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Hello, folks.
So I have this idea that I think most of us can benefit from.
In creative writing courses and books, students are often given a list of words and are instructed to write a short story or a poem in which those words are used. You don’t have to be a poet or a writer, but it can put your brain to some good use and push you to be creative if you’d like to participate.
My idea is that every other week, I will list here about 15 words with definitions/synonyms so that interested members can write either a poem or a tiny story using at least 10 of those words. Maybe we can have a winner, too, I don’t know, and her/his creativity can be displayed somehow somewhere on PF if it gets a lot of votes/thanks. We can discuss that later.
But for now, below are the terms I’d like to see used in your first pieces. They’re totally random for a reason.
P.S. If you'd like to participate in order to learn how to write better (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, anything) but would rather not share your work with everyone else, you may send it to me in a PM, and I'll be happy to give feedback.
Vestigial – not fully developed.
Espionage – the act of spying or using spies to obtain a secret
Lugubrious – gloomy
Miscreant – a villain, an evildoer
Mettle – courage
Extenuate – to make less important
Shambolic – disorderly
Bucolic – rural, of the country side
Sacrosanct – sacred, holy, revered
Polyglot – speaking several languages
Inured – trained, accustomed to; made strong against a particular hardship by exposure to it
Arch – mischievous, playful. Also: principal, chief.
Complacent – self-satisfied, smug.
Plummet – something that weighs down or oppresses, a burden
Recondite – esoteric, not easily understood
Resuscitate – bring to recovery
So I have this idea that I think most of us can benefit from.
In creative writing courses and books, students are often given a list of words and are instructed to write a short story or a poem in which those words are used. You don’t have to be a poet or a writer, but it can put your brain to some good use and push you to be creative if you’d like to participate.
My idea is that every other week, I will list here about 15 words with definitions/synonyms so that interested members can write either a poem or a tiny story using at least 10 of those words. Maybe we can have a winner, too, I don’t know, and her/his creativity can be displayed somehow somewhere on PF if it gets a lot of votes/thanks. We can discuss that later.
But for now, below are the terms I’d like to see used in your first pieces. They’re totally random for a reason.
P.S. If you'd like to participate in order to learn how to write better (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, anything) but would rather not share your work with everyone else, you may send it to me in a PM, and I'll be happy to give feedback.
Vestigial – not fully developed.
Espionage – the act of spying or using spies to obtain a secret
Lugubrious – gloomy
Miscreant – a villain, an evildoer
Mettle – courage
Extenuate – to make less important
Shambolic – disorderly
Bucolic – rural, of the country side
Sacrosanct – sacred, holy, revered
Polyglot – speaking several languages
Inured – trained, accustomed to; made strong against a particular hardship by exposure to it
Arch – mischievous, playful. Also: principal, chief.
Complacent – self-satisfied, smug.
Plummet – something that weighs down or oppresses, a burden
Recondite – esoteric, not easily understood
Resuscitate – bring to recovery
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