The words wouldn’t come. They felt forced. They felt false.
He pounded away at the typewriter anyway, hoping that one word would spark the rest and ignite his imagination. The verbs wouldn’t catch. The adjectives failed to provide the proper breaths of life. The nouns were inadequate fuel.
It was hopeless. He was in a writing funk and there wasn’t the faintest hint of smoke rising from fingers or paper.
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Word Count: 69
I’m keeping my response to the Trifecta Challenge short this week. I could probably tack on extra words but that would truly feel forced. Anyway, as you may have guessed, this week’s word is:
FUNK
(noun)
1 a : a state of paralyzing fear
b : a depressed state of mind
2 : one that funks : COWARD
3 : SLUMP
<an economic funk> <the team went into a
funk>
Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333
words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
• Only one entry per writer.
• If your post doesn’t meet our requirements, please leave your link in the comments section, not in the linkz.
• Trifecta is open to everyone. Please join us.
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i like this, a perfect description of a writer’s funk.
Thanks!
I’d been meaning to post all day and just hadn’t done it, so when I finally got around to looking up the Trifecta prompt word it fit perfectly.
Funkeh!
You got that right!
George Clinton is warming up on the main stage.
lol
Did you really laugh out loud, or was it more of a giggle?
It was a down right belly laugh with tears streaming 😉
Hah! Okay then. Good.
Yes! 🙂
Stomp!
If you will reconsider this challenge so this stated FOURTH definition (not one of the subcategories of the third defintion you’ve listed, but the next definition Miriam-Webster lists, the fourth) then I shall participate.
For when I am in a funk, or smell the awful funk of the rot of the world, I give up the funk, and get down, and funky. Sometimes I even *cough* put some stank on it.
Hahahahaha
If it were my challenge, I would change the rules for you… but, this is all Trifecta, and they are pretty big on sticking with the 3rd of everything.
Well then, I just won’t participate. Inspiration has come, but if it doesn’t meet their requirements, then it won’t be for them– it’ll just be for me.
Works for me. I always go where the inspiration takes me anyway… that’s why I like the more open prompts and dont’ always participate in the structured ones.
Hey, I’m glad you finally posted. I was in a funk myself because I never had you usual Monday morning writing marathon. Very good use of the word ‘funk’.
Sorry! Today was a holiday for me… so, didn’t get my normal couple hours to write this morning.
Glad you got a holiday. 😀
Well, I didn’t have to go to work… I’m not sure I’d actually call it a holiday though. (I know, I know, I used the word first.)
Okay, how about a day off work with pay?
I’ll never complain about that.
And, I wasn’t complaining in the first place… just mentioning that it didn’t actually feel like a holiday. Busy weekend.
I can relate. Sometimes our days “off” are so packed full of things that have to get done, getting back to “work” is almost a relief. Almost!
Almost.
I like to schedule an extra do nothing day when I take a long vacation just to have those extra hours at home to transition between the Playing work and the Working work.
yes – perfect writer’s funk.
said without a trace of writer’s funk.
A paradox, if you will.
Funny how often that happens. 😉
I don’t like it when the words don’t come. It’s happened too often lately.
*fist shaking* Words!! Why must you vex The Cutter so!
There, that should set them straight.
Thanks. ‘ppreciate it.
Any time.
That’s how my weekend went, a bad case of loss of words. Which I better get over quick, I need BS my way through a winning post for ES’s contest 😉
Happy BSing. 😀
Sorry your weekend was a loss of words. Hopefully it wasn’t a repeat of the deleted words incident…?
Gah, no, you’d of heard me screaming if that had repeated itself! 😉
True, I’m sure I would have.
What is this ‘typewriter’ device of which you speak? Sounds kinky. Did you ever see that Twilight Zone or Outer Limits or Amazing Stories episode where the funked out writer just can’t get anything out, and then starts getting antagonized by creepy little creatures that chase him around all over the place? Gets weirder and weirder and becomes less about his block and more about the weird creatures – until they finally corner him and tell him to write about them.
Sounds familiar… but, not completely. I might have to try and find it.
A typewriter? I’m not really sure. I thought it was a word I had just made up.
It’s a funky looking compound word.
Wish I could find that episode… it was many shades of awesome.
It’s a writer of type. It makes sense to me.
The episode does sound intriguing. Though, in my mind, I keep thinking back on the Twilight Zone episode with the guy that survives the nuclear holocaust in his beloved library and now has all the time in the world to read but he breaks his glasses and can’t read a word.
Ooooooo, I don’t remember that one, but that sounds good.
It was Amazing Stories, Trent, and yes, it was many shades of awesome.
You remember it???? That’s awesome. My hunch was Amazing Stories, but I couldn’t remember for the life of me. That episode always stayed with me.
This was too cute, and too true, far too often. Great work.
Thanks! 😀
I know that feeling lol.
All writers do at some point.
I hate that when it happens.
Hate?
I take it as a challenge. There are many ways to start a fire. 😉
Okay fine, dislike. 😉
😀
I is what I is. Or something like that.
Quoting Popeye, I see.
It seemed appropriate at the time.
Why do I have the sudden taste for spinach?
You’ll be strong to the finish.
Toot toot. 😀
Isn’t that what the elephant says?
(I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!)
Only the pink ones.
And now I’m picturing the drunk scene from Dumbo. There are dancing elephants everywhere!
That is one of my favorites. Trippy stuph.
I’ve seen a rubber band…
But I be done seen about everything, when I saw an elephant fly!!
One of my all time favorite songs.
Because silly, and awesome, together at last.
Sillyawesomesauce.
Plus it comes in a jar!!
And, if you act now, we’ll double your order!
I need a pallet of sillyawesomesauce, stat!
A Pallet?!?! Oh my. I think you just hit our quarterly sales quota in one fell swoop. Awesome!
Glad to be of assistance, I support small businesses.
I support the anti-feather league.
Aw. 😀
By the way… a certain book should be showing up shortly if it hasn’t already.
Oooo. I will let you know.
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Waiting
I never was very good at being patient.
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I have been in that state for a while now. Just a phase, I hope :). Your words synced up perfectly.
Definitely just a phase. I’m sure it will pass soon for you.
I see this particular Trifecta challenge has already been closed… so, is it still possible to participate as far as you’re concerned?
It shouldn’t be closed yet. You should have until Friday… but I think they are having problems with their linkz section… maybe check back and see if it is open again? Or, yeah, you can always link it up to me.
My entry was based on the same thing….I’ve been in a funk for a few days and this was a good way to crawl out of it!!
Woohooo! Hooray for writing funks. Oh, wait, no that’s bad, isn’t it? Shoot. Sorry.
Well, I’m glad you were able to crawl out of yours.
I have sat at my keyboard feeling exactly the same way!
The writers curse, bound to strike us all at some point.
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I think we can all identify with this! And very nicely put! Thanks for sharing the funk! 😉
Thank you!
And thanks for providing the prompts!