Writing meme
The 250-word Writing Meme, stolen from stunt_muppet, jadoreguy, and woffproff.
The rules!
1. There are no rules. (Yay!)
2. Pick five fandoms. List them in alphabetical order.
1. The Bourne movie series
2. Burn Notice
3. The Closer
4. Law & Order
5. Law & Order: Criminal Intent
3. Visit this site to find your first RANDOM POEM OF POWER. Write down the 5th line (yes, even if it's an E.E. Cummings poem and you wind up with an apostrophe). Repeat four times and - you guessed it - list 'em in alphabetical order!
4. I think you can see where this is going. Write a very quick 50-word half-drabble for each fandom (try to do it all in one sitting - make your brain explode!), using the line from the poem as a prompt. You don't have to include it in the half-drabble - it's just inspiration.
5. Bravo! Have a cookie.
Fandom: Bourne movie series
Prompt: O steep my senses in oblivion's balm
Characters: Jason, Marie
Sleep held no solace for Jason Bourne. The dream was always the same…they were in the murky water of the Indian river. He tried breathing for Marie but she was already dead, so he let her go and her hair looked like seaweed as she sank to the bottom.
Fandom: Burn Notice
Prompt: Six days of the week it soils
Characters: Michael Westen, Sam Axe
Six days of the week I could count on Sam to stick to the protocol when conducting surveillance on a dangerous subject. But on the seventh, the combination of a pretty face and too many cold beers and, well…I can still hear the bullets that whistled over my head.
Fandom: The Closer
Prompt: The dainty touch of finger-tip,
Character: Brenda Leigh Johnson
The wedding cake, seized as evidence, stood tall in the squad room. Pink roses sat atop snow white frosting piped with ribbons. Called by the rich aroma of buttercream, Brenda looked around furtively. With a dainty touch she lifted the tiny bride and groom and swiped a fingerful of frosting.
Fandom: Law & Order
Prompt: there are many words of praise
Characters: Mike Logan, Max Greevey
Praise was heaped on Max Greevey at his funeral. He was extolled as a devoted family man, a good Catholic, and a great cop. Stories were told, mostly funny only to other cops. Mike Logan heard none of it, though. He only heard Marie’s screams and the echoes of gunshots.
Fandom: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Prompt: Where Tent by Tent-Her Universe
Characters: Bobby Goren, Donny
Desperation drove Goren as he searched arcades for his nephew. Donny was the last of his family and Goren had to save him. After hours of walking he stopped. People pushed around him, their voices echoing. Times Square was six blocks, but it might as well have been the universe.