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Fill: Challenge 45, Original
Apr. 25th, 2022 06:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lantairvleaShort and sweet, phone technology has come a long ways.
The phone whistled obnoxiously in his pocket. He paused and fished it out, clicking a button and frowning down at the screen as he scanned the messages. Grumbling he slid the screen up with his thumb to reveal a small keyboard that his thumbs clicked across with the proficiency of long practice, feeling the keys more than seeing them. He hit send and slid the phone back together. He paused before dropping it in his pocket, looked at the screen again, and clicked it down to silent.
The phone whistled obnoxiously in his pocket. He paused and fished it out, clicking a button and frowning down at the screen as he scanned the messages. Grumbling he slid the screen up with his thumb to reveal a small keyboard that his thumbs clicked across with the proficiency of long practice, feeling the keys more than seeing them. He hit send and slid the phone back together. He paused before dropping it in his pocket, looked at the screen again, and clicked it down to silent.
Fill: Challenge #45 (Orig)
Apr. 25th, 2022 12:44 amshivverWriting directly into the Dreamwidth editor is serving me well. I feel like I can spare a few minutes this way, rather than working more formally in a Google doc. Whatever psychological trickery will get me writing, I guess.
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Challenge #45
Apr. 22nd, 2022 11:49 pmshivverLet's write the past! But not the distant past. Write a scene set at least five years in the past, but within your lifetime (so that you don't have to go do research). Include some details that would indicate to the reader approximately what year/decade it is without stating the date or being too obvious.
Some ideas:
Some ideas:
- The characters are discussing a favorite TV show or movie, or a current event.
- The characters walk past someone using a phone booth.
- A hairstyle or fashion that's no longer in vogue
