Writing Tall Tales Enter your response A Mega-Prompt Read published entries  One of the earliest heroes of this type of folklore, Colonel Davy Crockett of Tennessee, boasted: I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride a streak of lightning, slip without a scratch down a honey locust, can whip my weight in wildcats…. From Canada came the tales of the hero of the lumberjacks, Paul Bunyan, whose Blue Ox "Babe" was "forty-two ax handles and a plug of chewing tobacco between the eyes." The cowboys' hero was Pecos Bill, who "taught the bronco how to buck," and Southern blacks told tales of John Henry, the railroader and steamboat roustabout who once won a contest against a steam drill. In this daily writing prompt, we're going to have a little "yarn spinning" competition. You are hereby given permission to stretch the truth a little... well, maybe a lot... in your writing. Some details should be realistic enough to believe but the story itself should be obviously made up. We'll see who can write the "tallest" tale with just enough truth to make it almost believable.
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Editor's Note - Time and space will not allow us to publish all entries. Featured selections may be just a small portion of those submitted. Please use FIRST NAME ONLY, or pen name. Location ID is safe and encouraged, to promote our "Writing Around the World" theme. Featured SelectionsClick below to see writing from other authors on this topic... Revenge of the Geeky Nerds Along time ago I was walking around. Everybody thought I was a geeky nerd. Everyday at school I would get called a bunch of names. I couldn’t play football,... Terror in the Mountains When I woke up, it was just like a normal morning. But that quickly changed. I was sitting very nicely at our table eating my breakfast when my mom got ... Deadly Multiplying Cockroaches Have you ever heard of cockroaches been multiplied when sprayed with an insecticide? No! Then here is one such story that you have to believe it. One evening ... Little Bird Monster Well, it all started when my friend and I were walking down our favorite short cut through the woods. We were just walking and heard a noise that made ... A Human Rattlesnake One day when I was 8 years old, I ran into a rattlesnake and got into a fight with it. It bit me right above the wrist. Now I'm 9 years old, have skin ... Return from Tall Tales to Literature Based Writing Prompts |
