While Edisen slammed through her story in the same night, I needed a little more time ( 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... )

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... )

Whoa... I beat the mighty writing machine that's known as Edisen. ::gawks::

My piece is entitled "Cast Aside By Prophecy".  It's basically an exposition piece for a larger story I idea I've had rattling around in my head for sometime, now.  It follows my typical formula, sadly, but the typical formula is kind of fun.

I had this whole random musing to ( Read more... )

Oh my.  The list get more interesting.  This time, she gets the 5-word list, and I get the 6-worder.  Oh, well.  Just as an added bonus, Edisen's off and running with her story already.  BUT IT'S NOT A RACE!!!  ;D

My list to her:  countryside, tread, buttons, ice, action

Her list to me:  lotion, inclined, pleasurable, tablet, conspicuous, mirror

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... )