Monthly SimLit Short Story Challenge
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I love seeing the banter in here about where the words .. fool .. foolish .. folly can take you. I adore fairy tales and they are rife with tales of quests that could only be seen as folly when the price one pays is meted out ... I think of Capt Ahab and the great white whale. His narrow visioned quest is def folly.
One does not necessarily need to be a fool to be caught in folly.
They just don't have the foresight to see what the future holds. In the movie Princess Bride, I think of the Spaniard who give his whole life to seek revenge for his father. Even to his own detriment... a noble quest or folly?
Children often personify folly .. in actions and attitudes they LOVE .. no, they embrace folly. I have a little granddaughter who is determined to find as much folly as she can daily. My question to her is always the same; "LeLe honey you are surprised by this (result)? What did you THINK was going to happen?" AND TEENS LOL we don't even need to go there!
That being said we are all prone to folly .. it a human condition <3 One does not have to recreate a Homer Simpson to come up with a fool who lives in their folly :)
You guys can do it. <3
Today I read a fab poem by @CathyTea (not an entry to this challenge - but an example of using few words to tell a big story) .. in just over 70 words she introduced me to a man and his quest .. showed me the depth of his pain and brought another sufferer alongside him to share life together (and we assume to be a support to one another) and in the end we are left with the vision of 2 wounded men together facing a dark world of agony and loss BUT SOMEHOW she leaves us with HOPE! AND she did it in the form of poetry (still told a short story) I am in awe!
I am submitting my story tomorrow ... (I should be in working on it now) My protagonist is caught in folly and the world around her sees her as a fool. Maybe after you read it you will agree with the world BUT maybe not too :) and doing it in 226 words (at the moment) and in the form of a first-person narrative.
@Shadami @InfraGreen @AudreyFld @Cement @Qnshr5 @breckenridge
I love seeing the banter in here about where the words .. fool .. foolish .. folly can take you. I adore fairy tales and they are rife with tales of quests that could only be seen as folly when the price one pays is meted out ... I think of Capt Ahab and the great white whale. His narrow visioned quest is def folly.
One does not necessarily need to be a fool to be caught in folly.
They just don't have the foresight to see what the future holds. In the movie Princess Bride, I think of the Spaniard who give his whole life to seek revenge for his father. Even to his own detriment... a noble quest or folly?
Children often personify folly .. in actions and attitudes they LOVE .. no, they embrace folly. I have a little granddaughter who is determined to find as much folly as she can daily. My question to her is always the same; "LeLe honey you are surprised by this (result)? What did you THINK was going to happen?" AND TEENS LOL we don't even need to go there!
That being said we are all prone to folly .. it a human condition <3 One does not have to recreate a Homer Simpson to come up with a fool who lives in their folly :)
You guys can do it. <3
Today I read a fab poem by @CathyTea (not an entry to this challenge - but an example of using few words to tell a big story) .. in just over 70 words she introduced me to a man and his quest .. showed me the depth of his pain and brought another sufferer alongside him to share life together (and we assume to be a support to one another) and in the end we are left with the vision of 2 wounded men together facing a dark world of agony and loss BUT SOMEHOW she leaves us with HOPE! AND she did it in the form of poetry (still told a short story) I am in awe!
I am submitting my story tomorrow ... (I should be in working on it now) My protagonist is caught in folly and the world around her sees her as a fool. Maybe after you read it you will agree with the world BUT maybe not too :) and doing it in 226 words (at the moment) and in the form of a first-person narrative.
