100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week #14 – The Alphabet – “A to Z in an Entry”

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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week #14 – The Alphabet – “A to Z in an Entry”

11 Oct

Andrew Barnes can’t decide. Every few games he insists juniors keep laughing, most not often. Perhaps questions really seem tedious unless victory welcomes Xavier, youth zealot.

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Posted by Ross Mannell on October 11, 2011 in 1. 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups #100WCGU

16 responses to “100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week #14 – The Alphabet – “A to Z in an Entry””

Lynda Dixon

October 11, 2011 at 08:54

Ha ha! Looks like we had very much the same idea tonight! This is a great exercise for children to try. Well done, Mr Mannell!

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 11, 2011 at 11:45
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  I thought rather than go into a storyline or history lesson I would see what came up. The link was posted in Twitter before the start time of the 100WCGU and had to wait until I returned from being out to go on the 100WCGU site.
  
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Anna Halford

October 11, 2011 at 20:19

Great stuff. It’s fun trying to make a sensible story using the 26 letters in order. Yours works very well.

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 11, 2011 at 20:36
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  Writing a story this way was for fun. I wanted to see what I could come up with in a short time using only 26 words, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet in order. 🙂
  
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Lisa (Woman Wielding Words)

October 11, 2011 at 22:01

Fun!

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 14, 2011 at 06:30
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  It was fun trying to keep it in order and in 26 words. 🙂
  
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gsussex

October 12, 2011 at 04:47

You did well to get this into 26 words!

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 14, 2011 at 06:31
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  I started witht he alphabet and saw what might fit. 🙂
  
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Dughall McCormick (@dughall)

October 12, 2011 at 05:40

Totally impressed! Such a difficult thing to do.

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 14, 2011 at 06:32
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  Getting it in order and trying to make sense was a good mind task. 🙂
  
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Sally-Jayne

October 12, 2011 at 05:47

Well done. It’s hard to write something that makes sense when initial letter of each word is dictated to you, so hats off to you!

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 14, 2011 at 06:33
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  Loved the idea of using the prompt for an alphabetically ordered post. 🙂
  
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PollyBurns2

October 15, 2011 at 03:29

That can’t have been easy! Loved reading it, fun piece. Polly

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 15, 2011 at 06:20
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  I also thought the task of 26 words would be difficult but it seemed to fall in place quickly. Just lucky I guess. 🙂
  
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jfb57

October 17, 2011 at 03:01

Well it wasn’t over 100 words Ross! Great choice of words for each of the alphabet letters. Really great construction of a piece that could have been restricted by those darn letters! Great that you are taking up this weekly challenge! Thank you!

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- Ross Mannell
  
  October 17, 2011 at 06:53
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  Rather than write the exact word limit as normal, I decided to opt for one of my shortest entries by writing an alphabetically ordered 26 word story.
  Sorry I haven’t been able to comment on as many 100WC entries lately. My commenting on school blogs has sort of taken over.
  
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