fotoFRIDAY: The Stage

Well, we have quite the collection for you this week!  But first, please take a moment to look at our Anniversay Contest</b>.  There are only seven days left to get those entries in (photography and/or literature submissions accepted), and the prizes are pretty kick-ass.

Now with that out of the way...


ostit:  Two weeks ago we asked our participants to make us laugh using this picture for inspiration:


OOPS wrong turn

by DanidaeSkye


There were some rather entertaining entries, but this one stood out:


Three Men and a Bug by HaveTales-WillTell


Other notable contributions:

Spontaneity by Shazbar
A Meands To An End by AstarteKatz
Herbie is dead by chichirii
Impressions by littlemissmoody
Wrong turn by 007-Kildgeek
Tubby the Buggy by dead-poetess-society

And, for the first time, fotoFRIDAY received a photography entry in response to our weekly prompt:

Captain speaking by DFour


ostit:  Not really in the mood to laugh?  Well then, maybe last week's photograph would provide more inspiration:


Follow me

by gltvisualart


This week had quite a few people taking risks and wandering into unfamiliar territory, and fotoFRIDAY applauds those effots.  windwater took a chance at writing her first story in French for La Fin, and HaveTales-WillTell tried his hand at a Villanelle in Her Side of the Story (and also in A Poor Man's Villanelle).  However, there were two entries that really stood out:


Follow the Leader by Debunkd
Gloves by MsCellanea


Other notable entries:

Poetry
13th Lane by littlemissmoody
Streets by Fushball
Illuminate the NOs by AstarteKatz
Le Ballon Rouge by AbCat

Prose
Stop the Fucking Apocalypse by CoreyMikaVerLeth
Kat by fairyleaves
a crazy world by govro


And now what you've all been waiting for! (fotoFRIDAY turns 50!)

fotoFRIDAY L: Spotlights on Courage



This week we challenge you to explore life in the spotlight with this wonderful photograph:


stage

by detail24


The concept is simple: write a poem, story, or short sketch inspired by the given picture. You can use the picture as a major component of your writing or just a small sliver--there is no definite rule in that regard. Want to write about sunsets? Sunrises? Drunken escapades on the beach? Love? Cell phones? Religion? Choices? The influence of Kantian ethics on Nietzsche's reading of Kierkegaard's interpretation of Cain and Abel? Go for it! The only limit is your own imagination. Consider this a weekly prompt to get those creative juices flowing.

After that, it's up to you to upload your writing as either a scrap or deviation in your gallery and paste the link in a comment to the fotoFRIDAY prompt journal.

See how easy that is? Then why are you still reading this? Get writing!

Entries for this week's prompt are due 12:00AM (EST) on Wednesday, August 29, 2007.