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Writing prompt No. 41

A weekly writing exercise to get you started

By Heather Wright
Published: April 6, 2012
Think of a sound that isn't around anymore: the click of typewriter keys, the tone that played during the test pattern on 1950s TVs, the sound of the dial turning on a telephone, the theme of an old TV or radio program, the sound of a former pet's paws on the hardwood floor, the sound of the doorbell of a house you used to live in. What memories do those sounds conjure up? What rooms or people do you see?

 

Heather Wright's work has been published in local and national publications and on the Web. Her column “Write Angles,” published in What If? Canada’s Creative Magazine for Teens, became the basis of her book, Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens.


 

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ELIZABETH BRIDGES from OHIO said:
With names like
Alpha
Blippy and
Funk
Adding others like
Cobblestone
Red tea and Riffing
Ending with
Solaris
Whistler and
Windchimer
It stands to reason
Ringtones
No longer ring
Or tickle the ear
When alerting one
Of an incoming call

What's that sound?
Beep, clang, beep.
La di de dah.
Drip, drip, drip.
Hello?
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