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A game--the 7-7-7-7 challenge
Sep. 17th, 2015 09:58 amDisclaimer: I more often than not don't play these games, so if I tag you and you're not feeling up to it, no worries at all. I completely understand. Sometimes the stuff on the seventh page at the seventh line isn't what you feel like sharing! And sometimes the magics don't align right for sharing. But if you feel like it. Oh, and pretty much everyone I know loves to write, so if I don't tag you, don't hang back--the more the merrier.
The Game
Go to the 7th page of a work in progress, go 7 lines down, post the next 7 lines, then challenge 7 other writers to do the same.
... So here is something from the novel I'm inching along on, under the working title Diet of Clouds
Y'know, this is one of those excerpts which is kind of a head scratcher taken out of context. Lots of made-up names and not much happening. Takinat is a game played with feathers. All the named characters speak a language that the narrator doesn't speak. Para's teaching the narrator one word of it--tsare--which means "sea eagle." The feathers the narrator's going to use in the game come from a sea eagle.
I'm going to tag some people on Twitter, too, but here I'd like to tag![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
queenoftheskies, mnfaure, osprey_archer, and blairmacg--if any of you feel inclined. heliopausa, thinking of you, but understanding that you're occupied right now. But if this would be an entertaining break...
PS. One way to make this less daunting is definitely to drop that final seven. Tagging seven people! For one thing, with a geometric progression of seven, you run out of people pretty quickly. So yeah--maybe just make it the 7-7-7 challenge and then just tag one or two people.
PPS. I forgot to add that the person who tagged me wascafenowhere! Thank you for nudging me. (You can read her entertaining snippet--much more coherent in its seven lines--here.)
The Game
Go to the 7th page of a work in progress, go 7 lines down, post the next 7 lines, then challenge 7 other writers to do the same.
... So here is something from the novel I'm inching along on, under the working title Diet of Clouds
“Sarray” I said.
She shook her head. “Tsare,” she repeated. I tried again, and again she shook her head. Ambat said something under his breath to Citak, who swallowed a laugh. Para frowned.
“Say again,” she ordered. I tried again, and this time she smiled and nodded.
“Let’s play,” she said, dropping to her knees and drawing a wide circle.
“What did Ambat say, before Takinat?” I asked her, sometime later.
Y'know, this is one of those excerpts which is kind of a head scratcher taken out of context. Lots of made-up names and not much happening. Takinat is a game played with feathers. All the named characters speak a language that the narrator doesn't speak. Para's teaching the narrator one word of it--tsare--which means "sea eagle." The feathers the narrator's going to use in the game come from a sea eagle.
I'm going to tag some people on Twitter, too, but here I'd like to tag
queenoftheskies, mnfaure, osprey_archer, and blairmacg--if any of you feel inclined. heliopausa, thinking of you, but understanding that you're occupied right now. But if this would be an entertaining break...PS. One way to make this less daunting is definitely to drop that final seven. Tagging seven people! For one thing, with a geometric progression of seven, you run out of people pretty quickly. So yeah--maybe just make it the 7-7-7 challenge and then just tag one or two people.
PPS. I forgot to add that the person who tagged me was
cafenowhere! Thank you for nudging me. (You can read her entertaining snippet--much more coherent in its seven lines--here.)
