A figure artist I know once told me that when she needs to get back to learning the basics, she goes back to eggs, sketching them to learn anew form and shadow and shape. 'An egg a day.' I like that idea.
Writers may not be able to draw eggs, but we can write about them.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Egg #55 : All You Ever Wanted to Know About Eggs
For 10 minutes, write down, without stopping, everything you know about eggs. If it goes off subject, that's okay - the important thing is to just keep writing.
Circle 4 of the things and incorporate them into the conversation of a man on a first date who is so nervous, he can't stop babbling about eggs.
Cynthia Riede lives in the Greater Boston area. Her short stories have been published in many literary journals, including StoryQuarterly, Black Warrior Review, and Alaska Quarterly Review. She recently completed a novel and is working on a memoir about taking care of her mother, who died from MS in 1986.
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