IsabellaRose

Last night. Home alone for the first time in months... When was the last time you tried something new?

show him what it means to be in the bad gang

Today's challenge is a 10-Word Challenge. In about 500 words, write a short story that includes the following 10 words: cabinet compose cutting scratch integrity utter obstacle announcement pony umbrella If it doesn't feel challenging enough, try including the words in order. Deadline is 02 Sep 2020, when this thread will be closed and voting will commence. Good writing!

Sure! I had a couple prompt ideas... theme challenge, 10-word-challenge, photo challenge, starting sentence challenge... what sounds good?

I thought it was success that is 10% inspiration... Honestly, half my ideas aren't worth commitment. But I don't have the time or energy to put into most of the rest. If I did, I could probably finish outlining more original worlds than mot successful franchises. But I know I'll never be successful as an author, or an artist, despite how much art also pours out of me. Sadly, it's in too many different mediums for me to focus on any one and be successful as an artist, either. No one wants a multi-disciplined artist. They want a painter, or an illustrator, or a guitarist, or a singer, or a sculptor, or a dancer... not a generalist who does them all. I will always enjoy my creativity as a hobby, but I will leave this world knowing that most of my creativity will never be seen or enjoyed by anyone else. C'est la vie.

Settings and ideas just explode out of me most of the time, even when I can't muster the energy to write them down. More ideas have been lost to my depression-induced malaise than will ever be used.

Yeah, definitely. My own entry is getting away from me... I'm going to have to edit it down. It's full of unnecessary world-building details... much like all of my D&D campaigns.

I don't think we're voting on this one... this was just a primer. I was going to put up a poll in each thread once I locked it for further submissions.

I can't be with someone who won't just stick my fruit in their mouth and start eating without being invited.

I can't be with someone who won't let me share my fruit with everyone.

I'll check it out after work when I can read it!

This one has no limits or rules other than use the words for the title. You could write anything from a haiku to a epic-length poem, from flash fiction to a novella. I think for the ones we're going to ask people to vote on, we might want to set a word limit so people can actually read them all!

It's not in reference to anything at all... just the phrase, "the vessel." What does your imagination conjure when you hear those words? Do you picture a pirate vessel, filled with brigands? A earthenware vessel hand crafted by a primitive society? Do you imagine the structure known as the Vessel in Manhattan? My best suggestion would be to use the definition and see if it spurs any ideas. In fact, I'll add it to the challenge post. vessel, noun 1. a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat. 2. an airship. 3. a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents. 4. Anatomy, Zoology. a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid. 5. Botany. a duct formed in the xylem, composed of connected cells that have lost their intervening partitions, that conducts water and mineral nutrients. Compare tracheid. 6. a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial: a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath.

Write something erotic or echhi inspired by the words "The Vessel." Post it here. There's no deadline for our first challenge. This is just to get your juices flowing. What does your imagination conjure when you hear those words? In case it helps, here's the definition. vessel, noun 1. a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat. 2. an airship. 3. a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents. 4. Anatomy, Zoology. a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid. 5. Botany. a duct formed in the xylem, composed of connected cells that have lost their intervening partitions, that conducts water and mineral nutrients. Compare tracheid. 6. a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial: a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath.

Post all your questions, comments, and discussions here.

I would keep him all to myself.

I thought I stepped in a hole, but it turned out to be a monsters' eye socket, and now I'm feeling kinda grossed out. Just hold still so I can (blank) your (blank) properly.

It's over. We're entirely TOO compatible. It would never work.

You can't dump me, I'm dumping you because of all that "missing" bacon.

Would it kill you to knock off that terrible impression of a bird being murdered? I'm trying to masturbate here! How many times do I have to tell you? You put the (blank) in the (blank), not the other way around!

It's over! You let someone else eat all the cheesecake I made for you!

I couldn't stand after you tied my knees together. If you keep don't stop (blank) I'm going to (blank) you.

I laughed as my forehead hurt from where the frisbee hit it. Stop (blank)ing my (blank)!

I really wanted to adopt puppies but my girlfriend said otherwise. If I showed you my (blank) would you (blank) it?

I wanted more of those cookies, but my tummy was already full. If you don't give me (blank), I'm going to (blank).