Weekend Writing Prompt

Fandango

“I’m feeling quite jovial today,” Carl said, taking a drag from his cigarette. “I want to write the great American novel. I want to share my genius with the literary world and to be an author people lionize. Come help me brainstorm some plot ideas.”

“Good luck with that,” his skeptical wife said.

“Why do you always have to niggle at my dreams?” Carl dejectedly asked.

(66 words)

Written for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt, where the word is “niggle.”Also for these daily prompts: Your Daily Word Prompt (jovial), The Daily Spur (cigarette), Ragtag Daily Prompt (write), Word of the Day Challenge (share), Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (lionize), and MMA Storytime (brainstorm).

16 thoughts on “Weekend Writing Prompt”

  3. lindakempwriter December 12, 2020 / 5:54 pm

    Brilliant, Fandango. But geez, that wife’s a buzzkill, isn’t she? 🙂

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    • Fandango December 12, 2020 / 10:29 pm

      Some spouses encourage, other spouses discourage.

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  4. Sadje December 12, 2020 / 6:49 pm

    Great use of all the prompts.

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  6. Carol anne December 13, 2020 / 4:26 pm

    Love this! So much packed into so few words! ❤

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  7. leigha66 December 21, 2020 / 12:19 am

    I sometimes struggle to keep a post to 100 words, this is brilliant with 66!

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  8. Bill December 28, 2020 / 5:45 am

    So many retorts cloud my mind. Should I comment, in so much trouble I would get. 🙂

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