A Meme, A Prompt (Five Words Into Fiction--Part 2)

Do you remember when a year or more ago there was a meme floating blogland, and several folks posted five words into fiction? (Here's mine.) This week I want to play on that. And I want to invite you to play (or read) along.
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This time, the five words to incorporate don't come as suggestion from a friend or another blogger, they come from the dictionary. By merely flipping through its pages, stopping randomly and taking the bolded header word.
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Using my small Webster's this morning, I've flipped for five words. They are:
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*binge
*crow
*foray
*refract
*wile
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photo from diypublicart.org

So there you have it, my five words. This week I'll use them to write a flash fiction piece (less that 1000 words)--the words must appear in the text, I can't only allude to them--and will plan to post it Friday.

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I'm excited because this sort of thing is stoopid fun, and it's good for a creative break from a consistent project. It's good exercise, too.

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Want to join me? Link up and/or post the details on your own blog, and we'll spread the meme.
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Ready? Set? Let's do this!

Good Stuff for a Friday

There were great things to be found at Rafael's place this week. First, this picture. A Scrabble-playing dog? Love it.


Then was the idea for an exercise, in which you attribute one word to the characters (up to five) from your current project. One word? Let's see...

Besty: living

Charles: arrogant

Tom: out

Timothy: unfocused

Meggie: fragile

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Think about your characters. Could you describe their essence with just one word? Just doesn't seem enough when it allows for no background detail.

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And then, Rafael announced his 1k Word Blogfest. Take a picture, write 1000 words about it, and post it all. If you're interested in participating, visit his blog Neither Here Nor There and let him know. Posts will coordinate on Monday, February 22nd. Sounds like fun, don't you think?

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Now how 'bout those character words? Leave yours in comments.

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And have a great weekend!

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Thanks to Rafael for providing my content today. ;)