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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!

Have you heard? Today is a very special day. It is for me, anyway. Because I have written two hundred ficlets since I started on this site one year ago! (To be exact, it was one year and two weeks ago to the day. Yow!)

So in celebration, I really hope that you, yes you, will enter my bicentificletal challenge. Please? It means a lot to me.

The theme for today’s challenge can be found in the hidden beauty that is all around us. Your task is to use the power of words to illustrate a scene that might not otherwise get a second glance. No dialogue, no plot. Just a description of the splendor of the ordinary. Make it profound.

The twist is that I’m looking for your imagery to come alive, metaphorically speaking.

Take the place or object that you’re describing, and through personification give it a beating heart. Show how the inanimate world communicates with its surroundings by allowing it to communicate with us on an emotional level.

Please publish your entries by April 17! I’ll judge the winners then.

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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
uselessness
Posted 6 months ago

I didn’t have space up there to thank everyone for making this site so great and enjoyable that I keep coming back for more. You guys are the best!

Also I should probably remind everybody who hasn’t done a uselessness challenge before that I’m really picky about grammar and spelling. You have an amazing writer within you and writing sloppy only does yourself a disservice! Thanks in advance for entering and for just being all-around awesome. :-)
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Blusparrow
Posted 6 months ago

Wow sounds like a good challenge. I’ll get started right away.
uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
thebetweenspace
Posted 6 months ago

Great challenge! This is going to be tough. I better put my thinking cap on.
uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
.:band baby:.
Posted 6 months ago

hmm.. must get thinking.. congrats on 200 ficets btw! I just got there myself =)
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uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
SKermitgorf
Posted 6 months ago

Congrats on 200. I like writint plot and dialogue more that decribing things. but will read the entries. Good challenge.
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OrangeOreos
Posted 6 months ago

Man, I’ll have to do this one over spring break!

Definitely on my waiting list!

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Jenunique
Posted 6 months ago

Congrats on 200. I have posted with a bit of a work inspired ficlet.
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wytherwings
Posted 6 months ago

ooo, great idea! I will definitely try to do this, can’t promise good results though.
uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
flute faerie
Posted 6 months ago

Yes, this is one of the best challenges yet. I can’t wait to get an idea. Congrats on 200 Ficlets!
uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
Lone Writer
Posted 6 months ago

Congratulations Uselessness!
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invisibility_disability
Posted 6 months ago

congrats on the 200.
i’ll start on this now. :)
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THX 0477
Posted 6 months ago

Nice to see a good response to your challenge. I think I’ll only give it a try if all the other ones so far suck. Yeah, I ain’t holdin’ my breath on that count.
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Valley Fey/Pinprick
Posted 6 months ago

Definitely doing this. Congratulations on all the ficlets!

LoA!
uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
YodaOnCrack
Posted 6 months ago

Yes, congrats – and a worthy / fun challenge to celebrate. I couldn’t resist making an entry!
uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
thebetweenspace
Posted 5 months ago

Uselessness opens the envelope, “And the winner is…”
uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
uselessness
Posted 5 months ago

Hey hey hey, I’m working on it! I’m a busy guy! And there were so many great entries… I’ll have some results up here soon, I promise. :-)
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