A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend. How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like. Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise. If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments.
Thanks to Sammi Cox for the challenge.
Word Prompt
Indistinct
This week is a snippet from my WIP “What the Heart Wants.”
The shop dissolved into a miasma of indistinct outline and shadow. Asher saw only Papa’s oozing, hollow eyes.
- Kishinev Pogrom 1903
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
A gruesome tale in only 18 words
Well done!
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Thank you, Violet. I wasn’t quite sure it worked.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Oy! Such a well-chosen snippet….
Shalom and Lotsa love,
Dale
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Dear Dale,
What can I say? I did a word search in the MS for “indistinct” and, voila, there it was. The only time I used it. Many thanks. 😀
Shalom and hugs,
Rochelle
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Did you remember using the word or was this a happy coinkidink?
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The latter. I really didn’t remember but thought I would check just in case.
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So cool!
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😀
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I wrote a story using only eighteen words once but it didn’t really work out well for me.
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Thanks for coming by, Dear.
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Nice attempt, Jan. But you forgot to use the word “indistinct” 😉
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I wrote a story using only eighteen words once but, unfortunately, it was too indistinct. So, didn’t work.
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Ha ha. Hope you liked my story.
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Funny guy…
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Oy. … I can’t really say I ‘LIKE’ this little vignettes, but I do like its importance and how well it conveyed the human toll of ugliness. 😦 Well done, Rochelle. You are a fantastic steward of history.
Na’ama
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Na’ama Y’karah,
I sometimes feel guilty about the ugliness that I write until I learn of another incident. Thank you so much.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rochelle
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It is important to give voice to those who cannot, or to those the world risks forgetting, but should not.
You do good!
xoxo
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Gives me the willies just reading yours… (shivers). Great story. Shabbat Shalom! Jelli
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Dear Jelli-Bear,
I’m so glad you liked it. Sorry about those willies 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Okay, I’m game with this one… Here, you go… https://jellicostation84.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/indistinct-awakening/
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Wow, Rochelle. You captured the destruction, death and horror witnessed by your MC in just 18 words. Very profound and very effective.
Shabbat Shalom,
Adele
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Dear Adele,
Wow is always an acceptable compliment. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Such horror and heartbreak captured in so few words. Well done, Rochelle 🙂
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Thank you very much, Deborah.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Powerful prose.
Shalom,
Ronda
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Many thanks, Ronda, my dear.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Haunting!
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Thank you, Tannille.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A lot of pain and sorrow can be compressed into so brief a tale
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Dear Larry,
It’s amazing how much more a person can do with less, isn’t it? Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A tough challenge you set yourself Rochelle – 18 words regarding a pogrom. I find it powerful and cryptic ( is that the right word ?? – bit like a riddle ?) Well done.
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