Random Word Short Story #4

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Group:	Write Now
Swap Coordinator:	Artistic (contact)
Swap categories:	Challenges Letters & Writing
Number of people in swap:	9
Location:	International
Type:	Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:	July 20, 2014
Date items must be sent by:	August 19, 2014
Number of swap partners:	2
Description:
For this writing swap, each participant is going to have a role to play! When you sign up, post below a number between 1 to 350. No two people can post the same number. Why? Most books are about 350 pages. From whatever novel I am reading when the swap sign-ups close, I will choose a word from each page posted and that will determine the word list for our random short stories. (In the event of landing on articles -- a, and, the -- the next word will go on the list.) The more people who participate, the longer the word list will be! The number of people in the swap when sign-ups close will also determine what word I select from each page. For example, if there are 20 people in the swap, I will select the 20th word on every page listed in the comments section. If 34 people participate, I will select the 34th word on every page, etc. I'll post the word list here in the comment area when partners are assigned. You will write your short story being sure to use each word on our random list, and then send a copy to two partners. This is our fourth round of this fun swap and it's been a while since the last one. Let's have some fun in this random word short story challenge swap! Note: Don't forget to sign up and post your page number below. Snail mail. International. Group membership.

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Artistic 07/ 4/2014 #

I'll start with Page 220.

smadronia 07/ 4/2014 #

page 42!

Nserviam 07/ 5/2014 #

Page 85!

AndreaJ 07/ 6/2014 #

This should be fun! Page 123.

lonleyassassin 07/ 7/2014 #

13!

teli 07/ 7/2014 #

Page 21

bluehairedmary 07/10/2014 #

page 58

CarmicWords 07/16/2014 #

113 ...

junemoon 07/18/2014 #

oops havn'et posted a number -- 77

Artistic 07/23/2014 #

Hi all. Partners assigned. Let me get to laptop (instead phone) for list.

Artistic 07/23/2014 #

There are nine of us in the swap so here's the official list of nine words featuring the ninth word on each of the pages. See below for an additional challenge for those so inclined! :)

I'm currently reading "Unintended Consequences" by Stuart Woods.

to
out
passport
then
doorman
broke
do
yes
be

Use the words in any way you'd like, but they all should appear in your short story. The story should be a minimum of nine words and a maximum of about 10 pages.

For those wondering, just two of the ninth words on the pages landed on articles (and/a) and the tenth word was put on the list.

Now for the extended challenge! :)

Since there were 9 players, I thought, well, what about the 9th word on the 9th line. So.... for those who so desire -- and it is NOT a swap requirement -- feel free to use the following nine words in addition to the official word list. This list is from the ninth word on the ninth line of each page:

said
man
said
was
day
from
in
Warren

*how

Have fun everyone!

Artistic 07/23/2014 #

Missed the bullet on that last word on the secondary list. It's

Artistic 07/23/2014 #

Oh, and since I was delayed on getting partners assigned, I moved the send-by date out by two days.

Now go have fun. :)

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