Dear friends, my holiday time is nearly over. Monday shall soon be upon me like the slavering ghoul of an unwanted nightmare.But I have spent a portion of this glorious sunny Saturday reflecting upon the current Trifecta Challenge.
This week we're revisiting an early Trifextra prompt: retelling. This time, we're asking you to retell your favorite book. In 33 words. Nothing like a challenge.
So I thought and I thunk, and here's what happened:
Passion? The wheels of a train will crush it. Passion teaches us nothing but the fact that true happiness in life comes from what is put into it, not from what is extracted.
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10 comments:
Profound...and the train analogy is really good because you are using some of your 33 words to relay the plot to us, but also to make your larger point!
I thought of using this one myself. I'm glad I didn't, because this was fantastic. I love how you distilled it down to a universal truth. And I agree - the train analogy was perfect.
Excellent.
Thank you for your comments, friends and fellow writers.
Isn't writing stuff just...... fun?
Strong writing.
Excellent work, Cip. Think I could use this as a booktalk when I'm handselling this novel? ;)
Well done! What an interesting way to spin this novel:)
I also liked the train analogy. Great write!
Thanks for linking up with Trifecta this weekend. This is a great response to the prompt. Thanks for giving us a slice of your precious weekend--I know how hard it is to dole out that time in a meaningful way.
Hope you'll come back on Monday for the 33rd Challenge Celebration!
You nailed it!
A couple of months ago, a friend lent me his copy of "Anna Karenina". I read the first 200 or so pages and enjoyed it very much. Then, suddenly, I could not go on. The desire to reread the whole book had left me.
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