by Sheila Deeth
Member since:
February 1, 2007

Road Trip, Saturday writing essentials

October 11, 2011 05:50 PM UTC
views: 0 | 9 people recommend this | comments: 7

Three-hundred-and-seventy-five bottles, hanging on the wall…three-hundred-and-seventy-four, three-hundred-and-seventy-three… would it never end? The children sang. The man drove on—still haunted; ghostly voices singing songs eternally.

 

Challenge: Write about a road trip. Use prose or poetry and tell me a true story or make something up. How many are in the car? Where are you going? Are you running from something? What’s the weather? Does anything dangerous happen? Does anything romantic happen?

  • There is a limit of three submissions from each member per day. If you’re extremely prolific, spread out your work and post only three submissions per day.
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  • Tag your submission with SatWE.
  • Include (Saturday Writing Essential) as part of your title.
  • I ask that you make your submission(s) by next Friday afternoon.

 

Comments: 7

Angela A. Oct 11, 2011, 6:01pm UTC
Oh, now that would be sheer torture!
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JOHN BECK Oct 11, 2011, 11:53pm UTC
How well I remember the bus trip songs! Good one, Sheila.
Patricia J. Oct 12, 2011, 2:40am UTC
We used to drive each other crazy with this song! Thanks for the memory, Sheila. This is a wonderful post.
A. F. Stewart Oct 12, 2011, 1:39pm UTC
My sister and I used to sing that sometimes on road trips when we were kids.
Len Maxwell Oct 14, 2011, 4:09pm UTC
That is a classic road trip story. I remember singing that song when I was a kid and I don't think we ever got below sixty or seventy before we got bored with it. Did kill a lot of time, though.

Thank you for taking the SatWE challenge.
Len Maxwell Oct 15, 2011, 8:08pm UTC
I hate it that I actually sang that stupid thing for several minutes today. Maybe if I feature this on Gather Writing Essential the song will leave me alone.
Heidi S. Oct 15, 2011, 3:55pm UTC
Those were the days, Sheila. Great post!

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