A young question mark stretches, re-curls his crook and sets off to find The Answer.
Rushing past commas, (swerving around parentheticals) – dashing past hyphens – he skids at last to a full stop.
“I’ve finally reached the point!” he exults.
But then, he spots another. And a third… leading… elliptically… onwards…
Joanna Norland is a playwright and writing coach who loves the fifty word format as a testing ground for new ideas. The creativity and craft of her fellow contributors are a perennial inspiration and spur.
Very clever indeed…
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Delightful! I’d love to see how the em dash might fit in…
The em dash would certainly stretch out the plot!
Nice little story, made me laugh! At least he didn’t have to stop off at the dentist and get his braces checked on the way…
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Neat. Made me 😃. Like it.
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Thanks for the chuckle Joanna, very smart.
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Love it, Jo! I love ALL your 50-worders ❤️ (and you’ve penned quite a few)
– So very well done ☺️
Reciprocated! when you post, I read!
Delightful and engaging!
Thank you so much.
Very clever. Well done.
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Love this one…. 😉
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Love your writing, Joanna!
heartfelt thanks
This made me smile!
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/ Slantingly clever :-) Hoping it does move ‘onwards’.
thank you very much!