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CHALLENGE #18: Five by Five

Apr 21, 2015 09:39

CHALLENGE #18: Five by Five

Description Pick one of the following sets of words and write a fic that includes at least three words from that set. If you're feeling really ambitious, use all five words. Your chosen words must all come from the same set and must all appear in your fic. The context in which they're used is entirely up to you ( Read more... )

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Comments 37

Questions? skieswideopen April 21 2015, 13:40:12 UTC

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RE: Questions? queer_theory April 21 2015, 20:23:22 UTC

So tempted by the combination of "robot" and "violin."

Re: Questions? skieswideopen April 21 2015, 20:24:33 UTC

LOL! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for that.

RE: Questions? blue_sunflowers April 21 2015, 21:34:38 UTC

Can you use variations of the words?

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meddlesomewiz April 21 2015, 17:50:37 UTC

Title: No title
Fandom: Dragon Age
Pairing(s): none
Rating: Teen
Warnings: none
Word Count: 431
Set # & Words Used: 4 & package, pebble, roof, schedule, university

http://meddlesomewiz.livejournal.com/13867.html

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skieswideopen April 21 2015, 17:52:21 UTC

Wow, you're fast!

Sorry for the HTML. I've just fixed it in the post.

queer_theory April 21 2015, 20:52:42 UTC

Title: no title
Fandom: Glee
Pairing(s): nothing obviously shippy, but you could take it as Rachel/Sam if you want
Rating: G
Warnings: I'm not much of a fic writer. Sorry for this. :P
Word Count: 406
Set # & Words Used: Set 5 - guide, mistake, rain, robot, violin

[Fic ahoy...]"I know you're trying to cheer me up, but I don't think it's going to work ( ... )

catko April 28 2015, 06:43:11 UTC

Oh! This is good, and sad, and very in character! Well done.

madampresident April 22 2015, 23:56:17 UTC

Title: #1: Acceptance, #2 Earth Day
Fandom: The Closer/Major Crimes
Pairing(s): #1: none, #2: Brenda/Sharon
Rating: PG
Warnings: (if any) none
Word Count: 344 Words total
Set # & Words Used: #1: 4, all words / #2: 3, all words

#1: Acceptance
There's a pebble in her shoe that's making the ball of her foot throb but she's too distracted to remove it. She sits silently in the rooftop garden, looking out over Los Angeles, feeling like she's drowning in the silence.

The door creaks open and Sharon wipes tears away from her cheeks. Rusty sits down next to her but doesn't say anything.

"So you got your schedule today."

"Yeah." He responds quietly.

"I'm happy for you even if it looks like I'm not." She smiles, wiping her eyes again, turning to face him. "Stanford University is an amazing school and it's an amazing opportunity and I am so proud of you ( ... )

skieswideopen April 23 2015, 02:39:20 UTC

I'm sorry, but I think you misread. I said pick ONE of the following sets and write A fic. There's nothing in the instructions about an option for writing multiple fics. I'll give you points for all of the words, but I'm going to cap you at 35 points rather than 40. I'm sorry you went to the extra trouble!

seraphina_snape April 25 2015, 19:31:31 UTC

Title: Sunset Mood
Fandom: Jurassic Park III
Pairing(s): Alan/Billy
Rating: teen/15+
Warnings: n/a
Word Count: 545 according to wordcounttool.net
Set # & Words Used: set 3. Bottle, evening, jacket, old, tree; words used: all

[Sunset Mood]The low evening sun cast long shadows over the small camp as Alan stepped out of his tent and stretched, digging his knuckles into his back as if he could push the lingering pain out of his old bones with a newer, sharper one. In the fiery red glow of the setting sun, the landscape was especially beautiful. Flat and dry, with oddly shaped outcroppings of rock and large, sand-colored boulders dominating the landscape. Not a tree in sight.

A few feet down the path, Billy pushed his tent flap back and waved at Alan before shrugging into his jacket. It was only the beginning of summer, and while the air was still warm even this late in the day, it would cool down rapidly once the sun had set ( ... )