All Those Questions
Can I write about a question mark?
Why would you want to write about a question mark?
Wouldn’t I have to, if the story prompt were to write about a day in the life of a question mark?
Why choose a question mark? Don’t you like Dragon, which was also on the list?
Why not try something different, since I’ve written about dragons before?
When a question mark was listed, did you think at all before you chose to write about it?
Isn’t that what I’m doing now?
Don’t you have to decide to do something before you do it?
Does it matter how I decided to write this piece?
Who am I to question the great writer’s muse?
What does my muse have to do with a choice I make?
Isn’t your muse the one who always guides your writing?
What makes you think that I can’t write a whole piece without the help of others?
Don’t you think that using reference materials when you write some of your stories counts as help from others?
Who cares whether I get help or not?
Doesn’t it depend on who you present it to?
Do you think I’m not aware that how I present this writing is going to be an issue?
Why not just read it out loud?
Then, how will I convey that two different voices are conversing, not just one continuous inner dialogue?
Haven’t you used different voices before, in your storytelling?
What does storytelling have to do with this?
Isn’t storytelling a form of presenting one’s writing?
Could I get someone else to read it with me instead of acting it out with voices?
Wouldn’t that be a tandem piece of writing, not yours alone?
Is something read the same as something written? Does reading someone who can’t be there’s writing to a writing group make us co-authors?
Why are we continuing this conversation? Don’t you have to present a piece of writing to your group today?
Is it that time already?
Aren’t you the guy with the smart watch?
So, what do I say about a day in the life of a question mark?
What do question marks do all day?
Wouldn’t they ask a lot of questions?
Isn’t that what we just did?
“Have you been talking to my muse?
Now, why didn’t I think of that?
