33 Words and Goals

Last night was the June meeting for Wicked Wordsmiths of the West. During the meeting, we went over our prompt from last month: write a story using only 33 words. Sounds easy? Maybe difficult?

It was a lot easier than I thought. After the meeting in May, I went home and started working on one. My fiance got in the fun and next thing we knew, we had a whole page of them.

“This isn't going to be fun,” I said as I slid onto the hood of the car, kicking off my sandals. I cocked the gun and shot the first zombie between the eyes.

Out of all of them, I used this one. Not because I thought it was particularly better than any of the other ones, but I really like zombies.

1. When we were writing them, it felt a lot like writing poetry. Not that I'm particularly keen on poetry, but it was nice. Here are a few of the other ones.

2. Nothing more that could be done. It was finally over. The wounds from the sword stung like hell. And as the blood ran down my body, I walked off. Into the setting sun.

3. There I stood, back where it all started, back to the beginning of it all. I caused this and I will be damned if I’m not the one to end it all now.

4. Finally, I had everything I ever desired, but I was empty. I still craved even more. I was never going to be fully satisfied until I had claimed everything. That was my curse.

5. The skies swirled and the lights faded. Thunder boomed as lightning struck a nearby oak tree. The Earth cracked as fire shot up to the sky. Heaven and Hell were at it again.

6. “Full steam ahead, Mr. Tin,” she said, placing her goggles on her head. The wind blowing back her hair as she felt the airship gained speed quickly.“Aye, Captain.”
Now this was flying.

For next month's meeting, our prompt is to create a story using the four words we drew at random. My words are: Drive-in Theater, Antiquity, Tattoo, and Sizzle.

I already have a first draft. I'm feeling pretty good about myself.

Also in last night's meeting, we wrote down our writing goals. These are things we're wanting to accomplish before NaNoWriMo starts in FOUR MONTHS (!) It's time we held ourselves responsible because a lot of us are getting lazy (myself included). I'm posting my goals here so I can be held extra responsible, because let's face it, I'm terrible about getting things done. I like making the lists, but never can seem to completing everything on it. Anyways, here we are.

Before November I will...

1. Completely outline my first NaNo novel: Everything Ends.

2. Figure out what I'm doing for NaNo 2013 - not flying by the seat of my pants this year!

Hold me responsible, dear readers (if there are any of you at all).