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Monday, 8 April 2013

An A-Z Story - G

Greetings, friends! Letter G of the Challenge and the start of another week. Hope everyone's feeling great and in a gregarious mood.

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.

You were feeling generous at the weekend with a gigantic 263 F words given. Here are the five which have been chosen to grow my story:

Fluid (suggested by S.P. Bowers)
Fluke (suggested by Mark Means)
Further (suggested by Hilary Melton-Butcher)
Fabulous (suggested by Mama J)
For (suggested by Nouveau Scarecrow)

So now we have:


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.
     York Cathedral hove into view, shrouded in wooden scaffold as part of the local bishop’s campaign of restoration; but before he could challenge a carpenter over whether any of his colleagues had fallen to their doom, his presence was announced by the crawdad he’d eaten back in 20th century New Orleans repeating on him. He wiped dribble from his chin as the remains of the crustacean narrowly missed the workmen to land in the dew of the graveyard, berating himself for his debauched and unangelic behaviour the previous night; why did that dame have to desert him? The effervescent Ella had always been eager for exciting adventures, but when he’d asked her to accompany him on this esoteric time travel mission, she’d called him a crazy drunk and left.
     It did sound rather fabulous, in the true sense of the word, he thought to himself as he descended further before landing on an empty area of scaffold, all the better for making himself visible; next to him was some viscous fluid, making him think that any fall from this precarious structure would surely be a fluke.

Please give me your G words! This is turning out to be a real giggle. 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.

43 comments:

  1. Good
    Gargoyle
    Great
    Gigantic
    grate
    garish
    geek

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  2. Hey you used one of mine!

    Guarantee

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  3. Still impressed by how you're able to turn these random word suggestions into a story!

    Some G words: gallant, grave, graveyard, gills, geisha, geezer, gush, gulp, grand, gawk, gem, geyser, grill, gutless, gun, gone, gargantuan, ghost, ghostly

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  4. How about...

    glow
    glitter
    ghost
    gremlin
    gloppy

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  5. Seems like you are having loads of fun here, Nick! How about - gargoyle, glum, goofy, gastronomic or gravy.

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  6. I love giggle, goose, gigantic and gobble! Happy G Day!

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  7. grizzly
    gnat
    ghost
    gnash
    gallant

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  8. Whoa...leave it up to writers to come up with so many F words.

    How about: goobers, golly, gentleman, and gritty

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  9. giggle
    grand
    grapes
    gang
    ghost

    :)

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  10. Genius, gentrification, gallows, ginger, gel

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  11. Onto week 2!
    Gripping
    Gobsmacked
    Gamble
    Gullible
    Gumption

    Writer In Transit

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  12. So entertaining. Some words:
    Gallivant
    Geocentric
    Grapefruit
    Gummy
    Grandstand
    Gentrified
    Germain

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  13. How about:

    Galaxy
    Give
    Glean
    Green
    Gala
    Galahad
    Garter
    Gage
    Geographic

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  14. Gosh
    Gerund
    Gardenia
    Ghost
    Gull
    Glove
    Girl

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  15. Story's coming along Great!

    Gremlin
    Generous
    Goddess
    Gracias

    :)

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  16. You're a rockstar Nick.

    gregarious
    gobstopper
    gory
    goo-goo goggles

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  17. Nick, I'm so impressed with how you're still making this work! :D

    For my G words, I offer:
    gnome
    gawk
    golf
    gobble
    grape

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  18. I can't even imagine. Keep going.

    Goad
    Gump
    Greek
    Gratification
    Grumble

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  19. gadabout
    goofball
    gurney
    golly
    golden
    grape
    Guernsey
    gallop
    group
    gel
    glad

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  20. Yay! You're doing awesome with this, Nick. :)

    Here are my G words: gable, geology, gilded, gnawing, and gushing.

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  21. I'm enjoying the story so far. Bringing in Ella and the time travel is intriguing. Well done!

    Golly
    Gremlin
    Grecian
    Gregorian
    Great
    Giant
    Go
    Grumpy
    Gallivanting

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  22. This is so fun, Nick!

    Grit, glitter, gusty, gutsy, glutton, glimmer and Gardengoyle!

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  23. Loving the story so far!

    Ghost, goblin, ghoul, graveyard, gravity, goose, grouse, good

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  24. Thanks for the groovy selection so far! Keep up the good work!

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  25. Don't know if its too late.....but how about
    ghastly
    glimmer
    glimpse (I used this word)
    groovy
    grunted
    gnu
    goosebumps
    grandiose


    loving the story!

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  26. Gregorium, gargoyle, gal, gesture

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  27. It's amazing that you are keeping this up so nicely. I love your F sentence. What a fun sentence exercise this month!

    Greasy
    Greedy
    Gargoyle
    Gargantuan
    Ganja
    Gummy Bears
    Grinch
    Grimace

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  28. I like how this is turning out! :)

    Groper
    Gnosis

    Two words I learned about today! :)

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  29. guppy
    gringo
    gassy
    gritty

    Rhonda @Laugh-Quotes.com
    Visiting from AtoZ #41


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  30. Nice work, Nick! :)

    Golden
    Grim
    Gash

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  31. OK guys, that's enough G words! My sentence will be up soon.

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  32. government
    golden age
    guns
    ghastly
    gut
    goody-two shoes

    Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next!

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  33. aw, you said that's enough but I have to add, gargantuan or grisly (hehehe)

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  34. Gullible
    goiter
    gesture
    gallant
    germ

    This is so much fun! :-)

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  35. Hi Nick .. got here and you used one of mine thank you!!

    Your story will be so much fun ... and I'll enjoy reading the whole ..

    Cheers Hilary

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