It’s getting into the fall when I usually start traveling for work again. This week, I thought I would look back and take a picture from one of my trips to Mongolia a few years ago. This is from the Chinggis Khan museum near his birthplace. Story Prompt: September 16, 2024 Write a story based…
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Muse on Monday – September 9, 2024
Normally for Muse on Monday, we give you a general topic or challenge to write a story around. However, this week’s prompt is what I call a super-specific one. Story Prompt: September 9, 2024 Write a story where the main character is running a business whose only employees are monkeys. It’s kind of a silly…
Muse on Monday – September 2, 2024
A few years ago, one of the Muse on Monday story prompts was to write a story that was nothing but dialogue. Today’s is similar but it is combative dialogue: an argument, a fight of words, an attempted persuasion, perhaps. With this kind of dialogue, the conflict is obvious. It is like a fencing match…
Muse on Monday – August 26, 2024
What is the most alone you have ever been? I remember one day when I hiked up a snowy mountain in Korea and did not see another person the whole day. This is not loneliness, just being alone. Ironically, the loneliest I have every felt is when I was in a crowd of people where…
Muse on Monday – August 5, 2024
The bedrock of a story is conflict. In a lot of stories this is something external like someone trying to kill the main character, or the characters trying to find some object or other, etc. However, conflict can also be something that no one can see. A few weeks ago, I left work to catch…
Muse on Monday – July 22, 2024
I remember when I was young, I got lost in the woods. It was probably only for 10-15 minutes, but it was one of the most terrifying experiences I had ever had. Being lost in the wilderness is a great plot for a story (Lost in the Barrens, by Farley Mowat was my favorite book…
Muse on Monday – July 15, 2024
It is interesting, although not surprising, that one of the most common professions of characters in stories is a writer. This is because writers often write about what they know, which is themselves and what they do. Beyond that, there are also many stories about writing itself, either about magical books or story itself (see…
Wishbelly – Let Me Tell You a Story
Wishbelly – Let Me Tell You a Story This is a storytelling video based on a story that I posted here in the past. It is a story about a young boy on a quest to save his father. I don’t know where the name came from: it just kind of came to me. It’s…
The Three Apples – Let Me Tell You a Story
In my opinion, this week’s Let Me Tell You a Story video is a good one. It’s a retelling of the story The Three Apples from 1001 Arabian Nights. I like to do retellings of fairy tales since there are a lot absurdities built into them. For instance, in this story, the caliph is about…
The Good Octopus – Let Me Tell You a Story
The Good Octopus – Let Me Tell You a Story Welcome to the weekend everyone. This week’s Let Me Tell You a Story video is the Good Octopus, a telling of the original here. Like most stories I write, I’m not sure exactly how I came up with the idea, but I liked the idea…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 