FIDO 1
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Round 1: Write the opening sentence of your novella
Call me fido, cuz i’m the ultimate rover doggin’ the white whale, cuz I’m the red baron snoop rappin’ and fightin’ and writin’ on the kennel, cuz i’m the cujo messin’ with your pinto brain, cuz i’m the “who’s your doggy” dawg your mamma don’t want you to meet, cuz i’m the zombie raisin’ hell in doggone zomcom, cuz i’m the taco bell chihuahua who turned ren after too many jalapenos, cuz i’m scooby doo and dino rolled up into one fatty yabba dabba doobie, cuz i’m bo, yo, ‘from the doghouse to the whitehouse,’ cuz i can roll with cerberus or anubis, tartarus or cannabis, cuz i’m goofy and droopy, benji and lassie, beethoven and rin tin tin, cuz i’m the everyman, so call me what you want, just don’t call me pavlov’s dog.
August 9th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Looks like you just might have an interesting way to tell your story. I’m in after reading this.
August 9th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Amazing opening! Very much looking forward to the rest of it. Hoping you’ll stay on for next round.
PS: “[..] cuz I’m the taco bell chihuahua who turned ren after too many jalapenos [...]” – did you mean ‘red’ and not ‘ren’?
August 9th, 2009 at 11:03 am
word up, dan the man and anna banana!
yo, A-bone, how about both! here’s the clarification for your PS: “cuz I’m the taco bell chihuahua who turned ren (& stimpy) after too many jalapenos”
August 10th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
I thought that was a ren & stimpy ref….just one of the things that made me smile in this snippet.
August 10th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Of course, now I realize this… way over my head. There is a reason why they are writers and I am not
August 10th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Yeah! Great opening! I like the way you distribute adjectives to create some images! Looking forward to read more…
August 10th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
right on, ivo olivo! i dig your name.
yo a-bone, so you’re saying we’re writers and you’re not cuz of a ren & stimpy reference? damn girl, i didn’t know pen-pushers were supposed to be up on their nickelodeon!
August 11th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Had to look it up – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ren_and_Stimpy_Show. Guess I’m on the wrong side of the Pacific!!
But Wow! will the story line go on like that – a song maybe but …
I’ll wait and find out.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Wowing right back at you, JD! Your website is trippin’ me out! I don’t even wanna think about what 1plusinfinity means! Damn! Yeah, I’ll keep rollin’ with the storyline, or more like let that storyline keep rollin’ me, seein’ that ya’ll seem to dig it!
August 13th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
You have woven the most intriguing references into this Fido … especially loved the references to cerberus and anubis. Awesome rhythm.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
word jodi! how bout that raging critique by my main man dan? he brought the fourth fiction house down! left me barkless, yo.
August 14th, 2009 at 2:37 am
It seems Fido takes it very, very serious or not serious at all… in any case keep walking in patois, please!
August 15th, 2009 at 1:04 am
damn yo, fido had a damocles letter opener hangin’ over his head the whole time! isis, it hurts to see you go. i dug your free tripped out astro-projecting spirit. feel like i should’ve sank with you down to that riverbed. anyway, you aint never gonna sink, i know that much. peace out, girl. (yo, host, is it just me trippin here or was that over the top there with the blessings and om shanti?).
i owe a hella big thanks to y’all who kept me alive with your words. fido is wagging his tail at you. yo joan baezgs, i dug your comment. but it’s not an either/or situation like ol’ soren would have us believe. i take my not serious very, very seriously. maybe I gotta rethink my walkin’ in patois cuz it’s a minefield out there. hell though, if i go agrolect, i’m gonna go agro. damned if i go softly into that good night!
August 15th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
heh* I just read through it again. I didn’t realize how many references I’d missed the first time – (I netflixed Fido) – maybe playing with capitalization? Dunno.
Keep digging out the yard though. Good stuff.