Welcome to Wordplay Thursday!
Here’s a writing prompt for you. It’s a simple fill-in-the-blank. You can use one word or several. Feel free to get as crazy, genre-appropriate, or as imaginative as you want. The point is to get the creative juices flowing. And it’s a good thing to dig deeper, so don’t stop at the first idea that hits you. Try coming up with at least five things.
And this week, let’s try to get at least one image in at least one of our plays.
“A first crush is _____.”
I’ll give you an example to get you started:
“A first crush is spending all of English class covering the margins of your notebook paper with his name… and flowers.”
I’d love to hear what you come up with, so please share in the comments. Oh, and please keep your posts below an R-rating. It’s a family show, after all!
And thanks to Brandon Tijolo Russ, Mitch Matthews, Wally, Debbie Convoy, Nick S, Kim Kondrashoff, Barney Coulter, Dionne Kumpe, MW McDonough, Joe Slyzelia, and everyone else for your great additions to Wordplay Thursday #134 (read it here)! Great job!
I’ve received several requests for 1-to-1 coaching. I don’t do them very often, but I’ve opened up several spots. I want to help you on your songwriting journey by giving feedback on songs, guiding you as you develop your song idea, answering your questions, and even write the song with you.
You can check my available coaching and coach-writing dates and book yourself by clicking here.
God Bless and Enjoy the Journey,
Brent
A first crush is like the tickle of a buttercup flower on your chin as a child.
A first crush is like riding a roller coaster for the first time—exhilarating and scary. It makes you giddy and nauseated at the same time. Afterward, you still your shaky legs and psych yourself up to do it again.
A first crush is seeing you in the hall, and you see me,
I walk slowly as our eyes are smiling at each other
A first crush is like pop rocks and Coke.
EXCELLENT!
?
A first crush is a first fantasy, a first rush, a first heartbreak.
A first crush is…
…the joy of hormones singing their first song.
…sweating bullets just to say “Hello.”
…sweeter than honey on the tongue.
…your first adventure climbing the highest mountain you’ve ever seen.
…as wondrous as the first flower of spring.
a first crush makes your insides giggle!
A first crush….
is hopefully your last one if the bone crushing object lets you survive its gut smashing crush!
??
A first crush is the glowing soul you kill with a shovel when you kick it in the hole with your divorce.
A first crush is…
the measuring stick you use
to know that one true love
at last, when it finds you
A first crush is:
-the breeding ground of testosterone.
-what mom has been warning you about.
-when you look at her and she looks back.
A first crush is…
– deflating
– that desire to dress cool, catch the bus and make it to 7th grade homeroom, even though you hated school.
– a lasting memory
– the reason to attempt the second
is & can be…an all consuming yearning of extreme highs & lows.
is like being in some hypnotic trance, like a moth to flame with only thoughts of that cute blonde girl that sits next to you in math.
is that embarrassing moment when you let it slip out…your in love with your 1rst grade teacher … as turns she turns beet red & stammers for the class to quiet down… while they screech with continuous laughter.
is waking up one day & feeling momentous relief that it’s finally over.
is suddenly getting light headed like your walking on clouds only to find out you’ve been hit one of Cupid’s arrows.
…you’ve been hit with one of Cupid’s arrows.