Dexter Godbey - Writing - 2021

The Assignment.  Write about the  the origins of your love for stories? About someone or something in your life that made you love language and the magic of stories. Word limit: 200 words. Draft 1 24 Jun 21 - Words 194 ******************* I remember my dad reciting long poems by Robert Service when we were confined in the car on interminable road trips to ski Mammoth Mountain, California. The Cremation of Sam McGee. The Shooting of Dan McGrew. And others like The Face on the Barroom Floor.  I loved the stories. Later I memorized Service poems, Casey At The Bat, The Night Before Christmas, and more.  Not “literary poems.“ Story poems. I remember music lyrics that tell stories. Musicals like The Sound of Music and Oklahoma. Plus old rock ‘n’ roll, folk, and country story-songs. Johnny B Goode. John Henry. Me and Bobby McGee. Folsom Prison Blues. The Gambler.  Colorado Rocky Mountain High. Darcy Farrow.  American Pie.  Now Toby Keith… Not As Good As I ...

This is an assignment from Domestika Course:   Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience The Assignment:   Introduce yourself through a color. 1) Pick a color, 2) Make a list of ten things that are that colour. 3) Tell the story of your life through those ten things.   4)  Do not say the color.  Word limit 150 words. Draft 22 Jun 21 *********************************************** Dexter Godbey was always drawn to water. Summers at Lake Arrowhead, California where he learned to swim and row a boat and loved the unexpected discovery of things like a nest filled with robin’s eggs. Later, the sea and sailing. Also, streams and still lakes throughout America traveling in his motorhome. He was awed by both the similarities and contrast between the waters and the sky. Was it because his eyes matched – not the exact shades, but close - those of both of his grandmothers? While in business, all of his favorite suits, shirts, and ties reflected...