An Ocean of Writing

Fly tying.

Spell casting.

Arm breaking. Cast forming.

Writing your name on a friend’s cast would be “cast spelling.”

Writing your name under a table would be covert vandalism.

Writing your name in the snow is whizzing.

Writing your name in a tree is woodcarving.

Writing your name in clouds is skywriting. Writing with paper and pen while on an airplane is not skywriting.

Writing someone else’s name on a bathroom stall is graffito. Writing a lot of names on a bathroom stall would be graffiti.

Smacking the keyboard with a stick would be: q3targh’ankmvz.

Writing the governor is petitioning.

Writing 256 characters is tweeting. . . or at least it used to be. Now it’s probably called Ecksing, or X-ing, Musk-ing, or whatever they’ve decided to call it now.

Writing alien characters is science fiction-ing.

Writing poetry could be rhyming, while writing poetry to a beat would be rapping. Rap stars love chromed cars, eat rich like Russian tsars, poets trip on a lip, their muse a whip to keep them hip, tuning in to get a grip, rocking like a hurricane, nothing is real if you drug up your brain, smack the keys with a stick, why would you want to be a—poet, if they never have a payday?

Writing a eulogy would make you a “survivor.” Therefore, writing a eulogy is surviving. If you feel like surviving, get writing those eulogies.

Writing while stargazing is Carl Sagan-ing.

Writing on a rocking boat is sea-sickening.

Writing a message and putting it in a bottle and throwing it in the ocean is littering—unless you’re in distress somehow, then it’s SOSing.

Writing while fishing is Jacques Cousteau-ing.

Writing from the belly of the whale would be Jonah-ing.

Arm mending. Bone strengthening.

Spool winding.

Hook finding.

Published by Kurt Gailey

This is where I'm supposed to brag about how I've written seven novels, twelve screenplays, thousands of short stories, four self-help books, and one children's early-reader, but I'd rather stay humble. You can find out about things I've written or follow my barchive (web archive, aka 'blog) at xenosthesia.com or follow me on twitter @kurt_gailey. I love sports and music and books, so if you're an athlete or in a band or you're a writer, give me a follow and I'll most likely follow you back. I've even been known to promote other people's projects.

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