Writer's Block Challenge - Week #5

 This week we are going to do something super simple, Just Write. It doesn't matter what you write about, it doesn't matter if it makes sense or not. JUST WRITE. Whatever comes to mind, however you want to, point form, or full sentences. Just get something out. Set a timer for 10, 20, or 30 minutes and just type. Don't stop, don't think just write whatever comes to mind. And in the end, see what comes of it. Maybe it will bring you new book ideas, or maybe it will send you on a topic that helps resolve your writer's block. Either way, writing something helps get the creative juices flowing and can help with the writing process.

Ten Minute Timer:

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. The assassination of Kennedy was the fourth and last assassination of a U.S President. The similarities to the first presidential assassination of Abraham Lincoln are terrifying.

President Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford's Theater, while watching a play called, "Our American Cousin" alongside his wife, Mary Todd. President Kennedy was shot in the head while being driven in a Ford Lincoln with his wife Jackie Bouvier (later Jackie Kennedy - Onasis).

Both assassins had three names, John Wilkes Booth, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Booth shot Lincoln in Ford's Theater and fled to a warehouse, Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater. Both men were eventually killed for the part they played in the assassinations. Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby only a few days after his arrest.

Kennedy had a secretary named Ms. Lincoln, and both Kennedy and Lincoln had Vice President's named Johnson (distantly related but not apparently so). Both assassinations have been pledged with controversy and conspiracy theories.

Many believe that John Wilkes Booth did not die and fled either deeper into the southern states, up to Canada where some of his sympathizers were gathering, or to Europe where his girlfriend had moved with her family.

There are also many conspiracy theories about Oswald, including that he was not working alone, that he was not the lone gunman, and that he was a spy for the Soviet Union. There is also talks that Lee Harvey Oswald may have been hired by the mob to kill Kennedy and stop his brother's crusade to ruin them. (Obviously, this did not stop Robert Kennedy and he was later assassinated also). There is also a belief that the CIA may have had Kennedy assassinated. His blunder during the Bay of Pig and his carelessness when it came to women, decorum, and the fact there was no love loss between him and the CIA have been brought up for this argument.

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As you can see it doesn't have to be about anything special. I am not writing a book about Kennedy or Lincoln or their similarities. I am simply reading about them and enjoy history. Not everything has to be accurate either, don't research just write. If nothing else you will feel good for what you have done. Maybe you will get a chuckle out of it.