It was a real treat reading Round 13 (still waiting on you, Des...).  We had no less than 4 people in sync doing stories that were essentially quick snapshots of people's lives.  Albeit a little surreal (Korvur) or dark (Edisen).  I'm hoping to prod Desecrates a little bit so we can get the word lists reset by Sunday night / Monday morning ( Read more... )

The word lists are ready! It even looks like a better spread this time! Woo hoo!

Me: underway,abrupt,religion,Baroque,Currency,Ardent
Des: bubbles,Tee,Boil,refer,insecure,erode
Korvur: galvanize,home,Battle,wonderful,charcoal,sultry
Edisen: ace,cord,arches,extravagant,candy,dig


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Though in my case it should probably be called, "Round 10--brain fart!"  I couldn't think of a single thing to do with the word list I was given!  God I feel so lame!  Sorry for the story, guys ( Read more... )

Despite taking an extra day to proofread, I think my story's still the first one in ( Read more... )

All three of them were about couples.  All three had a decidedly different mood to them.  Kind of interesting, because it's almost a window into the writer's life.  The other interesting thing is they are parts of a larger whole, if I understand the stories right.  Well, kinda--mine's different only in that the larger piece is done and I drew the ( Read more... )

I finished this the same night I got the word list, but I put off proofing it until the next day. I really had a good time writing this, largely because the concept of Kia and Aidan had been floating around in my head for awhile now. The story, in itself, draws inspiration from a mod I created for a game called Morrowind, called "The Pack Ogres ( Read more... )

Inspired in part by The Dave Matthews Band song, "Don't Drink the Water", I managed to work the theme words into the story idea that's been rattling around in my head for almost a year now.  It'd be really fun if I can actually do significant parts of this story as part of the exercise, but the little writing thing we do isn't geared specifically ( Read more... )

 Is a story plot-driven or character-driven?  "Character-driven stories" are something of a catch-phrase bandied by producers and advertisers.  I'm still not sure which I write, exactly.

I'll give you an example:  "Law & Order" on TV is plot-driven.  Characters get molded to whatever the storyline is intended to be.  The main hallmarks of a plot- ( Read more... )

Second verse is much like the first--Miss Behavior was done with her short story in record time, once again encapsulating her whole concept in about 500 words.  Lil' ol' me had to stumble through about twice that. ::chuckle::  Bah!  I held my own.

This is an enlightening exercise for me.  I hope we can keep this going.  It only took about an hour to ( Read more... )