Friday Flashback - The Writing Bug

Friday Flashback will be a randomly recurring blog post where I will flashback to various times in my life. Today I'm flashing back to when I began writing...


I surrendered to the writing bug back when I was a wee-little-one way before the era of TiVo, reality shows, and Britney Spears shaving her head. After reading A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC by Shel Silverstein fifty million times, I became addicted to writing funny poetry in first grade. I progressed to writing longer, more dramatic works in second grade when I penned a tear-jerker about a boy who was saved from quicksand by his pet donkey. No joke. Apparently it wasn't worth saving though because I can't find it. So, although I'd like to share the donkey/quicksand story, I've found the next best thing to share for my first Friday Flashback post: THE CAT WHO WORE GLASSES, by the second grade version of myself.

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Rising action...


Climax and falling action...


Surprise climax #2 (mean girl twist), falling action and conclusion...




Nelly (the "mean girl" cat in this story) is a bit like Britney Taylor in my book, THE LIPSTICK LAWS. Of course, Britney's not a cat nor does she break someone's glasses...but she's mean and she has manicured finger-claws. Case closed.

Happy Friday!


*Best Wishes & Lipstick Kisses*