The bone-chilling scream This entire website seemed to deal with just about everything except for the writer himself/herself. That's not fair.
Who are we? Are we philosophers, educators, humorists, false prophets, politicians, or earth-shakers?
Are we just trying to eke out a living, or do we have a specific purpose that can be defined?
Most important - do writers of Jewish topics have a distinct definition that can be used to identify us?
I hope somebody on Jewish Writing will present an essay on this topic for critiquing. We will then change this webpage based on the common feeling among the subscribers. This webpage may then become the opening, home page for the entire website.
Any takers?
split the warm summer night in two,
the first half being before the scream
when it was fairly balmy and calm and pleasant,
the second half still balmy and quite pleasant
for those who hadn't heard the scream at all,
but not calm or balmy or even very nice
for those who did hear the scream,
discounting the little period of time
during the actual scream itself
when your ears might have been hearing it
but your brain wasn't reacting yet
to let you know
- Winning sentence,
1986 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest
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