Tag: Thursday Challenge
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Can you tell a story in Jo & Tom #13
Can you tell a story 31 words using the following words in it somewhere: “I don’t believe in fairy tales. Santa never comes down the chimney. Naughty or nice. You left and I knew you’d never come back for me. The sparkle would fade.”
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Can you tell a story in 80 words Jo and Tom #12
Jo, you look like you are a million miles away.” Centuries away in the video reel in my mind, 1969, thought Jo. “This creepy museum and I feel ridiculous in this tight dress, red pumps, and red lips. Looking like a beached mermaid, I’m sorry.” “I just found you. You should have been a special…
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Can you tell a story in 54 words Jo and Tom #11
Thinking now of gestational acne rolling down HWY 41, Jo turned the radio on; the song was “Spaceman” by Harry Nilsson. Would Tom be happy? Would he want to come home? His husky voice rejoiced leaving his alcoholic, abusive father and sharecropper shack. No more picking wheelbarrows full of lettuce 12 hours a day.
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Can you tell a story in 40 words Jo and Tom #10
I tell no one, especially Tom. I loved Tom too much to make a puddle of his life. Knapsack, tip money, and favorite bonsai, we (baby and me) headed toward the interstate in my “Fishbowl,” my 1977 yellow Plymouth Pacer.
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Can you tell a story in 46 words…Tom and Jo #7
It’s almost Halloween! Before you don your witches’ hats and grab those broomsticks, here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: As a high school senior, Tom was drafted by the government as a special agent after taking the ASVAB test.…
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Thursday challenge #5 Can you tell a story in 26 words using the following words in it somewhere:
Tom and I were walking under my umbrella to Sudoku Club. We spotted a caterpillar hanging out with us. Our eyes and lips organically met.
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Thursday Story Challenge 50 Words #4
Jo remembered murderously critiquing to find the right words. She rolled the dice while munching a cupcake and considered not giving him the poem. They were only 13. Umbrella Under the Umbrella with YOU Skies are always Blue. My first kiss under the Dome You promised you’d always be True.
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Magic Umbrella #3
“Tom?” Petrified! My heart felt like I just completed a heptathlon. He looked the same except for the pepper gray hair and beard. “Remember that note you gave me written in crayon?” he asked. “The poem about the magic umbrella?” “Yes.”
