In Which I Say and Hear All Kinds of Bizarre Things, You Use Those Things As Writing Prompts, and The Winner Takes Glory, Bragging Rights, and a Free Year Of The Starfire Codes on Substack....
Oh! I can’t resist this prompt - “Who blasts Wilson Phillips???” 🤩🤩🤩 Im going to have to buy some time to write something! Maybe a song? Music 🎶 I’ll surprise you!
My manager Richard Duryea helped build the Mamas and the Papas career, and he was the road manager for The Beach Boys when he was young. He maintains a close relationship with all the living members.I attended Carnie’s wedding with him back in I think 2000 or so. This is going to be fun!
Someone was blasting it outside my place and a few posts ensued from this but that's what it ended up boiling down to... who the hell blasts Wilson Phillips in 2024?? Hahaha!
I love this contest idea, Demi! I'm in the market for a new song. And I can see some good lyrical potential in here: "I'm fine. I'm just annoyed by repetition. I've learned this lesson. Someone kick the jukebox. It's skipping." ;)
Writing Contest Submission for Sentences I Never Thought I Would Say Or Hear: Volume Four. I used five of your prompts in a fan fiction short story. They are bolded. Hope you enjoy. [https://rayfoy.substack.com/p/losses]
Hi! Here’s my entry. It’s a romantic contemporary short story. 4K words. I merged 2 paragraphs from the prompt list into the story (somewhere in the middle-ish) The story contains strong language and sexual references.
Loved this one: “It might be alive, it might be breathing, if you poke it with a stick, I can't guarantee you can tell its mouths from its anuses....” It’s a concept I often ruminate upon. It’s not the one I’ll write about, but it’s totes groovy all the same.
Every time I see the “sentences I never thought I’d hear” threads, Lupe Fiasco’s “words I never said” automatically starts playing in my head and I have to listen to it at least once.
This IS a cool and ongoing thing you have here, and so very ORGANIZED of you. I am impressed. I must have missed that conversation that included Plumblossomtown, but I know that place! :)
Oh! I can’t resist this prompt - “Who blasts Wilson Phillips???” 🤩🤩🤩 Im going to have to buy some time to write something! Maybe a song? Music 🎶 I’ll surprise you!
My manager Richard Duryea helped build the Mamas and the Papas career, and he was the road manager for The Beach Boys when he was young. He maintains a close relationship with all the living members.I attended Carnie’s wedding with him back in I think 2000 or so. This is going to be fun!
I was wobbled by the Wilson Phillips thing too. I’m surprised anyone still remembers them-but they were HUGE!
Someone was blasting it outside my place and a few posts ensued from this but that's what it ended up boiling down to... who the hell blasts Wilson Phillips in 2024?? Hahaha!
Why the Hell does anyone do anything anymore?
I don't think we'll ever know. LOL!
Awesome!! I love it!!! 🥰🙏🏻💜💫
I love this contest idea, Demi! I'm in the market for a new song. And I can see some good lyrical potential in here: "I'm fine. I'm just annoyed by repetition. I've learned this lesson. Someone kick the jukebox. It's skipping." ;)
I'm stoked for song entries!! That's going to be so much fun!! I can't wait!! :)
Here's my entry, at last : https://marinarena.substack.com/p/who-blasts-wilson-phillips
This was an unexpected blast to write :-)
Thanks, Marinarena!! 🙏🏻💜💫
And here is my submission: https://open.substack.com/pub/niloferneubert/p/a-woman-pays-the-price?r=3mhqvx&utm_medium=ios. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for entering! :)
Writing Contest Submission for Sentences I Never Thought I Would Say Or Hear: Volume Four. I used five of your prompts in a fan fiction short story. They are bolded. Hope you enjoy. [https://rayfoy.substack.com/p/losses]
Thanks, Ray! :)
Here is my short story, I had a lot of fun writing it. hope you enjoy reading it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jaunpierre/p/sentences-i-never-thought-i-would?r=2mqkip&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Thanks for entering, JP! :)
Awesome contest, looking forward to joining.
Thanks! Looking forward to it!! :)
Hi! Here’s my entry. It’s a romantic contemporary short story. 4K words. I merged 2 paragraphs from the prompt list into the story (somewhere in the middle-ish) The story contains strong language and sexual references.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kathrineelaine/p/phil-and-kat?r=2rhgsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Thank you for entering, Kathrine! :)
Have fun with this one...https://substack.com/profile/22546780-jack-everly/note/c-53097053
😃
Thanks for entering!! :)
Loved this one: “It might be alive, it might be breathing, if you poke it with a stick, I can't guarantee you can tell its mouths from its anuses....” It’s a concept I often ruminate upon. It’s not the one I’ll write about, but it’s totes groovy all the same.
Thanks, Jack!! :)
Every time I see the “sentences I never thought I’d hear” threads, Lupe Fiasco’s “words I never said” automatically starts playing in my head and I have to listen to it at least once.
If you’re unfamiliar with it, I strongly recommend. It’s powerful: https://youtu.be/22l1sf5JZD0?si=VlRuXnnllzYNFEUe
Could have made this a novel but I had to stick to just writing 830 words. Please enjoy my submission: https://open.substack.com/pub/velvetroompublishing/p/a-clean-up-in-the-diner?r=1ha32l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Thanks for entering! :)
ShitGlitterLandia is my prediction for at least one of the submission titles.
LMFAO
Thank you for the nice little momentum win to start the week :) I love this page.
Thank you so much, Matthew! And congratulations again!! :)
Congrats to the winners, and thanks to Demi for doing these monthly contests...
This IS a cool and ongoing thing you have here, and so very ORGANIZED of you. I am impressed. I must have missed that conversation that included Plumblossomtown, but I know that place! :)
Aww - thank you!! :)
Ha! That was Jacqueline - you were supposed to have seen that, for sure - I'm glad you just did!! :)
Sending my love!! <3