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Writing Exercise (week of May 6-12)
May. 12th, 2007 06:44 pmI figured it'd be good to start with a a challenge I got a while back from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eternalism to write a drabble (100 words) with exactly one word of dialogue. She gave me this challenge nearly a month ago (ouch) and, herself, responded to my challenge in approximately ten seconds. So it's about time I posted my half of the bargain and stopped looking like such a loser.
Since this is so short, I thought I'd post both the first and revised drafts. Each is exactly 100 words; I think I make much better use of them in the final draft, though the changes are fairly subtle.
( This Room - drabble, 100 words, second draft )
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( This Room - first draft )
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It's interesting to look at them side-by-side. The second draft is definitely more focused.
And now, the writing challenge/exercise for the week of May 13-19th, should anybody apart from me choose to accept it:
1) Pick three numbers between one and 999. (Yeah, you heard me.)
2) Go here and find your numbers and their corresponding vague plot outlines.
3) Write at least 500 words, using one of those three plots as a guide. The story obviously doesn't have to be finished (unless you want to keep writing - in which case, go for it!) Focus on something you know you want to work on - dialogue, descriptions, characterization, etc. Feel free to leave the story on a tantalizing cliffhanger, just 'cause it's fun.
eternalism to write a drabble (100 words) with exactly one word of dialogue. She gave me this challenge nearly a month ago (ouch) and, herself, responded to my challenge in approximately ten seconds. So it's about time I posted my half of the bargain and stopped looking like such a loser.Since this is so short, I thought I'd post both the first and revised drafts. Each is exactly 100 words; I think I make much better use of them in the final draft, though the changes are fairly subtle.
( This Room - drabble, 100 words, second draft )
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( This Room - first draft )
---
It's interesting to look at them side-by-side. The second draft is definitely more focused.
And now, the writing challenge/exercise for the week of May 13-19th, should anybody apart from me choose to accept it:
1) Pick three numbers between one and 999. (Yeah, you heard me.)
2) Go here and find your numbers and their corresponding vague plot outlines.
3) Write at least 500 words, using one of those three plots as a guide. The story obviously doesn't have to be finished (unless you want to keep writing - in which case, go for it!) Focus on something you know you want to work on - dialogue, descriptions, characterization, etc. Feel free to leave the story on a tantalizing cliffhanger, just 'cause it's fun.
