Lori @ Betwined Reads tagged me a couple weeks ago for this fun little writing challenge. I meant to get it done last week in place of my Wednesday writing update, but I’m not the best at keeping to a blogging schedule. Witness! this will be a Tuesday post.
The “Rules”
- Thank the person who tagged you.
- Close your eyes, open to random pages, and point your finger on a random word in the last book you have read. Articles do not count.
- Repeat the above rule 5 times.
- List the 5 random words you have.
- Create a 5 sentence flash fiction using your 5 random words. Each sentence must contain at least one word from your list. You can change the tense of the word as needed.
- Tag 3 people.
The Stuff
Thanks, Lori!
Okay, I actually picked my words last week from the book I had just finished: The Doctor and the Kid by Mike Resnick.
My words: twisted, strange, justified, credibility, always.
My five sentences:
While the mainstay of his magic act was a talking skull, she had never thought of him as particularly twisted. Oh, sure, he was a little strange. Geniuses were justified in their eccentricities. But the contents of his workshop certainly lent some…credibility…to his reputation.
“He knows to always give any audience what they want,” grinned the skull.
My five sentences are somewhat inspired by the source material and the stories of automata that I’ve been reading and editing, but are mostly me reverting to a fanciful version of Joseffy and his marvelous creations, subjects I haven’t written about in a while.
I am terrible at tagging people. If you’re a writer, take some time out to do this exercise. It’s fun! And if you’re a reader, give it go too. Stories are everywhere!
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