My theme is as follows: each day I will ask for words beginning with that day's letter, which I will randomly select five from to use in a sentence in an ongoing story. That sentence will be posted the next day when I'll ask for words for the next letter. So my Z sentence will appear on May 1st.
Crazy thanks for the many and varied suggestions yesterday! Out of a total of 234, random.org has selected the following five:
Boggart (suggested by Clare Dugmore - defined by Dictionary.com as a Northern English dialect word for a ghost or poltergeist - thanks, I didn't know this one!)
Bird (suggested by Ella)
Brainiac (suggested by Susan Gourley/Kelley)
Belligerent (suggested by Melissa Sugar who also nominated 23 other words - mad props to you!)
Beginnings (suggested by The Golden Eagle)
And here is the story so far including my B sentence:
Angels
had always had a certain ambiguity, being both human and divine, reflected
Acatour with an acute sense of malaise as he looked down on the arable fields
of medieval England. A
bird flew past making a belligerent shriek, unnerved it seemed by a boggart;
Acatour descended, thinking it would take a brainiac like him to unravel the
poor soul’s beginnings and why it had not reached Heaven.
Can I have your C words, please! I can't wait to see what happens next. To refresh, you can offer as many as you like, and they can be as obscure and outlandish as you like (feel free to use a dictionary for inspiration). The more words you suggest, the more chance you have of one being picked. It doesn't matter if you suggest the same word as someone else (as I know not everyone always has time to read all the comments); each will count as its own entry.
71 comments:
I like what you're doing, Nick. Keep up the great work.
Cunning
Crafty
Creative
Calendar
Customs
Change
I almost want to throw my name in there, since it starts with a C, but I'll just leave it like this for now.
crafty cat
Crepuscular
Talk about winging it, this really takes the cake!
Caterpillar
Color
Concern
Castrated
Constipated
Cornered
Colossal
Cantankerous
Consternation
Can
Cathartic
Catatonic
Combative
This is a great idea, very interesting!
My C word is Cheese :)
Awesome job with those "B" words Nick!
Copacetic
Chicory
Cajun
Crossed
Comrade
Dani @ Entertaining Interests
#warriorminion
Cornucopia
Correlation
Crab apple tree
Craven
Copper
Canoodle
Cringe
Crisp
Calf
Damyanti @Daily(w)rite
Co-host, A to Z Challenge 2013
Twitter: @AprilA2Z
#atozchallenge
Hi Nick, you seem to be doing well so far, no snags!
Here is my word today.
compulsory
I love it so far, and the chameleon is soo cute!
Here are my c words:
compensation
chameleon
cranky
coiffed
coffee
charitable
computer
Very creative A to Z theme
charming
chaste
conceited
charisma
My C words are:
Chimes
Chorus
Christmas (just because)
Chimpanzee
Cherub
You're doing so well with this, Nick! Love the way you used all the B words.
My choices for C are:
Cherry
Carpenter
Cantaloupe
Caribou
Chocolate
Hi Nick, wonderful idea. I will give you the words for R. Its a long way off, but I am curious to see what you do with it.
Cunning
Here's 3: coagulate, coincidence, and chap.
This is going to get progressively harder, Nick :-) Kuddos to you.
Conundrum
Colby Jack cheese
coagulate (I just used this with my son the other day)
Happy writing!
Wow, you have a lot of words to work from. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us tomorrow.
I love that you chose Boggart! I saw that one and went, oh! A Harry Potter fan :)
C...
Capricorn
Commercial
Cunning
Classy
Camel toe (ha!)
And ahem... Cassie ;)
That was good. I would have choked at acatour.
C words
carbon copy
conniption
coil
criminey
chocolate
Intriguing story Nick...I can relate to the bird, lol. As my art is unraveling all over the house.
C list:
Crow
Carluke
craving
corrupt
coach
coal
clock
coax
Cobalt
cave
coat
castle
cobra
cobweb
Catherine
cobblestones
Since I love Cats, you MUST pick that! ;)
Seriously, though...just having fun!
Your idea is awesome!
Jamie Dement (LadyJai)
WriteBackwards
Great sentence!
Challenge
Charred
Creative
Creature
Chimera
Calling
Crest
Ha! What a fabulous idea for a theme. I love it. Now to think of some C words....
Crawdad
Calenture (tropical fever from heat)
Cep (type of mushroom)
Challis (type of fabric)
Capeline (bandage for an amputated limb)
Cremnophobia (fear of cliffs)
Good luck! :)
chastity, crash, chill, come, carry
What a "C"lever theme! I love it!
I've always loved the word "Caliginous"
:D
I can't believe you managed to work in boggart! I'd never heard that word before but I love it now.
Century, cellophane, catatonic, cerebral, catastrophe
Great story with B.
For C my word is chess.
Yahoo. You picked one of my words. Condescend, commiserate, comely,cloister
Cryptozoologist...for an element of the paranormal. :)
I will donate "calamity" to see if you can do something with that word.
So fun. "C" words are my favorite...for some strange reason, so let's start with...
CRYSTAL (Hm. I wonder why.)
columbine
cranny
conundrum
catastrophic
I'm looking forward to the end when all the pieces are sewn together in a single whole!
This post was great! Hats off to you for deciding to do the challenge this way. Hmm. C words?
Calamity
Cumulus clouds
Clash
Clip-clop
cricket
ooh great idea! I'd go with conniving and coniferous!
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
capable and charisma :)
Hi Nick - love this idea! I suggest "cocktail"
P.S. I also suggest A cocktail :)
I'm gonna suggest 'canny' a northern word for nice!
I love this idea for you a to z! Haven't seen anyone else doing it yet!
Have fun with the rest of the alphabet!
Good going, Nick!
Collaboration
Crikey
Crescent
Chateau
Campaign
Good luck!
This is fantastic! Here are my C words: caviar, catalyst, cinnamon, combatant, and cylinder.
Love the theme! I'm a writer as well so this is right up my alley.
For C:
How about curmudgeon? I've always liked that word!
Good luck with the rest of the challenge.
: )
Crawling, creepy, collision.
Awesome!
caterpillar, colossal, champaigne
(:
A-Z participant blogging from Elise Fallson
Ha!! Well done on the Bs.
crabby
crease
curry
Love what you're doing with these. Keep up the great writing!
Cankor
Cantankerous
Caffeinated
Claustrophobia
Cerulean
Castigate
I didn't read everyone's words today, so sorry if I'm duplicating:
crazy
cruel
cats
claw
creepy
catacombs
corn
church
clodhoppers
coastal
critters
That's enough for today :)
This is so much fun!!!
My C words are: campy, culinary, chasity, and cool
You came up with such a fun, interactive theme, Nick! :) What about "cathedral"?
Chimerical. Definitely. My favorite word.
Sarah Allen
(From Sarah, With Joy)
I don't have any words for you. I just want to say this is a great and creative idea.
Wow, this is going to be quite a story. You are brave to roll like this. It's probably too late, but here's a couple words.
cacophony
conflagration
curr
Mine are curmudgeon and comely.
Okay, late again!
But cranky will do!
churlish
You are so clever, Nick! I love what you are doing for A-Z this year. Here is my "c" word:
cur·mudg·eon
/kərˈməjən/
Noun
A bad-tempered or surly person.
Synonyms
niggard - miser - skinflint - tightwad
Kathy M.
The story is unraveling.... Keep it coming.
Here are my words:
Captivate
Copernicus
Champagne
Crisp
Collage
I think this is my favorite A - Z theme! Here you go. :)
Cantaloupe
Crispy
Curry
Cologne
Clarify
Clandestine
Calamity
Copper
Coconut
Creative
I love this idea!! I can't wait to see what happens next.
Here:
Copper
Clandestine
Crafty
Cocoa
Campus
Wow - just noticing Chuck (above) has 2 of my 3 that I thought were oh-so-original. Ha! So much for originality. ;)
Callipygian
[kaləˈpijēən]
adj:
Having beautifully proportioned buttocks.
I just learned this word from another blogger on the a to z challenge! Here is the link for her post: http://www.odetoblogging.blogspot.com/
Good luck. This is fun.
Wow, dude. You've picked a hard theme for an already hard blog hop. My hat's off to you for coming up with such an interesting idea and the incorporated story.
I'd add to it, but I'm too busy watching TV and eating bon bons...
Thanks everyone! Some corkers in there. No more please as I'm about to create my newest sentence. :)
I'm too late probably to add a great word. But I need to say: THIS is a terrific idea!
I am also too late for C, but I wanted to say how much i am enjoying this. I hadn't realized you were doing a story, I was expecting independent sentences. This is so much better.
Rhonda @Laugh-Quotes.com
AtoZ #42
You are doing a great job with this challenge!
Dani & Jax @ Cover Girls
I'm too late for C, but I think this is wonderful. So many great ideas. :)
Your creativity for A - Z is delightful:) Very cool, Nick!
colloquially
cordial
cathartic
capture
cyclical
I love how you've strung together all the A and B words!
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