The Ogre's Den: Continued Writing!

The Ogre's Den: Continued Writing!: Hey, Readerland! The Ogre is back again with more writing shenanigans! My friend Mary, who was writing along with me during December, want...

Continued Writing!

Hey, Readerland!  The Ogre is back again with more writing shenanigans!

My friend Mary, who was writing along with me during December, wanted to keep up the writing stuff, so this time, I'm going along with it.  So, let's get started with today's stuff.

Writing Exercise # 2 for 01-13-12: Write for 15 minutes using the following sentence as the first sentence "Ashley stared at the fruit, so lost in amazement she didn’t comment on its size."


Well, let's get started, I guess.


     Ashley stared at the fruit, so lost in amazement she didn't comment on its size.
     It was so beautiful and ripe.  The sunlight glistened off of its skin, the dew creating little rainbows before her eyes.
     A soft warm breeze floated through the garden, bringing thousands of wonderful scents to her nose.  She closed her eyes and took in all of the smells and sounds and the feeling of fresh grass between her toes and the wind as it blew her hair.

     After a moment, she opened her eyes again and looked at the fruit.  It was tempting to pull it from the tree and eat the whole thing slowly, so she could feel the flesh and the juices on her tongue.  But maybe she shouldn't.  There was more there than she thought she could eat and she didn't want to waste such a beautiful fruit by not eating the whole thing.

     She stared at the fruit for a moment and then her stomach rumbled, making her decision for her.  She plucked the fruit from the tree and bit into it.

     Her taste buds exploded at the sweet, rich flavor of the fruit.  It was like nothing she had ever tasted before and even though she knew she couldn't finish it all, she was going to try.  She was halfway through when she heard footsteps coming through the brush.  She was trying to hide the fruit and chew and swallow the large pieces she had in her mouth when a man stepped through the brush.

     "Hi!" He said with a large smile.  "My name's Adam.  What's yours?"

     She tried to say 'Ashley' around the mouthful of fruit, but it mostly came out as vowel sounds.

     "Eve?" Adam asked.  "That's a beautiful name!"

     Ashley was going to argue, but figured now was not the best time.  Instead, she held out the fruit and offered it to Adam.

The Ogre's Den: The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 31

The Ogre's Den: The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 31: Hey, Readerland. Here we are at the end of the line. 31 days of blogs and new content every single day. I'd like to thank you right now f...

The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 31

Hey, Readerland.  Here we are at the end of the line.  31 days of blogs and new content every single day.  I'd like to thank you right now for reading what I had to say and sticking with me through this whole thing.  I appreciate it.

I'll be honest, Readerland.  I don't even really want to do this entry.  I think my work over the last week or so has been mostly subpar and I've been getting tired of doing this.  I can't wait for about half an hour from now, when I'll be done.  I love writing, but I think, in the end, this was a bad idea.

I submitted my story today, which almost caused me a panic attack.  It was rough.  But, it's out there now and all that's left is the waiting.  I'm anxious and tired and I feel like I've been through the ringer.
So, I'm not doing it.  It's my blog and I've decided I'm not doing my final exercise entry.  Everybody needs a day off, right?


So, instead, I'm going to with everyone a Happy New Year and say thank you to everyone who helped me out:  Carrie, Adam, Wynette, Brian and Mary.  You guys are the greatest and I couldn't ask for better family and friends.  Except if you guys were rich and wanted to give me lots of money.  Then it would be better.

I'd also like to thank all of you for sticking with me through this and listening to my nightly ramblings.  Hopefully you got some enjoyment out of something I wrote.  If so, then great.  A couple of the things I did gave me ideas for possible story ideas, so I think this was all worth it.

That's it.  31 days of blogging, but 30 days of writing.  Meh.  I'll take it.  Until next time, take care and be awesome to each other.

#WWWYKI

The Ogre's Den: The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 30

The Ogre's Den: The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 30: Hey, Readerland! The Ogre, back once again, this time for Day 30. I have to tell you, I'm a nervous wreck right now. Seriously. Being n...

The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 30

Hey, Readerland!  The Ogre, back once again, this time for Day 30.  I have to tell you, I'm a nervous wreck right now.  Seriously.

Being nervous isn't something that happens to me all that often.  Maybe I'm just too awesome to realize when to be nervous or maybe I'm too dumb to care.

Anyway, before I totally freak out, let's get this road on the show!  (Yes, I know that's backwards.  Right now, I don't care.)

Today's exercise is back to the random word generator.  Today I will be generating six words and they are:

parent
rehearsal
t-shirt
silence
spar
consonant

Let's get going.

     The director called for silence.  Everyone was nervous, as this was the last rehearsal before the show opened the following night.
     "Okay, everybody." Marcus said.  "I know everyone is keyed up, but we have to get through this last readthrough and then we'll be set for tomorrow night.  I just want to go over a few things before we get started."  He looked down at this notes.  "Okay, let's start with Teresa and Erin.  Girls, when you two are doing your fight scene, I want to see that sweat coming off of you, okay?  You two are sparring with each other to see who wins Jeremiah's affections.  Only the better woman will win.  You understand?"
     The girls nodded.
     "Todd.  When you're speaking, you need to pronounce every consonant clearly."  Marcus found Todd in the ensemble.  "When we were practicing last night, you have a tendency to go soft on some of your consonants.  Every syllable has to be projected.  Got it?"
     "Yes, sir." Todd said.
     "Good, good.  Okay, one more note." Marcus said.  "Mary.  I know you're a little nervous about this, but that t-shirt has to rip off at the end, okay?  I know it's a body thing and that you're not real comfortable with it, but that's one of the things the writer demanded."
     Mary nodded unhappily.  She smiled when Paul, her partner for that number, whispered something in her ear.
     "Okay, good.  Now, let's get to our places, everybody."  Marcus clapped his hands.  "Let's make each other proud."

Well, okay.  Not great, but I blame it on being nervous myself.

So, for tomorrow, the last day of the exercise, I'm going to generate some random words AND I'll generate some random pictures and link them all together in one giant extravaganza of wordage!

So, that's it for today.  Thanks for joining me and until tomorrow, take care and be awesome to each other.

#WWWYKI

The Ogre's Den: The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 29

The Ogre's Den: The Ogre/Chuck Challenge, Day 29: Hey, Readerland! The Ogre is back for Day 29. The end is in sight. Three more days and we're all done. So, I have one more section to r...