*Wakes up, knocks over a turkey carcass*
*Burps up a miasma of stuffing, gravy, and green-bean casserole*
*Stumbles to the bathroom to try to put last night’s orgy of gluttony behind him*
So, it’s Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. If you live in the States, like I do, I need say no more. If you don’t, for some reason we ‘Muricans pronounce the fourth Thursday in November a turkey Holocaust and gorge ourselves on everything in sight, presumably to fuel ourselves for the capitalist bacchanalia to come on Black Friday.
With that in mind, there’s only really one prompt that I’ve been able to think of for today, this Black Friday which will find me nestled cozily in bed. (Just kidding, I’ll be driving the 7 hours back to Atlanta, but a guy can dream.)
That prompt is “stuff.” Simple, right? Ehh, maybe, maybe not. You could go direct: literal, basic. Stuff as a thing is pretty ubiquitous. Or you could go all metaphorical, even symbolic. You might even, if you’re feeling saucy, use “stuff” as a root and wander into the wild realms of the participle (stuffed) or the progressive (stuffing) or even the gerund (also stuffing, sorry for the English Teacher wheelies). One request: whether you feel saucy or not, please don’t actually mention sauce. Or do, but be prepared that I might hork all over your blog if you do.
Point is: It’s #SoCS day. Go stuff yourselves.
After you’ve written your Saturday post tomorrow, please link it here at this week’s prompt page and check to make sure it’s here in the comments so others can find it and see your awesome Stream of Consciousness post. Anyone can join in!
To make your post more visible, use the SoCS badge! Just paste it in your Saturday post so people browsing the reader will immediately know your post is stream of consciousness and/or pin it as a widget to your site to show you’re a participant. Wear it with pride!!
Here are the rules:
1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing, (typos can be fixed) and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
3. There will be a prompt every week. I will post the prompt here on my blog on Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The’,” or simply a single word to get your started.
4. Ping back! It’s important, so that I and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of this post into yours. Your link will show up in my comments for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top.
5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read everyone’s! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later, or go to the previous week, by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find right below the “Like” button on my post.
6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!
7. As a suggestion, tag your post “SoCS” and/or “#SoCS” for more exposure and more views.
8. Have fun!
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November 30, 2015 at 2:25 am
There is a “gift” of “stuff:” time demanded another twofer.
“Great prompt!,” she groaned. “I remain as stuffed as the turkey.”
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November 28, 2015 at 9:28 pm
http://tessacandoit.com/2015/11/28/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-nov-2815/
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November 28, 2015 at 5:46 pm
🙂
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November 28, 2015 at 4:50 pm
Here is my contribution, Stuff or Jesus at http://susanscreativewritingandpoetry.com/2015/11/28/stuff-jesus-socs-nov2815/
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November 27, 2015 at 3:58 pm
Hi Pav
here are my thoughts: http://summerstommy.com/2015/11/27/socs-nov-2815-giving-a-stuff/
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November 27, 2015 at 9:29 am
hahaha That made me chuckle uproariously!
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November 27, 2015 at 2:41 pm
Make sure to write uproariously as well…
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November 27, 2015 at 4:04 pm
always a goal…
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November 27, 2015 at 8:24 am
Hahaha, “hork” is my new favourite word of the day.
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November 27, 2015 at 2:40 pm
Use it liberally!
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November 27, 2015 at 8:21 am
No throwing up on my blog please.
🙂
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November 27, 2015 at 2:39 pm
Actually, that depends entirely upon you.
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