(applauds)

why thank you Walt... thank you very much...

Vix

OK, I admit it, I don't get it!

*laughs... it could go in many different ways, but her professor was a time traveler (for lack of many other words we could use). He had witnessed the original, and later related the story to Shakespeare... but now he was there for Trudy, because she was a famous writer to be.

Oh yes - write what you know. If you get a chance to read Mark Twain's autobiography, it is well worth your time. He was, in essence, both Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn. The stories were from his childhood.

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Ooooohhhhh, I understand now!

And we haven't all had such an interesting life as Mark Twain ;)

This exactly. Which is why Sawyer and Finn make such good reading, doing stuff that time and circumstances don't permit in person.
Another that takes you away is the 4 James Harriot books.....

That has quite a mystical sense to it. A ghost? A vision? Imagination? Who'll say? Either which way, while perhaps a tad difficult to comprehend, still a very nice read, Vix. You certainly do have a way with words >^_^<

and that certainly makes me happy Fritti... thank you muchly...

Vix

You know what they say: Open with a joke.

so very true...

Vix

It is so good!

*gives a big hug... I have found AI artist on X and one does a lot of animation that remind me of your stories. That makes me smile.

Vix

I had an engineering professor who was like this guy. He'd ask you a fairly basic question about an engineering decision, and after about ten minutes you were reconsidering all kinds of life decisions.

Granted, that instructor didn't fade from sight, but his lessons certainly stayed with all of us who took his class!

And that’s the kind of teacher who makes a difference.

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We should all be so fortunate to be visited by the ghost of Novels Past, Present and Future.

*hugs*

*gasps... I hadn't thought about that... what a great way to explain it!

*hugs a bunch...

Vix

Precise, punny, and poised for perfection.

I'd love to see this expanded if you ever feel so!

*smiles... thank you. The other thing these 365's are good for is teaching a writer how to set up an entire novel, where that opening page or two is so important. Expanded is a definite thought.

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In time for Ides of March too

I hadn't even thought of that, but very much yes. I have always wondered where old Will found his inspiration. If ever you want to see a very good movie, look up 'Shakespeare in Love'. It actually shows you some possibilities.

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Et tu, professor? Seems Trudy can't escape lectures even at work!

*laughs... so true. Some lectures we daydream through, and others we actually listen to.

Vix

Hmmm, time traveling professor? I guess they'd be a really good history teacher in that case. "Did you know the Romans loved cheesecake?" "Yes, I've had some. First century Roman made cheesecake I mean."

I did t know that, but I did hear they invented take out food.

I so love history.

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