[Maeniel]

Taking five this time.

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For those that don't know what the writer's group is, it's a group that (used to) meet every month. People sign up, then I'll give them a topic; once the topic is released, you'll have roughly one month to complete a short piece on that subject or in that style that is given. At the end, we vote on who we feel wrote the best while pertaining to the topic.

Ready? Set? GO!
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Keeper of Zaebos' and Jormand's powers.

[Asa]

Me me me! ^_________^

1. Asa
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5.
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Self-styled Forum Grandmother, because I hand out nicknames and hugs whether you want them or not. ^_^

Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven

Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
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If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

[Tinu.]

Yes! In time to sign-up this time!

1. Asa
2. Tinu.
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5.
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Keeper of Gaia and all the books on Earthsong

"If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid."
~Einstein

[Talps]

1. Asa
2. Tinu.
3. Talps
4.
5.

Whee, didn't have to get on on a pity vote this time! (Just kidding )
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Dubbed reversquee.
Talps = Splat reversed. Splat = Squee

[spellingmistax]

1. Asa
2. Tinu.
3. Talps
4.
5. Spellingmistax


I am willing to drop out of my spot if anyone else wants in. No problem, I will only enter if the 5th spot cannot be filled.
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"He gave you a life and you should cherish that treasure." - Benny

while Udina asked the usual inane civilian things that came about while under attack: "What's happening? Who is shooting at us? I'm squishy and not wearing armor and I'm a liability, get me to safety, etc.
dubbed Anthrax by Asa
Spellingmistax = mistax = ax = anthrax

[Asa]

C'mon, peeps, who's gonna take me down in WG10? Just one more person...
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Self-styled Forum Grandmother, because I hand out nicknames and hugs whether you want them or not. ^_^

Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven

Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
__________________
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

[Tenshi]

Oh, a personal challenge by the reigning champion? You're totally goin' down, missy!

I'm in!

1. Asa
2. Tinu.
3. Talps
4. Usa
5. Spellingmistax
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. Dubbed "Usagi" by AsA .
Keeper of the Siderean Swords

"If by chance some day you're not feeling well, and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done, and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled."
Red Skelton

[Asa]

Yay, let's get this party started. Style challenge this time, no?
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Self-styled Forum Grandmother, because I hand out nicknames and hugs whether you want them or not. ^_^

Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven

Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
__________________
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

[Maeniel]

The theme is ostranenie, or defamiliarization! You task in this group is to force the audience to see something common in a strange or unfamiliar way. This technique forces you to alter the audience's perception of a concept, (often simple,) and look at it in complex or unfamiliar terms.

Some of the best examples come from science fiction and Russian literature. For example, Tolstoy wrote a story where the narrator was a horse and everything was told from the horse's point of view. Ostranenie can include the use of foreign language. This technique is most often used in poetry and plays, but it is often used in prose as well.

If it helps, Wordsworth's work in general is a good example. Also, Samuel Coleridge defined it like this: "To carry on the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood; to combine the child’s sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances which every day for perhaps forty years had rendered familiar [. . .] this is the character and privilege of genius."

We'll have this due by January 31.
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Keeper of Zaebos' and Jormand's powers.

[Talps]

Oh wow... What a challenge!
*Delves into the ideas pile*
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Dubbed reversquee.
Talps = Splat reversed. Splat = Squee

[Asa]

This will be interesting... I like creepiness. *rubs hands together and starts scheming...*
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Self-styled Forum Grandmother, because I hand out nicknames and hugs whether you want them or not. ^_^

Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven

Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
__________________
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

[Tenshi]

In a stroke of brilliant irony, I was just talking about some excellent examples of this very thing to a fellow reader at work! Science fiction, indeed, is an exceptional place to find this sort of thing. Read "Eternity Road" by Jack McDevitt, he uses this several times to GREAT effect.

Now then, what to write...
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. Dubbed "Usagi" by AsA .
Keeper of the Siderean Swords

"If by chance some day you're not feeling well, and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done, and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled."
Red Skelton

[Asa]

Or... anything from the Twilight Zone.

My original idea won't work, so on to the phase of spontaneous generation!
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Self-styled Forum Grandmother, because I hand out nicknames and hugs whether you want them or not. ^_^

Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven

Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
__________________
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

[spellingmistax]

And I thought the last one was hard, you are a bad man Maeniel, a very bad man.
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"He gave you a life and you should cherish that treasure." - Benny

while Udina asked the usual inane civilian things that came about while under attack: "What's happening? Who is shooting at us? I'm squishy and not wearing armor and I'm a liability, get me to safety, etc.
dubbed Anthrax by Asa
Spellingmistax = mistax = ax = anthrax

[Talps]

I won't be so quick this time :p

I have an idea now, but I need to write a story it fits into.
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Dubbed reversquee.
Talps = Splat reversed. Splat = Squee