INT.—DAY—Small Apartment It was a dark and stormy night. The umbrellas were out but it didn’t matter because he was smoking in the shower. If lunch didn’t come any earlier, he might shave with a ham sandwich. Extra mustard. His palms were sweaty in anticipation of the noon train. Something was due on that train …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Doctor Visit
So many negative emotions roll through your heart and brain when you realize it’s time to go to the doctor that it’s a wonder any of us are healthy at all. Pre-visit anxiety is enough to start you down the path to having a coronary, or an aneurysm. Which, of course, would cause you to …
Big Mouth
Do you ever get caught up in a conversation and your thoughts turn to escape? Do you wish you could change channels? Do you wish you could switch venues? There are talkers and there are talkers. Some are brief to the point of salvation, and others are finding new subjects from every bit of stuff, …
Tobymac vs. Duran Duran
It may be no secret that I love music. We all do, don’t we? Music keeps us sane during the dull moments of a day. Music propels us through exercise routines. Music gives us a reason to pretend we’re fantastic singers when we’re alone. It also gives us emotional stimuli. That’s a fancy way of …
Boosting Creativity
One method I use to boost creativity is to challenge myself to write 42 lines in 42 minutes. There isn’t any sort of limit on subject matter, or how lines are written. Punctuation, grammar, and even style are unnecessary. The only limit is the time to write out these 42 one-liners: one minute each, though …
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