This week we’ll look for some writing inspiration from that incessant ticking tool that is constantly stressing us out: the clock. Let’s turn it to our advantage and write about it, shall we?

(Speaking of clocks, we’ve got one ticking on submitting applications for joining the Hazel & Wren team: send it in by the end of today for consideration!)

Christian Marclay, Video still from The Clock. 2010. Single-channel video with sound, 24 hours.

Film still from Safety Last, 1923, featuring Harold Lloyd. Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor. Pathé Exchange.

John Tenniel, illustration for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, 1865.