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41. 27 Jan 2010 20:19 | ||
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Thanks for explanation Qsilv. I mostly get it right, but sometimes when people call I'm apparently lying to them when I say, "I was just laying down to take a nap." Yes? (wink ... but really do want an answer.) |
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42. 27 Jan 2010 20:20 | ||
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123 word without title |
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43. 27 Jan 2010 20:25 | ||
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Note: This story is based on conversations with my very intelligent brother who has paranoid schizophernia. He does believe the aliens have put computer chips into some of our brains to study us. And, I do call "Alice" about his med adjustments a couple times a year. ; ) |
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44. 27 Jan 2010 20:47 | ||
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For something to CULMINATE in whatever, it takes a build up. And OSTENSIBLE takes a lot of explanation or "set-up" to validate its use. In order to make them sound natural, it would take a longer word count. They always stick out like a sore thumb in such a short word count. I'm guilty of glossing them over for that reason. |
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45. 27 Jan 2010 20:54 | ||
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Marius. I don't know if people 'have apathy'. They can feel or be apathetic. Maybe I'm wrong. |
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46. 27 Jan 2010 21:01 | ||
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Qsilv, I'm not "fair mangling certain words". I'm fairly mangling.... or nearly mangling.... |
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47. 27 Jan 2010 21:04 | ||
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Tee hee giraffe, you keep me smiling. I think people can "have" apathy, but if someone with schizophrenia says they do (and my brother does actually say that), then, by golly, I'm not going to argue. ; ) |
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48. 27 Jan 2010 21:21 | ||
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Ala an old Qsilv trick ... (321 words without title) |
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49. 27 Jan 2010 21:22 | ||
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oops ... dyslexia ... 123 words, not 321. |
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50. 27 Jan 2010 22:32 | ||
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*winks..... I wondered who'd pick up on that "fair mangling" --it's legit insofar as it's actually a colloquialism. |
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51. 27 Jan 2010 22:55 | ||
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Let's not forget that most published authors hire an editor to correct spelling and grammar. The creative idea is the author's job and it's very symbiotic with her/his editor. I don't want to see folks get so knotted up in perfect grammatical usage that they don't let the ideas flow. That creates writer's block. I know. Been there, done that. (Excuse me, I have been there and have done that). |
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52. 28 Jan 2010 03:10 | ||
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I love that this word list is inspiring based-on-true stories. It seems every list tends to spawn primarily a certain type of story, and I'm loving the results here. |
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53. 28 Jan 2010 06:52 | ||
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Missed out on a lot as I usually do....hard to be a vampire and play in the daytime (sleep needed once in awhile).. |
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54. 28 Jan 2010 06:58 | ||
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Robin: Living in the burgh' where the two rivers come together at the "Point" and form the great Ohio has afforded me the (luxury?) of witnessing the geese in your story. It rang very true to me. Loved it! |
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55. 28 Jan 2010 07:29 | ||
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Easily could be titled "WHAT?"....here's my latest brain wave hoping that it reaches someone who understands this literary lunacy! 123 exluding title. |
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56. 28 Jan 2010 07:52 | ||
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Well Doug (smiling) I think my mental has just been exercised, or perhaps, exorcised! |
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57. 28 Jan 2010 08:03 | ||
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marius wants to clarify something. At the end of recent ThinkWrite where I posted sentences from people's stories (and sorry I goofed on yours giraffe), I did not pick out the sentence that meant the most to me, the best written sentence (not that I would know which one is best), nor one I thought represented the whole story. |
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58. 28 Jan 2010 08:15 | ||
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marius: It was an effective touch in summarizing your choices from the last ThinkWrite. Oh how I love to see my words immortalized. lol. |
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59. 28 Jan 2010 08:17 | ||
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midnight: IN CASE ANYONE ELSE MISSED IT BESIDES ME,,,,MIDNIGHT SAID IT COULD BE 321 OR 123, NOT AN ESTIMATION, BUT AN EXACT WORD COUNT! Tee hee, more words to liberate... |
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60. 28 Jan 2010 08:33 | ||
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Something handy I just discovered ... you can do a google search typing in " culminate in a sentence" and get many good examples. Works for other words too. Try the link to see. |