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Met a guy at a bus stop in Portland who gave me a whole story in three words
He was just sitting there, and when I asked if the 75 was running late, he said, 'It's chasing ghosts.' I had to ask what he meant, and he told me the driver's wife left him last Tuesday, so now he drives the route looking for her car. What's the best writing prompt you've ever gotten from a random stranger?
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janaf7617d ago
Chasing ghosts" is gold, write it in your phone notes right now before it fades.
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henry_hernandez7d agoTop Commenter
Yeah, janaf76 is right about writing it down... my phone notes are just a graveyard of half ideas I never looked at again. That "chasing ghosts" line is probably already haunting my forgotten grocery lists. It's a solid phrase, but my follow through is a ghost story of its own.
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christopher_coleman1717d ago
That "chasing ghosts" line is perfect. I'd write down the exact phrasing before you forget it.
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