By JL Courtney
Bones in the sink, in the fridge, everywhere. Nibbled clean or boiled dry, some with gristle attached. I fondle them, abuse them. I caress stories from them.
I don’t know how my wife tolerates it—more than a hobby—a sickness. She encourages, points to a neglected specimen. “There’s a story here. Do something with this one.”
Character sketch corpses, plot diagrams…the bits and drabbles Frankenstein my novel.
Monday through Saturday—twice on Sunday—I sit at the computer and write another chapter. Bent over a keyboard, I type my hero’s journey.
One by one, I flesh out those bones.
You build up great bones! Love it.
Thanks!!!
I’ll make no bones about it–it’s clever word play.
I knew there had to be a reason for someone having a cadaverous refrigerator (like mine). The archaeology of story. Well done, JL.
Thank you!
…”cadaverous refrigerator.” Where I’m from, that sounds like the makings of some epic gumbo.
This was clever, I thought. But I thought it would have been better to have omitted the first two references to getting a story out of them, leaving that for the end.
Thank you for kind feedback Sarah. I do appreciate it! I should have trusted my reader more. I will work on that for future tales.
I think it was brilliantly written and enjoyed sucking the marrow from the bones. Thank you.
Thank you!
All revolves around the last expression. Normally I wouldn’t be taken in by that kind of ruse, but there’s more meat to this story (forgive the pun), and I find the bone metaphor very rich. I didn’t want to like it, but I did. Really well done!
Well, thank you! Your feedback means a lot.
Clever and well written … but … writers writing about writing …
But, but, but… Stephen King does it. 😉 The next story will be about something else, I promise. Maybe I’ll write about lemurs.
I’m a big fan of bones. And I’m a big fan of yours. That makes for a win! Great piece!
Aww Laura! Thank you!
I liked it!
Thank you!
So many positive, constructive comments. Just about everything has been said. But I’ll add: I liked it, too!
Thanks Bobby, I always appreciate your feedback.