challenge

Everyone's Words

*PHASE TWO has started, so start writing!* In PHASE ONE, people were invited to choose words and post them in comments. Each person was allowed more than one word, but had to wait 24 hours between each one (i.e. one word per person per day). I reserved the right to disqualify words. Phase One ended when the total number of characters in the words submitted, plus one space per word, reached 256. The wordlist is: *clitic schism pyrrhic surprise metonymic synecdoche simplicity sentimental fundamental strategical reinactment cheesegrater conversation clairvoyance uncopyrightable pseudopseudohypo(para)thyroidism antidisestablishmentarianism supercalifragilisticexpialidocious* PHASE TWO: Write a story using as many of these words as you can. Try to make sense, at least in a humorously nonsensical kind of way. I'll be flexible when balancing words used against story sense, so don't panic if you can't use all of them. Also, things like turning _schism_ into _schisms_ won't matter much.

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Challengers

5 entries
  1. "Everyones Words" Challenge

    Author: Samurai Jack

    The conversation began with clairvoyance but quickly changed topics after the cheesegrater was revealed as a primitive truth serum. I agreed to talk, much to…

    Sep 10, 2009 · Ficly archive (2)

  2. All God's Children

    Author: stargazer1960

    As Ms. Newman sat before her recent crop of kindergartners, she was impressed with the cultural schism that lay before her. There was Benjamin, son of…

    Sep 7, 2009 · Ficly archive (3)

  3. Uh-Oh

    Author: Abstract

    Thanks to his clairvoyance, Carl knew he was in for a surprise. He just didn’t know what kind of surprise. He had been in a conversation about the…

    Sep 6, 2009 · Ficly archive (4)

  4. The Inadequate Cheesegrater

    Author: Zerrakhi

    “This cheesegrater isn’t supercalifragilisticexpialidocious enough,” complained Bob. “That’s ‘cos it’s old. Antidisestablishmentarianism’s younger than that…

    Sep 6, 2009 · Ficly archive (1)