A to Z Blogging

O – Originator

This year at Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils my theme is “this year I am writing a novel.” So, in light of that I decided to try and keep to the theme a bit with my A to Z topic. I decided on using writing words that start with each letter of the alphabet to create short posts.


O – Originator

It confused me when she introduced me as “the originator.” After several more introductions the same way to various people in the room I finally clued in. As the author I am the originator or the person who created the stories. When she used the word omnibus I reached for the dictionary!

By Shari Marshall – April 2021 A to Z Challenge


11 thoughts on “O – Originator

  1. I remember well the day that ‘omnibus ‘ sent me to my dictionary. I was in high school working my way through Hemingway’s stories. Depressing but compelling, I still have that muti-volumn hard back omnibus of his works.

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  2. I guess having the characters in your stories refer to you as “the originator” is better than as “the creator” – sounds too religious…. I think of the movie Tron and the different hierarchies of people

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