I have to write a story on a flickering lamp post.Can any body help me.?

Answer 1

Just think about it and see how you feel. Does it make you think of anything? A firefly trapped in a jar, hoping to escape before it starves? Lightning? Just go with your Heart.

Answer 2

This question put my mind back many years, to young adulthood, when strobe lights were popular at events...
it was the changes from what you saw when the strobe light was on to what you saw when the light was on the very next time that was fascinating.
With the strobe lights, all the movements of people seemed scatter-shot... they would be turning toward you, then darkness, then they were a little more turned toward you than your mind expected... like that. It was half-fun, half almost too unexpected; almost creepy! (At that time and at my age then, I thought it was all fun.)

A "flickering" anything usually goes on and off quickly, like those strobe lights did. Decide if you want to write a 'creepy' story, a 'fun' one, or one that hangs wonderfully in the balance. One in the balance will leave a lot for the reader to imagine on his/her own.
Then imagine what the effect would be on a protagonist seeing different types of characters under the lamp post, in different circumstances.
There is a world of possibility, so just open your mind up to it, think on it a while, maybe even write an outline or two... then the story.
(A word of advice: make sure to read your story again a couple of times, checking for errors or inconsistencies. I often forgot to do that when I was in school, and it really helps if you do! Spell-check and all that will not cover those things for you, as you probably know.)
Luck...

Answer 3

Some ideas:
Why is it flickering? Is the flickering important in some way ("If it goes out, the princess will die", "It symbolizes the hope of the world")

What sort of things happen underneath lamp posts? (Spies exchange information, people stand watching tragic or wonderful events, lovers meet, people get mugged,... )How will the flickering affect these things?

Where is the lamp post located? One of the most vivid mental images from C. S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia" is the fact that a lamp post can be found in the middle of a forest, where no one is expected to be found. Put the lamp post somewhere unconventional and see what happens!

Answer 4

The lamp only flickers at night because that's the only time its faulty circuit is turned ON. It stays OFF in the day time.

But, at night, a fellow looking from a 2nd story window across the street from the flickering lamp sees a monster moving around. Flicker, the monster is sneaking into an alley. Flicker, here comes a man walking a dog. Flicker, the dog's by himself in front of the alley, barking into it. Flicker, the dog's gone too. Flicker, here comes a pretty young lady...

Plenty of horror movies have stuff that silly.

Answer 5

if its a romance : say somebody flickered of the light and lit candles.
if its a scifi/ fantasy: say there was a major increase in psionic activity or something.
if its a horror: ( this is simple ) it creates a mood eg the light flickered out then somebody came with a knife or something, maybe a killer turned the power off in a house so its all dark and creepy
if its educational: have an explanation of why it went out.

Hope i helped : )

Answer 6

A flickering lamp post could be a simple electrical malfunction, or I could symbolize someting as profound as life and its fragility. Think. If it is a simple malfunction, why did it occur? Maybe the person who was supposed to fix it was going to come out and do it that night, but go caught in traffic. maybe their wife/husband had left them and they forgot to come out? now the story is about this person instead and you now have a plot. (this is a EXAMPLE, btw.) All you have to do is ask yourself question after question until you have a plot. that or you have to think really profusely as to what it means to you and what you, yourself would be interested in in a story.

hope this helps, I'm actually writing a story myself right now(took a short Y!A break for inspiration) Good Luck with your story! <3

Answer 7

A story based around a person working a 9-5 job walking their neighborhood hood and comes across a light post in the middle of a field they walk through. The light is on allowing the person to navigate way their way through tall weeds, as they walk under the light is goes out leaving them in pitch black.
The light comes back on and he/she finds an object of interest in their path.

This gives you pretty wide area into which you could make it into horror, sci-fi, fantasy or other types of story. It's really only limited by your imagination at that point.

Answer 8

You could write about what is seen by the lamp lost each time it flicks on. Like snapshots of different people's lives and how they are all intertwined. If you post gets fixed then they could all meet under the fixed post.

Answer 9

I really think there is a movie on such a concept. I think Jimmy Stewart started in the movie.
Usually some black and white movies have that idea. The time is usually in the 17th century to the 19th....some sinister, mystery, foggy, dark clothing type scene.

Answer 10

No, I'd write that story sitting in a chair in front of a table or a desk.