Of Snippets and Little Ideas…

…or how you have to write it down when it pops into your head.

With my ADD, there are a lot of things that I forget if I don’t write it down. Stories, poems, and streams of consciousness that resonate in my head before bed and during day often get overlooked and lost to the ether. When it happens on Twitter, I tend to make mini-threads. Here are a couple of those posts.

Writer in the Morning

If you follow me on Twitter, it’s no secret that love coffee. So, when this started to type itself out in my head, I put it down in a post.

"Coffee, Jules?"
She takes the cup offered, closes her eyes, and takes a sip, "Mmmm, thanks, Byron."
He smiles as she shuffles her way to the bedroom to get dressed, "That's my little writer, fueled by coffee."
He takes his bagel, smears cream cheese on it, and heads to work.

— Maddy's HoG: WRITING COMS OPEN (@MaddysHoG) November 28, 2020

The Escape

I have no clue where this one came from, but then again, my mind works in ways I can’t fathom sometimes.

Lorna froze as she felt the centipede crawl over her foot. She knew any sound from her would alert the guards to the fact she had found a way out of the compound.
Her bottom lip started to bleed from the teeth marks as she held back her panic. The sweat beaded on her brow.

— Maddy's HoG: WRITING COMS OPEN (@MaddysHoG) November 22, 2020

I wrote the first part independently from the rest and had to retweet to add to it. It was not until after I had hit the button that I realized I could have just added to the thread.
Ce la vie.

it would be over. The gates would lock down, the sirens would wail, and the spotlights would eliminate any traces of shadow or hiding places.
She had to think fast. She rubbed her thighs hoping the pain would fade as the guards exchanged shift details.

— Maddy's HoG: WRITING COMS OPEN (@MaddysHoG) November 22, 2020

If anymore pops into my head from either of these beginnings, I may continue the stories here, which would mean proofreading the tweets a little more and adding to them. After all that’s how The Cabin came to be and how Chronicle was born.

Until next time, be kind and stay geeky!
Anissa “Maddy” Walker