Wednesday, November 19, 2014

November 19th

Them Completed Prompts

  • Firkytoodle (writingfreak)
    ”Firkytoodle to you too,” I said with a smile, pulling my arms out from around him.
  • Deipnosophist (Thea)
    “Oh, and deipnosophist was the word of the day, though I suspect it’s after midnight so it’s probably changed.”
  • Hot Chocolate (Maggie)
    “Then order a hot chocolate,” I said, hitting the enter key on the keyboard, which started up the portal.
  • Dyad (Thea)
    Pulling Mason along behind me, I reached my hand into the blue-grey goo, forcing our little dyad through the portal.
  • Wisteria (Alaina)
    Directly in front of me was the coffee shop Cerise told me about, called ‘Wisteria Umber’ and next to it, just as Cerise had said, was a tiny shop that looked like it was about to explode from the amount of books it held.
  • Lost Again (elizjhaynes)
    The sign on the window of the bookshop showed a sale on used books encouraging customers to ‘Get lost again in an old favorite’.
  • Cross-breed (Alicia)
    A couple walked by us, both obviously not human- a cross-breed of human and something else, maybe- but not fully human.
  • "Antlers.  Antlers are good." (writingfreak)
    “Antlers,” I confirmed.  “Antlers are good.”
  • Beverage Break (writingfreak)
    We ordered our beverages to go, a cosmic latte for me and a hot chocolate for Mason, so that we could explore the rest of the shops on the street.
  • Risky Business (Thea)
    On the other side of the bookshop was a trendy looking clothing store called ‘Risky Business’.
  • Ultimate Suffering (Nancy)
    “By the looks of those mannequins, they should have called the store ‘ultimate suffering’, because that’s what you’ll be doing if you wear those clothes.”
I only wrote like, 700 words today. So, you basically just read everything I wrote today, minus a sentence here or there.

All of the Uncompleted Prompts, Including Today's:
  • November 2
    • Unexpected Detour (Nancy)
  • November 4
    • Buffer (Sushi)
    • Hidden Motivation or Emotion (Nancy)
  • November 5
    • Wombats (Nancy)
  • November 6
    • Wrong turn in the wrong part of town and meeting the wrong person (Nancy)
    • Apparition (Ghost)
    • Stranger in a strange land (Sushi)
    • The Puppet Masters (Sushi)
    • Quibble (Thea)
  • November 7
    • Awkward Family Interactions (Nancy)
  • November 8
    • Passing Wind Strands Ferry Passengers (Thea)
    • Dealers will hear car talk at noon (Thea)
    • Enraged cow injures farmer with ax (Thea)
    • Man struck by lightning faces battery charge (Thea)
    • Red tape holds up new bridges (Thea)
    • Kids make nutritious snacks (Thea)
  • November 9
    • Untamable by almost none (Thea)
    • Innocence Targeted (Thea)
  • November 10
    • Imagination (essbee)
    • Fetch (Ghost)
    • Vengeance (Ghost)
  • November 11
    • "I tried to move, but I was pinned down." (Alicia)
    • Wings (Sushi)
  • November 12
    • Fire Swamp (Nancy)
    • Pit of Despair (Nancy)
  • November 13
    • Playing the Odds (Thea)
    • Rules of the Game (Thea)
    • Rebellion (Thea)
  • November 15
    • Slicing (Maggie)
    • Scares (Maggie)
  • November 16
    • Finish Line (Maggie)
  • November 17
    • dulcify (Thea)
    • delitescent (Thea)
    • deke (Thea)
    • droke (Thea)
    • right place, wrong time (elizjhaynes)
    • Wisdom (Thea)
    • Secret of the Old Clock (Thea)
    • Death Cap (Thea)
    • Whole or Universal (Thea)
    • Hidden Staircase (Thea)
    • The Prince (Thea)
    • Clue in the Diary (Thea)
    • Crocodile (Thea)
  • November 18
    • Rival (Thea)
    • Secret in the Old Attic (Thea)
    • Sweetbread (Thea)
    • Witch Tree Symbol (Thea)
    • Hen of the woods (Thea)
    • Heating Pad (Maggie)
    • Goldenrod (Alaina)
    • Weights (Kay)
    • Treadmill (Kay)
  • November 19
    • in disguise (elizjhaynes)
I only ended up taking 1 prompt today because I wrote for a total of about 45 minutes, 40 of which were during a @NaNoWordSprints lunch break.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

November 18th

Prompts that I done Completed Today:

  • Apanthropinization (Serena) -
    “No, course not.  It’s my word of the day app, Mason.  Yesterday’s word was apanthropinization.”
  • Ratatouille (Maggie) -
    Knowing that Mason wouldn’t call back right away, I walked into the kitchen and reheated ratatouille from the night before.
  • Oatmeal Cream Pies (Carrie) -
    I also grabbed two oatmeal cream pies out of the box on the shelf to eat for dessert.
  • Parrot Who Talks in Foreign Language (Mindy) -
    The other book featured a parrot who could only speak in a foreign language, which taught acceptance or something.
  • Blanket Forts (Maggie) -
    “Well, it sounds better than what I had planned for the night, which was building blanket forts by the way, so sure.  Let’s go do something tonight.”
  • Something Tastes Wrong (elizjhaynes) -
    “This alfredo tastes a little bit off to me,” I said quietly to Mason, setting my fork down on the side of my plate.
  • Joy (Thea) -
    I could tell, when I let him order, that Mason was getting some sort of joy out of being in charge for once, and I was kind of having fun not making any decisions.
  • Olive (Thea) -
    The only time I didn’t let him make a decision for the rest of the night is when he tried to order me a martini with an olive, instead I had him order me a vodka tonic with a wedge of lime.
  • Aisle (Sushi) -
    Mason and I worked our way onto the dance floor, moving down the center aisle of the grand building
  • "Extraction team!" (Nancy) -
    “Extraction team!” I yelled.  “We need an extraction team here!”
  • Tragic (Thea) -
    “It wouldn’t have been tragic if it had been on purpose,” he said with a grin.
  • Deep Dish Pizza (cianano) -
    We stopped at the first pizza place we saw, where we ordered a deep-dish pizza topped with pepperoni, onions, ham, pineapple, and green peppers to split.
  • Romance or Outrageous Action (Nancy) -
    Once he was in the driver’s seat, I leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
    • Clearly, I went with "romance" on this one.
  • Cosmic Latte (Alaina) -
    And they have this drink called a ‘Cosmic Latte’.  It is about the tastiest thing I’ve ever had.”
  • Scarlet (Alaina) -
    By the time I pulled away from him, his cheeks were a very deep shade of scarlet.

All of the Uncompleted Prompts, Including Today's:
  • November 2
    • Unexpected Detour (Nancy)
  • November 4
    • Buffer (Sushi)
    • Hidden Motivation or Emotion (Nancy)
  • November 5
    • Wombats (Nancy)
  • November 6
    • Wrong turn in the wrong part of town and meeting the wrong person (Nancy)
    • Apparition (Ghost)
    • Stranger in a strange land (Sushi)
    • The Puppet Masters (Sushi)
    • Quibble (Thea)
  • November 7
    • Awkward Family Interactions (Nancy)
  • November 8
    • Passing Wind Strands Ferry Passengers (Thea)
    • Dealers will hear car talk at noon (Thea)
    • Enraged cow injures farmer with ax (Thea)
    • Man struck by lightning faces battery charge (Thea)
    • Red tape holds up new bridges (Thea)
    • Kids make nutritious snacks (Thea)
  • November 9
    • Untamable by almost none (Thea)
    • Innocence Targeted (Thea)
  • November 10
    • Imagination (essbee)
    • Fetch (Ghost)
    • Vengeance (Ghost)
  • November 11
    • Cross-Breed (Alicia)
    • "I tried to move, but I was pinned down." (Alicia)
    • Wings (Sushi)
  • November 12
    • Fire Swamp (Nancy)
    • Pit of Despair (Nancy)
    • Ultimate Suffering (Nancy)
  • November 13
    • Risky Business (Thea)
    • Playing the Odds (Thea)
    • Rules of the Game (Thea)
    • Rebellion (Thea)
  • November 15
    • Slicing (Maggie)
    • Scares (Maggie)
  • November 16
    • Finish Line (Maggie)
    • Lost Again (elizjhaynes)
    • Beverage break (writingfreak)
  • November 17
    • firkytoodle (writingfreak)
    • "Antlers.  Antlers are good." (writingfreak)
    • dulcify (Thea)
    • delitescent (Thea)
    • deipnosophist (Thea)
    • deke (Thea)
    • dyad (Thea)
    • droke (Thea)
    • right place, wrong time (elizjhaynes)
    • Wisdom (Thea)
    • Secret of the Old Clock (Thea)
    • Death Cap (Thea)
    • Whole or Universal (Thea)
    • Hidden Staircase (Thea)
    • The Prince (Thea)
    • Clue in the Diary (Thea)
    • Crocodile (Thea)
  • November 18
    • Rival (Thea)
    • Secret in the Old Attic (Thea)
    • Sweetbread (Thea)
    • Witch Tree Symbol (Thea)
    • Hen of the woods (Thea)
    • Hot Chocolate (Maggie)
    • Heating Pad (Maggie)
    • Goldenrod (Alaina)
    • Wisteria (Alaina)
    • Weights (Kay)
    • Treadmill (Kay)
That's now 90 out of 154 prompts completed.  Or, if you'd rather, 58%, which is a higher percentage completed than yesterday.  I'm hoping to complete my 100th prompt tomorrow, while also raising my percentage completed.  Mind you, according to the 'rules', that percentage needs to be 100% on the 30th.

Monday, November 17, 2014

November 17th

I completed all of these prompts today:

  • Danger (Maggie) -
    The next night we were in the most danger of getting caught, in my opinion.
  • Describe an outfit completely (writingfreak) -
    I looked over Cerise’s outfit, beginning at her feet, she was wearing a pair of beige flats, which, except for the color, would have been a staple in Cerise’s normal wardrobe.  Above her flats, she was in a navy pair of slacks with what I assumed was an elastic waist and pleats, which made me shudder.  Cerise’s blouse was a little more palatable, a beige shirt with little gold polkadots scattered around it.  All in all it looked like a nice outfit for an aging soccer mom, or a wealthy grandmother, but not for Cerise, who was barely old enough to drink and preferred darker colors with bold patterns and lots of metallic details.  And jeans, Cerise was probably dying inside without a proper pair of jeans.
  • Kitty (Maggie) -
    The library kitty, whose name I read on the circulation desk, but couldn’t remember, jumped up on the arm of the couch next to Cerise and nudged her hand for pets.
  • Ninja obsessed with gardening (Mindy) -
    It was about a ninja whose passion was gardening even though the emperor always made him fight.”
  • Frantic (Maggie) -
    The little girl nodded frantically.
  • Odd Shaped Keys (Alaina) -
    The envelope I handed her was filled with oddly shaped keys and two pictures, neither of which contained anyone or anything I recognized.
  • Surprise (Thea) -
    “I’m not telling,” he replied.  “It’ll just have to be a surprise!”
  • Wrapping (Thea) -
    Coming around to stand in front of the portal with me, Mason wrapped his hand around mine.
  • Mixing (Maggie) -
    So, instead of sleeping in for the majority of the day, like I had wanted to, I put on my smartest outfit, mixing some of Cerise’s fancier jewelry with my business clothes.
  • Honey (Carrie) -
    Three women with long, honey-colored hair rose out of the water in unison.
  • Snow (deaubreydigest) -
    In the glass behind Ms. Perry I could see the reflection of a picture of her and someone standing in front of snow-covered trees.
  • An Unexpected Guest (elizjhaynes) -
    “Do you happen to be Ariella May Hulbert?” the stranger asked in a gruff voice after the bartender set his drink in front of him.

All of the Uncompleted Prompts, Including Today's:
  • November 1
    • Apanthropinization (Serena)
  • November 2
    • Unexpected Detour (Nancy)
  • November 4
    • Buffer (Sushi)
    • Hidden Motivation or Emotion (Nancy)
  • November 5
    • "Extraction Team" (Nancy)
    • Wombats (Nancy)
  • November 6
    • Wrong turn in the wrong part of town and meeting the wrong person (Nancy)
    • Tragic (Thea)
    • Apparition (Ghost)
    • Stranger in a strange land (Sushi)
    • The Puppet Masters (Sushi)
    • Quibble (Thea)
  • November 7
    • Awkward Family Interactions (Nancy)
    • Outrageous action or Romance (Nancy)
  • November 8
    • Deep dish pizza (cianano)
    • Passing Wind Strands Ferry Passengers (Thea)
    • Dealers will hear car talk at noon (Thea)
    • Enraged cow injures farmer with ax (Thea)
    • Man struck by lightning faces battery charge (Thea)
    • Red tape holds up new bridges (Thea)
    • Kids make nutritious snacks (Thea)
  • November 9
    • Untamable by almost none (Thea)
    • Innocence Targeted (Thea)
  • November 10
    • Imagination (essbee)
    • Fetch (Ghost)
    • Vengeance (Ghost)
  • November 11
    • Cross-Breed (Alicia)
    • "I tried to move, but I was pinned down." (Alicia)
    • Wings (Sushi)
    • Aisle (Sushi)
  • November 12
    • Fire Swamp (Nancy)
    • Pit of Despair (Nancy)
    • Ultimate Suffering (Nancy)
  • November 13
    • Risky Business (Thea)
    • Playing the Odds (Thea)
    • Rules of the Game (Thea)
    • Rebellion (Thea)
  • November 15
    • Slicing (Maggie)
    • Ratatouille (Maggie)
    • Scares (Maggie)
    • Laughter (Maggie)
  • November 16
    • Finish Line (Maggie)
    • Lost Again (elizjhaynes)
    • Oatmeal Cream Pie (Carrie)
    • Parrot who talks in a foreign language (Mindy)
    • Beverage break (writingfreak)
  • November 17
    • firkytoodle (writingfreak)
    • "Antlers.  Antlers are good." (writingfreak)
    • dulcify (Thea)
    • delitescent (Thea)
    • deipnosophist (Thea)
    • deke (Thea)
    • dyad (Thea)
    • droke (Thea)
    • something tastes wrong (elizjhaynes)
    • right place, wrong time (elizjhaynes)
    • Wisdom (Thea)
    • Secret of the Old Clock (Thea)
    • Death Cap (Thea)
    • Whole or Universal (Thea)
    • Hidden Staircase (Thea)
    • The Prince (Thea)
    • Olive (Thea)
    • Clue in the Diary (Thea)
    • Crocodile (Thea)
I took 20 prompts today.  That's a lot for me.  But, I also completed 12, so that's helpful.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

November 16th

What's this?  A timely update for "The Sprints Novel"?  Impossible!

Hey, look!  I completed prompts today!

  • Sneakers (Maggie) -
    While the phone was ringing, I kicked my foot against the wall, knocking centuries-old dirt off of my sneaker.
  • Laughter (Maggie) -
    In the background, I could hear the laughter of children.
  • Tea (Maggie) -
    Ten minutes later, Cerise, Mason, and I were sitting in a semi-secluded booth in the back of a tiny diner, each with tea and pie in front of us.
  • Pie (Maggie) -
    Ten minutes later, Cerise, Mason, and I were sitting in a semi-secluded booth in the back of a tiny diner, each with tea and pie in front of us.
It was a Maggie day today, I guess.  (By the way, for names here on the blog I just use whatever the sprint leader puts onto the shared google calendar for signing up for sprints shifts, with one exception.  So if you want to now be known as "JimmyBob KillenZeke" you should sign up as that.)


All of the Uncompleted Prompts, Including Today's:
  • November 1
    • Apanthropinization (Serena)
  • November 2
    • Unexpected Detour (Nancy)
  • November 4
    • Buffer (Sushi)
    • Hidden Motivation or Emotion (Nancy)
  • November 5
    • "Extraction Team" (Nancy)
    • Wombats (Nancy)
  • November 6
    • Wrong turn in the wrong part of town and meeting the wrong person (Nancy)
    • Tragic (Thea)
    • Apparition (Ghost)
    • Stranger in a strange land (Sushi)
    • The Puppet Masters (Sushi)
    • Quibble (Thea)
  • November 7
    • Awkward Family Interactions (Nancy)
    • Outrageous action or Romance (Nancy)
  • November 8
    • Deep dish pizza (cianano)
    • Passing Wind Strands Ferry Passengers (Thea)
    • Dealers will hear car talk at noon (Thea)
    • Enraged cow injures farmer with ax (Thea)
    • Man struck by lightning faces battery charge (Thea)
    • Red tape holds up new bridges (Thea)
    • Kids make nutritious snacks (Thea)
  • November 9
    • Untamable by almost none (Thea)
    • Innocence Targeted (Thea)
  • November 10
    • Imagination (essbee)
    • Fetch (Ghost)
    • Vengeance (Ghost)
  • November 11
    • Cross-Breed (Alicia)
    • "I tried to move, but I was pinned down." (Alicia)
    • Wings (Sushi)
    • Aisle (Sushi)
    • Wrapping (Thea)
    • Surprise (Thea)
  • November 12
    • Fire Swamp (Nancy)
    • Pit of Despair (Nancy)
    • Ultimate Suffering (Nancy)
  • November 13
    • Risky Business (Thea)
    • Playing the Odds (Thea)
    • Rules of the Game (Thea)
    • Rebellion (Thea)
    • Snow (deaubreydigest)
  • November 14
    • Odd Shaped Keys (Alaina)
  • November 15
    • Slicing (Maggie)
    • Mixing (Maggie)
    • Ratatouille (Maggie)
    • Kitty (Maggie)
    • Scares (Maggie)
    • Laughter (Maggie)
  • November 16
    • Danger (Maggie)
    • Finish Line (Maggie)
    • Frantic (Maggie)
    • Lost Again (elizjhaynes)
    • Oatmeal Cream Pie (Carrie)
    • Honey (Carrie)
    • Parrot who talks in a foreign language (Mindy)
    • Ninja obsessed with gardening (Mindy)
    • Beverage break (writingfreak)
    • Describe an outfit in detail (writingfreak)
Wait until you see what I already have written down for tomorrow's prompts.  They're a real doozy!

Saturday, November 15, 2014

November 15th

Halfway day!!  I didn't write much (again) today, due to last minute Murder Mystery things.

I did, however, write while the Murder Mystery was going on!  Some folks who were questioning me as a suspect noticed and asked "What are you writing?"  My response was a completely untrue "A murder mystery novel!  This stuff is great!"

Anyway, here's wonderwall:

All of the Uncompleted Prompts, Including Today's:
  • November 1
    • Apanthropinization (Serena)
  • November 2
    • Unexpected Detour (Nancy)
  • November 4
    • Buffer (Sushi)
    • Hidden Motivation or Emotion (Nancy)
  • November 5
    • "Extraction Team" (Nancy)
    • Wombats (Nancy)
  • November 6
    • Wrong turn in the wrong part of town and meeting the wrong person (Nancy)
    • Tragic (Thea)
    • Apparition (Ghost)
    • Stranger in a strange land (Sushi)
    • The Puppet Masters (Sushi)
    • Quibble (Thea)
  • November 7
    • Awkward Family Interactions (Nancy)
    • Outrageous action or Romance (Nancy)
  • November 8
    • Deep dish pizza (cianano)
    • Passing Wind Strands Ferry Passengers (Thea)
    • Dealers will hear car talk at noon (Thea)
    • Enraged cow injures farmer with ax (Thea)
    • Man struck by lightning faces battery charge (Thea)
    • Red tape holds up new bridges (Thea)
    • Kids make nutritious snacks (Thea)
  • November 9
    • Untamable by almost none (Thea)
    • Innocence Targeted (Thea)
  • November 10
    • Imagination (essbee)
    • Fetch (Ghost)
    • Vengeance (Ghost)
  • November 11
    • Cross-Breed (Alicia)
    • "I tried to move, but I was pinned down." (Alicia)
    • Wings (Sushi)
    • Aisle (Sushi)
    • Wrapping (Thea)
    • Surprise (Thea)
  • November 12
    • Fire Swamp (Nancy)
    • Pit of Despair (Nancy)
    • Ultimate Suffering (Nancy)
  • November 13
    • Risky Business (Thea)
    • Playing the Odds (Thea)
    • Rules of the Game (Thea)
    • Rebellion (Thea)
    • Snow (deaubreydigest)
  • November 14
    • Odd Shaped Keys (Alaina)
  • November 15
    • Slicing (Maggie)
    • Mixing (Maggie)
    • Ratatouille (Maggie)
    • Kitty (Maggie)
    • Scares (Maggie)
    • Laughter (Maggie)
(But how, JessAnn, did you take 6 prompts when you only managed to write some 35 words?)
(Easy, I took all prompts given during the times that I was writing.  I wrote for about 2 minutes today at 1 minute intervals, giving me two different sprints to pull prompts from and there were 3 prompts per sprint.  Golden?)

Friday, November 14, 2014

November 14th

I didn't write very much today, due to an extended rehearsal and having things to get ready for a show on the 15th.

But, I did take my 100th prompt:


  • "Odd Shaped Keys" (from Alaina)


For those keeping count, as of today, I've completed 59/100 prompts given to me.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

November 13th

My One and Only Completed Prompt:

  • Servant's Quarters (Alicia) -
    “Servant’s quarters,” Mason said from behind me, still holding onto my hand.

All of the Uncompleted Prompts, Including Today's:
  • November 1
    • Apanthropinization (Serena)
  • November 2
    • Unexpected Detour (Nancy)
  • November 4
    • Buffer (Sushi)
    • Hidden Motivation or Emotion (Nancy)
  • November 5
    • "Extraction Team" (Nancy)
    • Wombats (Nancy)
  • November 6
    • Wrong turn in the wrong part of town and meeting the wrong person (Nancy)
    • Tragic (Thea)
    • Apparition (Ghost)
    • Stranger in a strange land (Sushi)
    • The Puppet Masters (Sushi)
    • Quibble (Thea)
  • November 7
    • Awkward Family Interactions (Nancy)
    • Outrageous action or Romance (Nancy)
  • November 8
    • Deep dish pizza (cianano)
    • Passing Wind Strands Ferry Passengers (Thea)
    • Dealers will hear car talk at noon (Thea)
    • Enraged cow injures farmer with ax (Thea)
    • Man struck by lightning faces battery charge (Thea)
    • Red tape holds up new bridges (Thea)
    • Kids make nutritious snacks (Thea)
  • November 9
    • Untamable by almost none (Thea)
    • Innocence Targeted (Thea)
  • November 10
    • Imagination (essbee)
    • Fetch (Ghost)
    • Vengeance (Ghost)
  • November 11
    • Cross-Breed (Alicia)
    • "I tried to move, but I was pinned down." (Alicia)
    • Wings (Sushi)
    • Aisle (Sushi)
    • Wrapping (Thea)
    • Surprise (Thea)
  • November 12
    • Fire Swamp (Nancy)
    • Pit of Despair (Nancy)
    • Ultimate Suffering (Nancy)
  • November 13
    • Risky Business (Thea)
    • Playing the Odds (Thea)
    • Rules of the Game (Thea)
    • Rebellion (Thea)
    • Snow (deaubreydigest)