2/27/14

Challenge Me!

I'm having a thought.....

In my grammar curriculum for this year, they threw in some pretty fun exercises. I was given nine interesting verbs and told to write one or two paragraphs containing those words. Instead, I wrote short stories with them. It was enjoyable, yet challenging.

I liked to look at the words and imagine them as how they might make something appear in my mind. I know, that was kind of a ramble, but if you're a writer, you'll understand ;) Unless...I'm just weird.

Anyway, here's an example of two words I was given and how I used them to describe how I saw them in my mind's eye:

'The northern lights cascaded across the cold night sky, pulsing their blue-green tendrils.'

So here's my thought (and the explanation of my post title):

I would like someone who reads my blog to post 5 to 9 out-of-the-ordinary verbs in a comment. Try make it so the verbs sort of coincide with each other. Then, I will do my best to use those words in a short story as a future 'short story' post.

The more comments, the better. I'll just write a story for each person's comment.

Thanks for reading!

Have a lovely night =)

8 comments:

  1. Ooo, fun! :D
    Here are a few for ya:

    wink, whisper, suggest, shrug, listen, joke, and grin.

    Do these sound any good? :)

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  2. (they don't have to go in that order though! ;)

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  3. drop, hide, navigate, sail, and target.



    I'm pretty sure these are verbs....I haven't practiced grammar in a while...haha
    have fun! (And they don't have to be in that order)

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  4. Ooh these are great! Thanks to both of you!

    I'll get to work tomorra =)

    Stephanie - I know exactly what to do with yours ;)
    Megs - Still working on it! Thank you =)

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  5. I GOTTA DO DIS
    fly, super, save, teleport, mystery.

    *coughs* I wrote a story including these words, I want to see how you'll do it! :)

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  6. Thanks Laurel! I'll do my best ;)
    Interesting fact for you: I once wrote a story, and one of the main characters was named Laurel. It's such a pretty name =)

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  7. Awww thank you! I have my doubts about my name, sometimes it's too unknown... But thank you so much! Olivia is a wonderful name :)

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  8. But those are the best kind of names!
    I know of...10+ Olivia's in my home state alone!
    I'm not complaining though, I love my name and it's meaning - Olive Tree, which means Peace in the Bible =)

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