Word of the Week #65
Hugh announced his wife with such fanfaronade that she ran back to her room and refused to come out for the rest of the evening. fanfaronade (noun) 1. Verbal fanfare, vain boasting.
Write Gooder, not Better
Hugh announced his wife with such fanfaronade that she ran back to her room and refused to come out for the rest of the evening. fanfaronade (noun) 1. Verbal fanfare, vain boasting.
The one day he was late, Sam’s tutor gave him a pecksniffian lecture about tardiness, even though she had never turned up to their meetings on time. pecksniffian (adjective) 1. Hypocritical, sanctimonious, pretentious and...
“As a reader, I don’t feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world than the one I know.” -John Green
To try and explain his date’s absence, Patrick came up with a cockamamie tale about aliens and dogs with no noses. cockamamie (adjective) 1. Absurd, foolish, outlandish, implausible, crazy, unrelated to reality.
“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.” -John Steinbeck
There’s such a dearth of good horror movies in my local library. dearth (noun) 1. Lack, deficiency, scarce supply.
Population Peering. This week go and People Watch, because sometimes you find the craziest inspiration while watching people who don’t realize they’re being watched. Use that inspiration to write a story or a poem...
There were many arborescent cracks in the pavement. arborescent (adjective) 1. Like a tree, resembling a tree, having many branches.
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton