The Writer's Cramp
         A new feature on More Stories!

Here’s your chance to try out a figure of speech, a paragraph, ask for a suggestion, bitch or complain (but not at me.)  Just send me your comments and I’ll post them here.  Or a summation of them, if appropriate.  No insults or debates, please.  I don’t want to sit here uploading your arguments.

  Just from my imagination, here are a few to start:


From GZ:  Begins with kudos for the More Stories site, then “why don’t you have a forum for something shorter than a page or two.”
Dear GZ:  This is it.

From AL: “Dave: My mother wants to write about life with her mother but doesn’t know where to start.”
Dear AL:  The first post natal hour would be fine.  As an alternative,  I think their first argument would be OK.

From JS:  “Who the heck taught you how to use commas?”  
Dear JS:  Now, now, remember what I said.  But FYI, it was Sister Clementia and she done me good with English.

From BP:  “Dave, can I try this out on your Crampsite?   “It was a dark and dreary morning and the birds got wet on the phone line and a few fell off.  My sister’s boyfriend came late to stay.  Pretty soon I didn’t see either of them.  I went to work, wondering why birds and people can disappear just like that.”
Dear BP:  Needs a little more direction.


And now ..... real correspondence...........


From RO: After reading this cramp it made me wonder not where they went but why they always seem to cluster on the wire. Do power lines have hot spots? Bob.

Dear RO: Let's hear from our vast readership!

From Annie: Dear Bob,  I think the reason birds hang out on the telephone wires etc., is because of the way their feet are constructed.   The next time you see a bird pay special attention to it's feet.   If it's perched on you deck or on a tree branch take notice to the way it's toes curve.   I say the reason they stay on the wires is because it is comfortable and easy to wrap their toes around. 

From Dave: Allright! Now this page is cooking!!



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