“Is this a sign the well’s gone dry?”
“Why do you ask?” Laying the pencil on the grid-lined pad, she smiled.
“There’s been nothing new sprouting from you in a while.”
“Just because the pages aren’t filed with words doesn’t mean I’m not productive.“
“Looks like the only thing you're germinating involves expanding the garden next to the horse pasture.”
Leafing through a seed catalogue, she stopped at the Heritage Collection and scribbled more notes on the pad.
“You’re wrong, it’s research for a book.”
He winked and said, “Yes, dear. Glad to hear the well’s not dry.”
“Why do you ask?” Laying the pencil on the grid-lined pad, she smiled.
“There’s been nothing new sprouting from you in a while.”
“Just because the pages aren’t filed with words doesn’t mean I’m not productive.“
“Looks like the only thing you're germinating involves expanding the garden next to the horse pasture.”
Leafing through a seed catalogue, she stopped at the Heritage Collection and scribbled more notes on the pad.
“You’re wrong, it’s research for a book.”
He winked and said, “Yes, dear. Glad to hear the well’s not dry.”
A distraction is sometimes all it takes to get the juices flowing again. Yet, that distraction can morph into a project we hadn't considered at its onset. Taking breaks and focusing on other things
does help the creative well from going dry.
does help the creative well from going dry.
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May 23, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the phrase “well’s gone dry.” Is it a real well or a metaphorical well? Why is it dry? What is the consequence and to whom? Go where the prompt leads!
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