Wednesday, February 12, 2014

WORD FOR THE WEEK


WORD: (n) a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed

QUOTES:

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. Napoleon Bonaparte

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. William Shakespeare 


What is a writer without words? Stitch together wonderful words and you create a story.

I just found a really neat site that I am going to bookmark and I am sure I will go back to often: Thesaurus.com. 

I looked up my name (Smart) on the site.  Wow! I never knew that humble little word could be used in so many ways. Go over and put a word in the search window at the top of the page and see what comes up. It can be a little overwhelming and very helpful.

Do you know what the 100 most used words are? Click here to find out.

Have you ever heard of six-word stories? There is actually a site for them. Find it here. Go check out the ones submitted and get inspired. Your six-word story can be a prompt that leads to writing an entire novel.

Here are a a couple of my bad six-word stories:

Bird drops seed. A tree grows.
A tree falls, creating housing crisis.

Do you have a six-word story you would like to add?

INSPIRATION:

let your words soar like a seed in the wind and see what develops 

Posted by Janet Smart  on Creative Writing in the Blackberry Patch.


ible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

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8 comments:

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    1. Thanks, Rena. I'm enjoying writing my posts about words.

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  2. I love the picture and the quote! Beautiful!

    What a fascinating post. So interesting to think about what "word" means. :)
    ~Jess

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    1. Thanks, Jess. I''m having fun finding pics to go with these posts.

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  3. Lots to think about in this upbeat post -- barbara

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    1. Hi Barbara. thanks for coming over and reading my post. I try to make them interesting - and helpful.

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  4. Yes you gave me something to think about. Happy Valentine's Day.

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    1. Hi Susie. I hope you had a nice Valentine's Day, too.

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