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Daniel P. Douglas's avatar

Go Steve, you inspiring little Gastropoda!

Justin Zimmer's avatar

😂 I don't know why my story prompts always start with, "I want to write a fun story about a snail named Steve." and the conflict immediately turns to "Why death of course."

Daniel P. Douglas's avatar

Sounds perfectly normal to me! lol

Becky Hayward's avatar

I loved this! 👏👏

Justin Zimmer's avatar

Thanks 🙏. I have to do more of these, it's a fun format.

Becky Hayward's avatar

Here for it!

Miles Hack's avatar

This was incredible! The rendering format of Celtic was very needed for authenticity in the tale. Steve is a mythical snail titan 🐌

Justin Zimmer's avatar

😂 thanks. I'm a fan of the genre: Gaelic Storm, Darby O'Gill, etc. I also like the old Western story songs like Ringo by Lorne Green and tried my hand at one here: https://open.substack.com/pub/justinzimmer/p/emma-lou-and-the-orphans-gold?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=2wuqi

Kevin Worthley's avatar

Love this!! Nice work, Justin! Laughing...

Kevin Worthley's avatar

Though in SG terms, I think Steve should have gone through more emotional trauma and faced even tougher stakes at the Crisis Moment 😂

Justin Zimmer's avatar

I did lose the punch counter-punch in the complications for sure so it goes flat around the crisis.

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Justin Zimmer's avatar

Thanks! Story songs are one of my favorite things to write.

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Justin Zimmer's avatar

Ha, yeah, I wrote a couple when I was a teenager, one a parody of the national anthem with SPAM. The other a riff on Ringo by Lorne Green but involving public urination. I'll have to dig out that old folder.