Thank you to 4 Year Old Adult for nominating me to take part in this fun – and challenging – challenge. Hopefully the exercise will nudge me out of my apathy and get the creative juices flowing again.
It was a cold misty night in May, I was dozing. With a start, I sat up. A sound … A crash, a thud, a growl and a hiss. What was that? Not a python – too loud. Nor a croc; too far inland. I slowly spun around, looking into dark shifting shadows trying to spy a hungry wild animal lurking – stalking its human snack. A touch, soft and light against my shin and a low rumbling purr. That darn cat!
Who? Moi?
Did anyone see what I did there? A paragraph written without using the letter ‘E’ – it’s not as easy as it seems!
Anyone who wants to can take part but to keep the chain going I nominate these bloggers (I know the rules say to respond within 24 hours and I understand not everyone has time on their hands so, because I can, I have changed this to 5 days. Also, it is not compulsory to take up the challenge but it would be fun if you did):
Perth Words… Exploring Possibilities
The formal rules for accepting this challenge are:
1) Write a whole paragraph ( a paragraph sounds easy right?) without any word containing the letter “e” (still easy for ya?) then comment here and link back to this URL: https://redefiningrandom.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/allergic-to-e-challenge/
2) By reading this you are already signed up.
3) Challenge at least five bloggers to do the challenge. They must do it within 24 hours or it is considered as failure.
4) If you fail or pass, suffer in the Page of Lame.
5) If you win, wallow in the Page of Fame.
Go ahead, show us your creativity. Good luck.
That was fantastic.I know how hard it is as I have had a go myself! You have made it look easy though! 🙂
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Thank you Edwina 🙂
Luckily I have a live-in proof-reader or I would be hanging my head in the Page of Lame right now 😉
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Well you still did a damn good job of it 🙂
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😀
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Varry wal dun. I don’t think I could do that 😉
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😀 Thank you. I’m sure you could!
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Lovely story!
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Thank you 🙂 It was fun
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Congratulations for your successful attempt in my challenge! For that, you win a comfy place in the Hall of Cool. 😀
Can you do me a favor? Tell your nominees to link to my site when they finish it. It’s turning a bit of a hassle to keep pace with people doing my challenge. It’s at https://redefiningrandom.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/allergic-to-e-challenge/
Thanks in advance.
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Shew, that’s a relief! Thank you 🙂
I will do that now – I’m sure it’s quite a job keeping tabs on everything.
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It is. In addition to the tabs, I have to manually copy paste the links and everything! Thank you! 😀
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Excellent. 🙂 Writing without using an ‘e’ is very hard – I tried it!
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Thank you Elaine 🙂 I thoroughly enjoyed doing this.
I’ve just learned that Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word story, Gadsby, in which he did not use one ‘e’!
You can read it here: http://spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/
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50,000 words! Good grief – the man deserves a medal. 🙂
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Or a strait-jacket? 😉
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In continuation to your nomination for ‘Allergic to E Challenge’, I’ve recently received a message from the founder of this challenge that we must add his link while accepting the challenge (https://redefiningrandom.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/allergic-to-e-challenge/). I have done it: (https://4yearoldadult.wordpress.com/2015/06/14/allergic-to-e-challenge/), kindly do the needful.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Done 🙂
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Congratulations, El. This is one of those things that sounds easy until you try it. Great story with vivid description. Well done. 🙂
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Thank you Suzanne 🙂 Writing this certainly got my brain back into gear!
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That looks incredibly difficult. Well done.
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Thank you for your encouraging comment. It did get me thinking!
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