding demanded. Torches were tossed on both ends of the wooden pile, the red flames licking and consuming ever more quickly the dry support, until the heat and the billowing black smoke began to sting Vimala's eyes, which then alit, with astonishment and horror, upon the now open eyes of her husband, panicked and confused, his familiar voice rising, screaming with pleas for deliverance, for he was not yet dead, could not be dead, until the implacable fire did indeed unite them both in one flesh forever.
i payed for a luxury vacation by selling a golden egg that I found in my uncle's farm who gave the most lavish Thanksgiving and Christmas parties. The following year there was only goose for Thanksgiving and no Christmas party. Congratulations for the milestone. We are grateful for all the work and dedication!
Congrats mate, 130 episodes in 4 years is a beautiful achievement, especially with a family and a full time job! I really enjoy your videos, I like the relaxed tone and style and I'm learning a lot listening to you. It's also nice to know you read and answer comments, something a lot of UA-camrs often fail to do (even small ones). I'm not a writer but if you ever want to collaborate, I'm open to any idea. Here's my two sentences assignment: "A clock maker discovers a way to reverse time. Using and abusing it for his own personal gain, he quickly finds himself unable to enjoy anything as time has become meaningless to him." I wrote a few others but that's the one I liked the most. Feel free to be a harsh critic 😉✌
I love it! Time travel is a device taylor-made for ironic juxtaposition, and that nails it. It might be even stronger if the opening sentence shows how he's always in a rush to do what he HAS to do in order to get to what he enjoys doing. Then, when he FINALLY finds a way to get all the time in the world... he no longer enjoys doing what he once enjoyed (or anything else, for that matter). Feels reminiscent of a classic Twilight Zone episode, does it not?
@@creativewritingcorner I did think it was missing something so it's a great point you're making. I've never watched The Twilight Zone, it wasn't on TV where I grew up. Which makes me think I should watch it
Happy anniversary! I am pretty sure there could be a story in a person who wants to be a writer but becomes instead a successful UA-camr, maybe even because of all the writing techniques they talk about in their videos... I guess that would be quite an irony.
Happy anniversary! It's a pleasure to have stumbled upon your UA-cam channel randomly. I'm currently on a journey to improve my storytelling skills, whether it's through nonfiction or novels. You now have me as your 793rd subscriber, and I look forward to seeing more from your channel! Keep up the great work!😊
Welcome! I'll admit my foray into Italian literature has been scant, but I do enjoy Dante, Petrarch, and Machiavelli, and Calvino and Eco are both on my soon-to-read lists. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi, Calvino and Eco are also some of my favorites. Some of the novels by Italian authors I read in the past couple of months that I enjoyed: Alberto Moravia - Cosma e i briganti Elsa Morante - La Storia Luigi Pirandello - Il fu Mattia Pascal Italo Calvino - Il barone rampante Paolo Cognetti - Le otto montagne I like your videos about literature.
@@markozeidler7805 Ah, Pirandello! I love his play 'Six Characters in Search of an Author.' It's the pinnacle of meta-storytelling. I've never read his novels, though. I'll add those to my list. Thank you!
I just found your channel and appreciate it. Here’s my attempt at the assignment:
A chronic procrastinator lies on his deathbed, surveying his life to find the meaning that has eluded him, determined to find this before he dies. On his headstone, his last thought is engraved, “My life has had meaning, and it is…”.
Love it! Some beautiful irony in that payoff.
Keep on!
Great channel, thank you!
Your intriguing assignment reminds me of my time many moons ago on an online discussion group devoted to a particular romantic film, where one of the topics introduced for interested parties was to compose a love story, involving the movie's two main characters, in only three sentences. This was a form of fanfiction, a species of writing that had previously never interested me as either reader or amateur writer, but I actually ended up composing a handful of these very brief tales, and enjoyed the exercise and reading other's efforts as well. It was remarkable how much could be expressed in a mere three lines.
My response to your current challenge:
The towers of the royal city lay in the distance as in the cremation grounds Vimala, wife and now widow of the noble brahmin caste, settled herself on the pyre on which her dear husband's body had been lain; with all congregants' eyes upon her, she swallowed her mortal dread and resolved to face the coming immolation with the steely dignity her immaculate breeding demanded.
Torches were tossed on both ends of the wooden pile, the red flames licking and consuming ever more quickly the dry support, until the heat and the billowing black smoke began to sting Vimala's eyes, which then alit, with astonishment and horror, upon the now open eyes of her husband, panicked and confused, his familiar voice rising, screaming with pleas for deliverance, for he was not yet dead, could not be dead, until the implacable fire did indeed unite them both in one flesh forever.
Ooh, deliciously, darkly ironic there. I dig it!
i payed for a luxury vacation by selling a golden egg that I found in my uncle's farm who gave the most lavish Thanksgiving and Christmas parties. The following year there was only goose for Thanksgiving and no Christmas party.
Congratulations for the milestone. We are grateful for all the work and dedication!
Excellent!
@@creativewritingcorner thank you
Congrats mate, 130 episodes in 4 years is a beautiful achievement, especially with a family and a full time job! I really enjoy your videos, I like the relaxed tone and style and I'm learning a lot listening to you. It's also nice to know you read and answer comments, something a lot of UA-camrs often fail to do (even small ones). I'm not a writer but if you ever want to collaborate, I'm open to any idea.
Here's my two sentences assignment: "A clock maker discovers a way to reverse time. Using and abusing it for his own personal gain, he quickly finds himself unable to enjoy anything as time has become meaningless to him."
I wrote a few others but that's the one I liked the most. Feel free to be a harsh critic 😉✌
I love it! Time travel is a device taylor-made for ironic juxtaposition, and that nails it.
It might be even stronger if the opening sentence shows how he's always in a rush to do what he HAS to do in order to get to what he enjoys doing. Then, when he FINALLY finds a way to get all the time in the world... he no longer enjoys doing what he once enjoyed (or anything else, for that matter).
Feels reminiscent of a classic Twilight Zone episode, does it not?
@@creativewritingcorner I did think it was missing something so it's a great point you're making. I've never watched The Twilight Zone, it wasn't on TV where I grew up. Which makes me think I should watch it
@@misterwhyte I recommend it. It's some of the most phenomenal writing in television history.
Happy anniversary! I am pretty sure there could be a story in a person who wants to be a writer but becomes instead a successful UA-camr, maybe even because of all the writing techniques they talk about in their videos... I guess that would be quite an irony.
Haha! Thank you! I suppose we'll have to wait and see how that story turns out.
Happy anniversary! It's a pleasure to have stumbled upon your UA-cam channel randomly. I'm currently on a journey to improve my storytelling skills, whether it's through nonfiction or novels. You now have me as your 793rd subscriber, and I look forward to seeing more from your channel! Keep up the great work!😊
@@meiliang709 Thank you! Welcome aboard.
You should read his book Bad Art. Speaking of irony...in all manner😅
@@anthonyw2931 Thanks for the plug!
Hello, I am a new subscriber to your channel. Which italian authors do you like?
Welcome! I'll admit my foray into Italian literature has been scant, but I do enjoy Dante, Petrarch, and Machiavelli, and Calvino and Eco are both on my soon-to-read lists.
Do you have any suggestions?
Hi, Calvino and Eco are also some of my favorites.
Some of the novels by Italian authors I read in the past couple of months that I enjoyed:
Alberto Moravia - Cosma e i briganti
Elsa Morante - La Storia
Luigi Pirandello - Il fu Mattia Pascal
Italo Calvino - Il barone rampante
Paolo Cognetti - Le otto montagne
I like your videos about literature.
@@markozeidler7805 Ah, Pirandello! I love his play 'Six Characters in Search of an Author.' It's the pinnacle of meta-storytelling. I've never read his novels, though. I'll add those to my list. Thank you!