RIP Story : May 31st, 2024

I have no idea what to write for this one, but I’ve started the timer, so I need to write something. My first thought was to make this the whale from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and have the whale living their life until the moment they were pulled to Megrathea. Sounds like fun, but I’m faced with the same problem that whale life is swim and eat swim and eat. One could argue that it’s my job to be creative in this instance, but here is my confession. I sometimes don’t have it.

What about making this into a whale watching story? I feel like I do enough human or humanoid centric writing. I feel like moving to a couple on a whale watching trip in Catalina or Hawaii makes this more about people and their effect on the environment than the majesty of the creature. I thought about the story of the sad whale who had their voice change so much, they could not find any of their kin. That was depressing. and I write enough sad leaning content.

This means I end up spending tens of minutes trying to find a hook, and there is no entry point I can get behind that births a story. If these RIP stories weren’t structured the way I do them, I would be inclined to research the lives of whales. I have my memories from watching Discovery Channel and some of what I’ve watched on YouTube, but my knowledge is wilted, and this would be a fun way to reinforce what I learned in the past. However, this is not the place for me to dedicate that kind of time. Another day, but not today.

Thanks for reading, see you tomorrow.

EPILOGUE: See Above, haha