Withered.
Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Lyra Jane - Jul 12, 2004 4:36:40 am PDT #5648 of 10001
Up with the sun
erikaj - Jul 12, 2004 5:01:40 am PDT #5649 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
anhedonia
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jul 12, 2004 6:42:10 am PDT #5650 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
In Susan's honour, I think my word will be: procrastination.
Amy - Jul 12, 2004 6:53:38 am PDT #5651 of 10001
Because books.
In honor of moving, my word is: chaos.
Steph L. - Jul 12, 2004 7:27:12 am PDT #5652 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Okay! Thanks for the list of words, people. In my writing class, my teacher will have us each write down a word, and then she collects them, reads them out loud, and has us write for 10-15 minutes, and we have to use all the words. (Not that anything bad happens to us if we don't -- it's just an exercise, y'know?)
Someone always contributes some utterly befuddling or really porny word. Once, it was "fur pie." One woman didn't know what a "fur pie" was -- in fact, she thought it was one word, and pronounced it "furp-ee." (I ended up being the one to explain what a fur pie is. I believe my explanation included the words cooter, beaver, and "hair, damn it, HAIR!")
Anyway.
Here's the list of words, for the record:
Caroming.
Perfect.
Absorb
Avocado.
Gecko.
Classic
ocean
Spin
winter
deadbeat
gloaming
waste
Withered.
anhedonia
procrastination.
chaos.
I am NOT asking you to drabble something with all these words. Not at all.
I *am,* however, asking you to do the following:
Challenge #14 is revenge. (Thanks, Deb!) What I want you to do is use *2* words from the list in your drabble (and they're oddly suited to the topic, actually -- it's like you guys knew what the topic would be).
Got it? Revenge, 2 words from the list, drabble drabble drabble!
erikaj - Jul 12, 2004 7:29:06 am PDT #5653 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Anhedonia is awful feeling, but a beautiful word. Much like when Natalie Goldberg said one of her favorite sounding words was "Bulimia"
erikaj - Jul 12, 2004 7:31:25 am PDT #5654 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Professor Tep's *such* a hardass!
Steph L. - Jul 12, 2004 7:32:25 am PDT #5655 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Professor Tep's *such* a hardass!
Darling, if I were a hardass, I'd make you use ALL the words....
deborah grabien - Jul 12, 2004 8:09:48 am PDT #5656 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
This one's a piece of my history.
In the Family
She waits behind the stairs.
Everything about the hallway is dark; low-wattage bulb, dull green-painted walls, dark wooden risers.
Some adolescents are afraid of the dark. She's not. Besides, she's armed; the bow is cocked and ready, primed to let the arrow fly.
He tried to hurt her, to show her who was in charge. In her mind, this is simple: he gets to pay.
The loud ratchety snick! of the door, as he lets himself in. The spin of the arrow. His scream, caroming off the walls as it shears through his right bicep.
A moment of perfect darkness.
deborah grabien - Jul 12, 2004 8:22:32 am PDT #5657 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Huh. I accidentally used three of the words.
Assuming that's OK? Or did you want two and only two?