Each daily post has a theme. There is more than enough material about. I can be selective.
How does it all come together?
(a) I try and include something current and interesting, e.g.
Granny out-runs teenage bag-snatcher
“Mrs Lane had won the Yorkshire cross-country championship as a schoolgirl in 1953 and had kept herself in shape ever since.” See the story at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4944431.ece.
(b) I see what pictures I have for which there might be a link, however tenuous, eg
Grandmother out-runs scary looking man at Parkway.
Consie is the grandmother of Helen's three children.
(c) there's a chance some cartoon or other is not totally irrelevant
"Young Frankenstein" - putting disparate parts together can result in a monster.
(d) I write something which helps link things together. Even helpful running hints on occasion. Today, this discussion is all you get.
(e) I like to throw in a running gag (of course!). At the moment I think it's funny to have each day some sort of mixed metaphor, which I highlight in red (see below).
(f) A Beatles title which relates is chosen early or late in the process.
(g) I stand back to admire the finished product, despairing of ever doing it really well. I shuffle or rewrite bits to improve it, hit publish, and it's done.
Actually when I write a post I am flying by the edge of my seat for most of the time.
How does it all come together?
(a) I try and include something current and interesting, e.g.
Granny out-runs teenage bag-snatcher
“Mrs Lane had won the Yorkshire cross-country championship as a schoolgirl in 1953 and had kept herself in shape ever since.” See the story at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4944431.ece.
(b) I see what pictures I have for which there might be a link, however tenuous, eg
Grandmother out-runs scary looking man at Parkway.
Consie is the grandmother of Helen's three children.
(c) there's a chance some cartoon or other is not totally irrelevant
"Young Frankenstein" - putting disparate parts together can result in a monster.
(d) I write something which helps link things together. Even helpful running hints on occasion. Today, this discussion is all you get.
(e) I like to throw in a running gag (of course!). At the moment I think it's funny to have each day some sort of mixed metaphor, which I highlight in red (see below).
(f) A Beatles title which relates is chosen early or late in the process.
(g) I stand back to admire the finished product, despairing of ever doing it really well. I shuffle or rewrite bits to improve it, hit publish, and it's done.
Actually when I write a post I am flying by the edge of my seat for most of the time.
What a great story ... go Granny Janet!!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should throw down a 'title challenge'. We give you the name of a Beatles song and you have to write a post that suits the title.
That explains Helen's good running form!
ReplyDeleteTesso - I have used 143 Beatles titles already so the odds are I may have already used one you suggest. I am saving up some really good ones like "A Taste Of Honey" and "While My Guitar Gently weeps" for the right occasion. Hey, I have already used "Yellow Submarine". Too easy!
ReplyDeleteEwen - yes, having a fast mother-in-law must be a great asset. LOL.
p.s. and of course "Come Together", a title I really didn't know what to do with, fell into place today!
ReplyDeleteIf you suggest a title you don't think I could write about, I will simply write about the fact that you suggested that particular title. Problem solved!
now i have visions of you and ewen (ewen ewen?) doin' puttin' on the ritz.
ReplyDeleteEWEn ewen DID "come together"? At a 10k in Melbourne last week I believe.
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