Published Paragraph Inspiration
The other day I came across Paragraph Planet - " - a creative writing website which has been publishing one 75-word paragraph every day since November 2008. Famous authors, aspiring writers and occasional dabblers have all been involved, submitting a mixture of twist-in-the-tale flash fiction, evocative short, short fiction, openings of published novels or brief moments captured." I particularly liked the site's creator, Richard Hearn ' s information on how long it would take him to read a submission - ''between 40 minutes and 6 months'' - so I found a paragraph 'what I wrote' (to quote Ernie Wise) which is so far unpublished and posted it. I was very surprised, pleased and honoured to be told on Sunday that my paragraph was to be the one for the day, the next day. Here it is : " The Last Time I Met My Father was on 4 th October 2002. I remember it clearly, though the date itself holds no particular significance. He had been d