9:00 AM Friday morning, March 28th 2008, on the U.S. west coast, is quickly approaching — so… here I am with a new Prompt! This week’s, and the twenty eighth Writer’s Island prompt is: “Torrid”.
As always, I don’t want to sway your take on this week’s prompt. What hot button might “Torrid” push? Please share with us what that ignites for you!
••> This week we turn to two new movie releases, 21 and Flawless, as the sources of our sixth Matinee Muse prompt — “The Gamble”. See if by chance that stirs your creative juices.
The Matinee Muse prompts are now a regular weekly offering. So please enjoy! <••
Feel free to use either, or both, of this week’s prompts — or use neither if you so choose. Whatever moves your soul this week is what we all want to read.
So, create your poem, prose, short story, essay, commentary, or whatever — and post it on your blog. Feel free to include recordings of you reading your work — and any photo, artwork, or graphic representation you feel is relevant.
When you have finished your piece, please return here to this post and place your link to your work as a comment — and as you know, just the link, not the piece.
Please realize there is no need to rush, this post will be open to receive your links for the entire week, leading up to the next prompt.
May your muse, this week and every week, bring you the good fortune to write your best — to write your heart! We can’t wait to see what you have for us…
So excited to be the first here…It has never happened , you see… 🙂
presenting a flash fiction …
http://ontheprompt.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-day.html
will be back with another….
I linked both of them trying a style that is new for me 🙂
http://bemusedthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/roll-of-the-dice/
Missed last week due to severe tech problems. But I’m back with a vengeance 🙂
How To Be Torrid – A passionate post in fiction, poetry and fact.
How am I suppose to continue a story here with words like Torrid?
🙂
http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-is-torrid-way-to.html
I have had to GAMBLE everything on this being a good story.
😛
http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-is-gamble.html
Tried to take the idea of torrid from a few perspectives.
Torrid Cauldron
Gemma
Titled: “Don’t Drink. It Can Kill!”
http://presentrat.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/writers-island-torrid/
Here’s one for “gamble” I’ll try to be back later with something for the other.
Roulette
Kind of torrid. Kind of the opposite.
Local Conditions
Luminosity
For me, it’s all about “the gamble”. 🙂
http://texasblu3.blogspot.com/2008/03/prompt-writing-gamble-writers-island.html
Predictably torrid:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/03/word-by-word.html
gambling a little on this one!!!!
bitch and a wheel
http://jenshumbleopinion2.blogspot.com/2008/03/torridwriters-island.html
written with tongue in cheek….
waiting whether i will be renewed or not is a gamble on my side..
http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/03/closure.html
Torrid and gamble:
STEP CHILD
Hi
I have attempted to use both the prompts “Torrid ” and “The Gamble” in my poem “The Venus Flytrap”
http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/03/venus-flytrap.html
Here’s an older one for torrid; I’m working on something new for it, too, so stay tuned.
Hot
Get it? Hot!!
I probably only crack myself up…
Here is my take on The Gamble using an Easy Street Prompt Corporate Risk Trapeze Artist
Enjoy!
Gemma
This is my gamble!
http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-gamble.html
So how about Gambling for Sense?
Here’s an unusual view of love, of gamble, of torrid from a different angle, from the side of The Silent Spectator
I wish you well.
Jeques
Impeccably prepared, but still — Daring Fate!
Charcoal Soul
Torrid: #11
Hello everyone. Here is my contribution. Hope everybody has a great weekend.
Stolen Moments
Jane
About a torrid love affair between unequal partners – Overheard.
The Affair.
Have a great weekend everyone.
http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/torridly-nice.html
Torrid Canadian style. 🙂
Hi folks
I used both the prompts :”The gamble” & “Torrid”
for two poems .. both in totally different veins !!
The second one titled “It was a dark and stormy night..”
http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/03/it-was-dark-and-stormy-night.html
repeating the link to the first poem
“The Venus Flytrap”
http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/03/venus-flytrap.html
it seems as though we had a lot of affairs going on this time.
The Gamble
how are you guys getting just the titles of your poems in the comments instead of the whole address?
Gamblin reminded me of a trip to Foxwoods with my mom.
Lucky
Leigh, use this html:
title
Delete title and put your own in. Delete url and paste yours.
Now that’s interesting. How do I put the html code in the comment without it coming up as a link? 🙂
Any answers, anyone!
Duh!!
It’s been pointed out that my link didn’t work.
Hot.
Anthony, put spaces in.
<a href (delete space here)=….
That sort of thing.
Leigh Lear –
Go take a look at your original post… 😉
I am going to send the code string I sued in an e-mail to you.
Anthony and Susan — thank you for being gracious and helping Leigh Lear.
…Rob
Here’s mine. I’ve done Torrid and Gamble in the same piece! 🙂
http://suraksha.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/hallucinations/
Just tried “torrid” hope u all see that! Thanks
http://lionchiller.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-sad.html
And finally caught up…
http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/torrid.html
http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/the-gamble.html
Etta as a little girl. One reason “Why”!
b
http://torristravels.blogspot.com/2008/03/little-girl.html
A torrid tale of turning five…
thanks for all the help.
http://www.mixedmetaphor.net/2008/03/30/the-letter-18/
I love this piece.
The First Two Drawings.
Hi all I will be gone for approx. 8 days and hopefully I will have internet connection but still not sure about that. My house is being deleaded. Anyways the gamble is up please check it out.
Here goes my attempt
http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/mutate/
here goes my take on this
http://raysofthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-soothing-shadows.html
Time for the second prompt – my good Professor friend writes about gambling:
A Gambler’s Life
Great prompt.
My version of Torrid.
http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/torrid/
I used the gamble prompt:
http://parisparfait.typepad.com/paris_parfait/2008/03/writers.html
Poems, text and the deeds
Of wild things and wilder needs
Here is mine, the response again
Torrid has me worried- insane!
Hello All,
Here is my effort on behalf of Heat…
http://1poet4man.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/torrid/
Poetman
Well, I’m late but here is mine:
my poem
love-bd
wow, another good week…. reckless
Better late than never 😉
Our Torrid Love
A reflection on torrid. The Long Dry
Another for “gamble.” I needed to get my creative juices going….a sci-fi post —
Zexura
It’s April Fool’s day here on the Island and I love to celebrate April fool’s day!
http://pciyrtpy.blogspot.com/2008/04/lion-must-have-eaten-all-lambs-march.html
Thanks,
rel
As usual, an late entry…but “better late than never”
Here is mine :- http://myimaginationinthisworld.blogspot.com/2008/04/turned-my-back.html
Not entirely sure how I feel about it yet, but my “gamble” is up: http://creativekarina.blogspot.com
I managed to drop ‘torrid’ into my brain dead post.
Happy April fools day.
http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2008/04/brain-fog.html
It is late. Almost too late. But this is my response.
Torrid Zone
Nice response this week!!
Here is mine:
The Gamble
Dashing along with this affair of mine…drop in to read what I set out for you
http://dreamsofwords.blogspot.com/2008/04/endless-steppes-and-torrid-deserts-high.html
Better late then never… I had worked on this entry earlier last week and was hoping to add to it but didn’t. Hope to use this week’s prompt to continue the story.
Torrid