Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 2

Submitted by Jocelyn Rish on January 17, 2012 - 4:35pm

I’ve surprised myself a little by making it through another week of successfully writing tweet tales. Just like with NaNoWriMo, the second week was a lot tougher than the first because the ‘fun newness’ is wearing off. And then on the 13th the word ‘pork barrel’ almost had me skipping my first day. Not only was it a boring word (two actually!) to write about, it took up a lot of characters making it even more challenging. But I muddled through, so here are the 15 Minute Tweet Tales for the second week:

1/11 – When the alien landed, shock made me tutoyer it. “Yo, dude, wassup?” Requiring a more respectful greeting, it declared formal war.

1/12 – The director recoiled at her rugose outfit. How dare she audition for the Martha Stewart biopic looking like she didn’t own an iron?

1/13 – The senator initiated pork barrel projects to distract reporters from the intern who’d disappeared after a month of morning puking.

1/14 – She thought it was cool to have a boyfriend who sparkled… until she found out he and her grandpa were coeval. Then it was gross.

1/15 – Notes scribbled on her shoes were the true ancilla to passing Latin, not the tutor her mom had worked so many extra shifts to afford.

1/16 – “I reckon you better hare off down the road to fetch the sheriff.” “Why, Papa?” “Cause your mama’s ‘bout to have a fatal accident.”

1/17 – It took him months to write, but he smiled imagining the euphony of his self-penned eulogy being read aloud. Then he loaded the gun.

I think my favorite for the week is the vampire one for ‘coeval.’ I’ve been on the vampire adoration train since I was twelve, but when you really think about what it means, it is more than a little gross.

I hope you’re feeling inspired to play along on some of the days, and you can still craft tweet tales for the above words. If you’re willing to share, post them on twitter with the hashtag #15tt or add them below in the comments because I’d love to read them.

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