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Sorry Mau, Dermot put up a thread last week re Wordsmith suggesting people try and write a 50 word paragraph without repeating any words. I don't think anyone took up the challenge, or very few. It is quite hard.

'It has been suggested that we have a go at Dermots suggestion on the wordsmith thread.'

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Sorry don't think I've read it Ann.......but have replied to your pm thanks

Mau

Gosh that took some concentration. I have sent out the 50 word piece without repetition of words. But have only sent to the few people who still appear to be active in the group.

resurrecting the thread.

It has been suggested that we have a go at Dermots suggestion on the wordsmith thread. If I remember correctly it was write a piece 50 words long with no words repeated. And it goes without saying it should be grammatically readable.

I will try and have a go at this later. I know it is not as easy as it looks but it may be a good disciplinary exercise in word use and brevity.

Not sure what you could make of it Maggie but if anyone can do it you can. :-D

.....phew..... pulling our thread up to the top!

I've sent a story out at long last.

Mau xxx :-D

Hello all, email just sent out please let me know if you ddidn't get it :-)

As you will see I was inspired by Silent witness, but I shall use these for the next time or maybe sooner, depending Regards Jan and thanks

Or, here are a few more to add to the previous list.

First line:
There are a few things you need to know before we start".
Rachel's first trip to England didn't go as planned”
He seemed pleasant enough the first time we met him
This time there would be no witnesses
I had told him so many times not to run through the house
Ignoring his mother's pleas, he ...
Why couldn't my mouth, for once, just behave
My father was a self-made man and he believed ...


Or write a story using these situations situations:
1. an important decision needs to be made
2. a secret needs to be confessed to someone else
3. someone's pride has been injured
4. a death has occurred

Write a story using one from each of character, setting and time.
character
a new mother
a photographer
a recent high school graduate
a restaurant owner or manager
an alien from outer space

Setting
a shopping mall
a city park
the porch of an old farmhouse
a polluted stream
a college library

Time
sometime in December
late at night
after a big thunderstorm has passed
in early spring
first week of the school year

Jan, just spotted your question. I would use one of those I put up last week as it was quite a long list. I have just sent out one using the list.

e mail sent Dermot.

Thanks Ann.

I had a clear-out of old stuff the other day & I suspect any incoming messages are now gone. (Nothing to do with the quality of all your lovely submissions! I have retained hard copies.)

Ann - would you send me an e-mail please & I'll see if your idea works.

Thanks.

So why not pick up some of our old messages and reply to them with your new piece. Or we can e mail you and then you can reply to us. :-)

It appears to be a problem sending out new mails - but, I can receive & reply to messages ok.

Dermot, it is your choice I think whether or not to go public with it. Does your e mail problem mean that you can't initiate e mails, or can you not reply as well?

I have an e-mail problem which, for some reason, won't let me send out - so, no article today unless you want to read it on here instead.

Let me know please.

Do we have any new ideas for this week, or shall we use one of those that Ann posted last week ?

Regards Jan

Thanks Ann and Rose :-D I receive okay but it's my reply to replies (if you get my drift :-S)..... the new system has drop-down boxes/menus with tiny 'flags' .....suppose I'll get used to it in time :-( :-D

Mau, thank you I have received yours, not read yet, flitting in and out at present :-D

Mau, yes I received your golden wedding report and e mailed you back. annoying when that happens isn't it?

Morning All :-D

Can I please ask if my Emails are being received?as Outlook has changed some of their settings.
My reply messages are going to outbox. After their request to send an error is coming up :-S.....am I bovvered? YES grrrr