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 your plays.
“Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like _____ around _____.”
I’ll give you an example to get you started:
“Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like college kids around a keg.”
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 Ken Matthiesen, Mark Westendorf, Nick S, Brandon Tijolo Russ, Barney Coulter, Ty Devine, McD, Michael Klenda, Joe Slyzelia, and everyone else for your great additions to Wordplay Thursday #137 (read it here)! Great job!
Since strong imagery is such an important part of professional-level songwriting, I’ve put together a course on imagery. It’s called, “Use Imagery To Supercharge Your Songwriting (Like The Pros Do)” and it’s available now!
The course guides you as you learn to:
- Effectively use both literal and figurative imagery.
- Make your story come to life using imagery.
- Prove your character’s personality using imagery.
- Make your listener connect to your character’s emotions using imagery.
- Hook your listener in the song’s first few lines using imagery.
- And begin more songs (more easily) using imagery exercises as the start of your songwriting process.
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God Bless and Enjoy the Journey,
Brent
… like guitarists gather around a ’59 Les Paul Goldtop.
Like children at a chocolate factory.
“Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like _____ around _____.”
-buzzards around roadkill.
-bears around garbage cans.
-boy scouts around a campfire.
-baptists around a big tent.
-lawyers around a carwreck.
Lol at the lawyers. ?
Lions ~ Prey*
Ants around a biscuit
Pesky ants actually carried off my biscuit….with gravy!
“Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like _____ around _____.”
… tourists around a good street busker
… paparazzi around a Kardashian
… surfers around a beach fire
… hyenas around a wounded gazelle
… gators around a fish cleaning station
… cajuns around a crawfish pot
… SEC Fans around campus on game day
Nice!
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like vultures and snarling wolves around carrion.
Like pigs around the feed trough
Like cell phones around a street fight
Like mourners around a grave sight
Good ones!
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring
like…
…A crowd of fans around Steven Tyler at the airport. Isn’t Steven Tyler always at the airport?
…Your mom, sister and brothers around your brand new baby that they’re seeing for the very first time.
Probably, yeah. Then he’s at CVS or Rite Aid buying toothpaste and brush for them big, healthy teeth.
?
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring
like…
…The men around the greeting card isle at 7:00 p.m. on Valentines Day.
…The white ribbon around the blue Tiffany gift box.
…Hungry teenagers around the pizza that was just delivered.
…Cream cheese frosting around carrot cake.
…The 25 hopeful contestants around the Bachelor.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring
like…A compass needle to true north
… like…
…hungry buzzards around fresh roadkill.
…birthday party children around the ready to be served cake.
…hungry kittens around momma cat’s belly.
…homesick soldiers around the mail call.
…gift buyers around a Christmas super sale display.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around
her new engagement ring,
Like a bunch of honey bees
buzzin’ around the first
flower of the Spring…
…like summer moths around a back porch light
Nice man! Cool imagery!
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like well-dressed clappers around a discotheque dance-off.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like hungry kittens around their exhausted nursing mother.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like iron filings around a magnet.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like chocolate around child’s mouth after a s’more.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like pacifists around a playground brawl.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like spaghetti around a fork.
Emily’s girlfriends gathered around her new engagement ring like cottonballs around a velcro jacket.
“Emily’s girlfriends,…
gathered around her new engagement ring’
like THE LEAVES CAUGHT IN THE WHIRLWINDS,
THEY DANCED around… IMPATIENTLY.”