Don’t you hate it when someone calls you from a survey group with a deceptively non-partisan name like “National Research,” convinces you they really do need your opinion because you’re not a retired grandparent like most of their respondents, and then asks you a bunch of rather biased questions?
I probably answered most of their questions the same way a retired grandparent would anyway. Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!
And you can have even more fun with this weeks InMonster offerings:
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The Rules
There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.
OR
No really; I need rules!
Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.
The Prompts:
MORTAL WATER
WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS
INFANT SKY
COSMIC ARCHAEOLOGIST
PAINT IN THE WASHING MACHINE
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Happy writing!
Paint in the washing machine caught my attention. 🙂
http://chaoticallyyours.blogspot.com/2014/08/fiction-three-weeks.html
No one every surveys me. I have a suspicion that my whole family has been designated an “outlier” and so they avoid us. 😉
I love “words without borders” but the muse hasn’t stirred yet.
Well, usually they hang up politely but quickly when I tell them I’m in marketing. Consumer surveys don’t want answers from people in the industry (or even their relatives), I think for fear of leaking information to their competitors.
But it doesn’t work with political surveys. Tell me how to get the outlier designation!
I have no idea how we got it. Just being weird, I guess. 😉
Cosmic archaeologist got me to thinking…
http://thinspiralnotebook.com/2014/08/06/cheshire-cat-moon/
Here’s my submission. Lucy
http://wp.me/p46TDv-EC
Here’s my piece from this week! Words Without Borders was too good to pass up, but at the same time I’m not sure if I did it justice. In any case, enjoy!
http://inthewordsofanevan.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/words-without-borders/
Be well and prosper,
Evan