Magnum opus – life in a flash

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Discussions in response to my most recent posts have been in-depth and involved a bit of back and forth and exchange of ideas about optimism, pessimism, meliorism and the meaning of life, including achieving goals and the idea of ‘not yet’. I am grateful to everyone who has joined in the conversation, got me thinking and contributed to my learnacy. Please may it long continue!

This week at the new-look Carrot Ranch, Charli Mills continues to challenge writers with her 99 word flash prompt to In 99 words (no more, no less) write a life span.

I decided to lighten up a bit this week, and simply respond to the challenge.

Thank you for reading. I appreciate your feedback. Please share your thoughts.

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15 responses to “Magnum opus – life in a flash”

January 21, 2015

Sarah Brentyn

Haha! 😀 Fantastic! I almost wrote about writing a book. Great delivery.

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1. January 23, 2015
  
  Norah
  
  Thanks Sarah! 🙂
  
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January 21, 2015

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January 19, 2015

Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I agree Norah. Every represented age you could visualize the form of writing and the person doing it but, with each form the same emotion of the loss. I know the feeling. I may not have chiselled and lost but I have in every other format. Loved the illustrations that went with it. It worked really well. We need a tutorial on how to do it.

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1. January 20, 2015
  
  Norah
  
  Thanks Irene. I appreciate your generous comment. 🙂
  
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January 19, 2015

Annecdotist

Brilliant! You don’t even have to spell it out for your readers, your flash fits perfectly with your blog themes of developments in education and literacy. So clever of you to address millennia of writing in so few words, and your illustrations enhanced the text beautifully.

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1. January 19, 2015
  
  Norah
  
  Thanks Anne. That’s very generous of you. I didn’t even think about the education connection! You know me so well you read into my lines! 🙂
  
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January 19, 2015

TanGental

Horrible. Quite awful. The ultimate nightmare replicated down the centuries. I won’t sleep; I will be beset with nightmare visions of clouds dispersing and clear blue skies empty, a howIing void once filled by beuteous prose. You are the White Queen of Flash and Narnia is no more.
PS brilliant btw!

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1. January 19, 2015
  
  Norah
  
  Thanks Geoff. Fortunately it’s not your story falling into the abyss. But I fear mine might! 🙂 If I had one, that is!
  
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January 19, 2015

Charli Mills

Imageous! Another great term and describes well what I was thinking, as I greatly enjoy your visual expression of your flash fiction. A great look at the past. Somehow quills and clouds seem a lovely way to craft stories.

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1. January 19, 2015
  
  Norah
  
  Thank you for your kind words Charli. I was rather ambitious with this one so am pleased it worked; to some extent anyway. 🙂
  
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January 19, 2015

lorilschafer

I love the structure of this flash – so expressive, and great imagery (both literary and visual)!

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1. January 19, 2015
  
  Norah
  
  Thanks Lori, That’s very generous of you! 🙂
  
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January 19, 2015

Bec

This is great ! A very ….is there a word to say something carries strong imagery?… “imageous” piece of FF. Very poignant!

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1. January 19, 2015
  
  Norah
  
  Thanks Bec. I’m pleased you enjoyed it. 🙂
  
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