Fil- Challenge 164 (DW)

[romanajo123]

 For DW100.  I picked a random one- "Marvel".  Also I'm trying to work on "action" words. 

Standing on a rock,  both time travellers looked up at the glistening green sky. 

 

"It's starting, Nyssa" the Doctor said,  pointing up as a flurry of puffy red and pink clouds swirled in the air, surrounded by a sea of sparkling diamond shaped blue stars.  A few seconds later,  the swirling display collided with a blur of more clouds: this time royal blue and black. 

 

"What do you think?" The Doctor asked, "Beautiful isn't it?" 

 

Nyssa's eyes transfixed on the sky, watching the veritable dance above them.  "Doctor, it's lovely" she said, "Truly marvellous. Thank you for bringing us here." 

Fill: Challenge #164 (w/ nothing to show for it)

[shivver]

I spent some time this weekend on one of my long-standing WIPs, but not actually writing. I was doing some research and transcribing some written notes to electronic form. I don't really have anything share-able, but I did actually spend my ten-minutes-a-day.

Challenge #165

[shivver]

Write a short scene of someone struggling with technology. Now, you might ask, what do I mean by "technology"? Any physical object (in other words, not magic) that's above the average level for the world or society in the scene. For example, in the contemporary U.S., your character could be trying to work an M249 - an average American might know how to use a handgun, but a specialized machine gun is a higher tech level. Similarly, in a medieval society, your character may be trying to use (or design!) the first printing press.

The focus should be on conveying the character's confusion, frustration, or sense of wonder (depending on how you interpret the scene), and not necessarily on the details. However, if you do include details, you should attempt to verify that they're correct, e.g., if you have the character pull a lever on that printing press, make sure that printing presses from that era have levers. ;)