Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 07, 2012

It was a dark and stormy night….

Dogsniff, that’s it! I think he’s just stoned….That being said, this cartoon rocks! We can’t take Wiley’s humor for granite…

Sorry, I’ll go to bed now…

Just chip away for a while and it’ll all end happily ever after.

He is posing for the statue too

Cute – a cold chisel and a caveman. Time line check.

He’s probably on Easter Island.

Hmmm…I need to think about this.

stop going against ’em and try writing forum

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I think, therefore I am…I think.

its very funny ‘cus ya cannot do two things at once; so ya cannot start off saying ’once upon a time’,,,,,,

If a whole bunch of writers got together and this happened, would it be called ‘writers bloc’?

His mind is like a stele trap

A long, long time ago…

Chiseler

Once I was stuck…and I carved the outline in a piece of plywood with a big nail…got that one written EASY after that.It wasn’t much, but I got it done. Maybe NOW I oughta fine it easier, yes?

At this rate, War and Peace will never get written…not a bad thing, really.

LOL! However, I’ve had three magazine and book editors tell me to never, ever start a story with ‘Once upon a time’, or even with Snoopy’s ‘It was a dark and stormy night’.The opening sentence to any story has to POP. The first few sentences will be the determining factor as to whether a reader will continue to read. If it doesn’t hook you by the first paragraph, put the book back on the shelf.I’m just sayin’…

unfortunately, the contract with his publisher was also carved in stone.

“Once upon a time they lived happily ever after. The end.” (Lucy in Peanuts, giving Linus the short version of a book.)

The beginning of being “between a rock and hard place” …. in this case, it’s the chisel.

Once I had to write a story for a small publication. Hadn’t written much in several years, couldn’t start. So I got out the trusty two-reel tape recorder and made myself start talking. Pretty soon the floodgates were opened, and as you can see, forty-some-odd years later, I’m still at it!

An all but blank slate, containing only the first few words of an account of a sedimental journey.

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”— Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1830

More rocks

Wiley had kept this strip for such a day

That’s what I was going to say.

Always suspected cavemen were imaginary creatures. Here’s one with no imagination. bwa hahahah Rock on.

Sticking your Bic in the other guy’s eye will also give you as much time to get away as a sword.

Once upon a time, I was carvin’ on a stone. Looked all around, and I was all alone.

Agent 54: It’s all about the suspension of belief.In other words if you’ll believe that a drawing can speak or even speak with a dialog balloon, then what difference does it make if the history time line is incorrect?

It would have been better if it started out “It was a dark & stormy night”………

he’s just waiting till now becomes “once upon a time…”