I Have a Confession to Make

In terms of what?

I don't understand Haskins.

Are you saying your kids are the result of divine conception?

I'll give you some to try, William.

scattered, limped, filtered, crinkled, dazzled, fingered, gutted, jutted, glistened, hungered, incited, mustered, nestled, oscillated, penetrated, quizzed, thundered, vociferated, whirred.

Like any of these?

And going with the hope thing:

prayed, begged, wished, trusted, desired, expected, anticipated, looked forward to, counted on, imagined, dreamed, envisioned, visualized, conjured up, created

I don't write fiction, but isn't there something about letting your characters show you the story or take you where they need to go? Something like that? You don't need to know where you're going to start going there. (Smiley)

Is that what you were talking about?

Hmmmm, first you need verbs like:

Shatter, break, darken, pierce, plunder, lose, forsake, abandon, dim, despair, smash, weaken, surrender, die...

These are verbs needed to show hope also. Only when you show someone in the depths of their own hell and taking a step out of it can you reveal that there is indeed hope in the world.

Then add: redeem, overcome, conquer, rise, break, pierce, regain, rejoice, raise, stand, soar…

Mix well, place them into a pre-heated mental oven, let bake for an indeterminate time (usually until you smell ear hairs burning), remove, trim and serve.

Voila!!

LOL!! Dammit Haskins, you've been on a roll today.

I've wanted to rep you at least 5 times today for making me bust my gut laughing but the rep gods forbid it until I offer another sacrifice.

William Haskins said:

i'm a sad clown.

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Coming from you...that's just freaky.

William Haskins said:

i'm a sad clown.

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You can get paid for that I think.

William Haskins said:

i knew i was missing an ingredient.

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Stick your head over a candle as an alternative...
or if you want to speed up the process, stick your head in a microwave...

Forget it Haskins - I''m not dropping the price.

You got me last week with the sympathy ploy.

William, you didn't tell us whether you liked our verbs or not. I hope so or I'm going to cry.

verbalize vociferous verbalizations before they become vociferations.Of course they could always become vociferational.

Don't feed to a herbivore.

Adjectives! The man wants adjectives now!

lyrical salubrious soiled uncanny ballistic seductive domestic buoyant mediocre stealthy unconstitutional lax parasitic convivial rustic repentant flourishing mossy herbivorous turquoise fringed purgative matronly chatty tense waterproof unsalted misty obnoxious extraterrestrial pastel young corrugated comfortable

If this is just some scam to get us to write your piece for you, then we'll know you've gone insane.

mommie4a said:

If this is just some scam to get us to write your piece for you, then we'll know you've gone insane.

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Yeah, you're right, Jill. Now I'm beginning to put 2 and 2 together. First he started with the verbs. Then the adjectives. Then the nouns. What's next? All he has to do is piece them all together.

OK Haskins - just for you, since you've been such a good customer, I'm offering a one time deal.

I'll email you a sentence-stringer for 1/2 my going price. All you have to do is insert the verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc and Presto! out comes magic.

Set the paragraph, length and theme parameters and there should be no problem.

I'm headed out for the evening now so if it's a deal, just email my secretary - you already know her by name (she says you've been driving her crazy with your frantic phone calls) - and she'll send it out pronto.

Oh, and please don't do the Bela Lugosi imitation - she already knows who you are.