selfavowedgeek ([info]selfavowedgeek) wrote,
@ 2008-05-08 20:31:00
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Current location:In a creaky chair.
Current mood: curious
Current music:something on the teevee in the other room

It's Fun with Feuding Sentences Thursday!
 

So, writing has been sparse this week. However, I had a breakthrough yesterday regarding a protagonist’s background, which played nicely into where I hope the plot and protag are headed. Then I had a sentence pop into my head. And another sentence. They glared at me and vied for attention, so I handed them to a trusted student--shout out to J$!--and trusted colleague--holla, R$!--for a vote. 

Right now, the sentences stand one and one. The ol’ Self-Avowed Geek then had an epiphany, if you will: “Hey, I’ll post the twain on LJ and see who comments.” I’m declaring today, at least, Fun with Feuding Sentences Thursday. 

A touch of background might help.  Imagine a character gone to war--second deployment--and already having had an unusual experience. Oh, maybe rescuing a bean-nighe (banshee) from a curse yet being stalked because, hey, no good deed goes unpunished, right? Now, context having been rendered (slightly, though), here are the sentences:

Sentence 1: . . .After looking at the crow, I walked across the parade ground and saw my shadow was gone.

Sentence 2: . . . The crow hopped off its perch and swooped near. Its shadow passed across mine, then vanished into the coming twilight.

Help ‘em out here. They’re needy, and so’s their writer. 

Votes with or without comments are welcome.

Peace out, homeslices.



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[info]nikwdhmos
2008-05-09 01:17 am UTC (link)
Er.. Why not use all three? just change "mine" to me.

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[info]selfavowedgeek
2008-05-09 01:28 am UTC (link)
Okay. That's cool.

We'll consider that a write-in.

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[info]nikwdhmos
2008-05-09 01:32 am UTC (link)
Yah. Sorry. I'm always a rebel :)

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[info]wendigomountain
2008-05-09 02:16 pm UTC (link)
Hey, I like 'em both. I can't decide, I can't decide!

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[info]selfavowedgeek
2008-05-10 01:52 am UTC (link)
Oh, friggin' great! That's just greaaaaaat. An undecided. I prevail upon and submit to you, Clint, that it's not what the sentences can do for you, but what you can do for the sentences.

We will send these sentences to the marketplace in the next ten years!

Or maybe . . . Mr. Harris, _parse_ _those_ _sentences_!

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[info]wendigomountain
2008-05-10 04:12 am UTC (link)
LOL

How's about: A see a thousand points of light. No, wait, I see two or three really good sentences!

I knew that sentence, and you sir, are NOT that sentence!

I got my mind on my sentence and my sentence on my mind.

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No subject :)
[info]jabbo_chancey
2008-05-15 08:48 pm UTC (link)
Hey Mr. Henderson


I think that the Second is the best, although the first one is still good the second sentence has a little more "Flavour"

It should play out
EXCELLENT

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Re: No subject :)
[info]selfavowedgeek
2008-05-15 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Hey, man. Thanks for dropping by. Glad you were able to lend voice to the meager voting results. I'm leaning toward combining them. We shall see.

Later.

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