{"id":219,"date":"2003-06-16T22:23:50","date_gmt":"2003-06-17T06:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=219"},"modified":"2005-12-22T20:50:04","modified_gmt":"2005-12-23T04:50:04","slug":"bad-wd-assignment-from-my-writing-past-8-march-29-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Bad [WD Assignment] From My Writing Past #8: March 29, 1992"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 10 years ago, I subscribed to Writer’s Digest<\/a>, and I would sometimes enter their monthly contest. The assignment for March in 1992 was to write a short piece in which the first sentence dictates how the next sentences begin. For instance, the second sentence starts with the second word in the first sentence; the third sentence starts with the third word in the first sentence; the fourth sentence starts with the fourth word in the first sentence, etc. The catch? The piece had to tell a coherent story at the same time.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here is what I wrote:<\/p>\n

There<\/b> he was, looking like an idiot. He<\/b> stared at his hand, the ground, then the few people around him, all with a frown on his face. Was<\/b> this ever easy or what?<\/p>\n

“Looking<\/b> for something?” I asked him, and I laughed as his brows shot up, his head turning this way and that. “Like<\/b> it or not, you won’t find it,” I taunted. An<\/b> ugly expression came over his face, but I only laughed harder at his expense. Idiot<\/b> that he was, I thought, as he continued to search for me and the wallet that he lost, he would never know that he’d just been a victim of an invisible pickpocket.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s short and sweet but oh so fun! Feel free to try your own hand at the writing assignment.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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Over 10 years ago, I subscribed to Writer’s Digest, and I would sometimes enter their monthly contest. The assignment for March in 1992 was to write a short piece in which the first sentence dictates how the next sentences begin. For instance, the second sentence starts with the second word in the first sentence; the third sentence starts with the third word in the first sentence; the fourth sentence starts with the fourth word in the first sentence, etc. The…<\/p>\n

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