For this weekend’s Trifextra challenge: Forty-three years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first person to ever walk on the moon. In celebration of Moon Day we want you to write 33 words about someone who took a giant leap. It can mean whatever you’d like, just make sure you write exactly 33 words. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘challenge’
Trifextra – “scrambled”
Posted: July 21, 2012 in FictionTags: brave, challenge, eggs, food, life, pioneer, Trifextra, writing
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Trifextra – “The Grapes of Wrath” (in 33 words)
Posted: June 22, 2012 in FictionTags: apologies to Mr. Steinbeck, challenge, injustice, Okie, Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Trifextra, writing
Trifextra – “boundaries”
Posted: June 16, 2012 in FictionTags: boundaries, challenge, childhood, fiction, life, protection, Trifextra
This weekend’s challenge brought to you by the fine folks at Trifextra. Please give us a creative piece inspired by the photo below. You have two options for word count: you can either give us 33 words or 333 words. Please note: we are not asking for a post between 33 and 333 words. We are asking for a post that is exactly 33 words or exactly 333 words.
(photo courtsey of Trifecta)
dispatch from yorkshire: climbing the moor
Posted: May 19, 2012 in TravelTags: challenge, climb, England, hiking, Ilkley Moor, life, nature, Yorkshire
At a glance the Moor does not seem all that daunting, although the distance straight to the top is difficult to gauge. Is it 200 feet? 500? 1,000? No, certainly not 1,000. That would be 100 stories, like climbing the Empire State Building. It is not that high, is it? Is that possible? Unlike a skyscraper it (more…)
Trifextra – “rochambeau: standoff”
Posted: April 27, 2012 in FictionTags: battle, challenge, Rochambeau, rock paper scissors, strategy, Trifextra, war, writing
Trifextra – “goldilocks and the three bears” – by ernest hemingway (approx. 1928)
Posted: April 21, 2012 in FictionTags: challenge, fairy tale, found in the attic, Goldilocks, Hemingway, three bears, Trifextra, writing
Ed. Note: In a dusty corner of the attic at Trask Avenue we stumbled upon a sheaf of papers wrapped tightly with twine. We were pleased to discover they were unpublished versions of popular fairy tales written by Ernest Hemingway. Based upon the age of the paper and the peculiarities of the typewriter font our forensic experts estimate these were written sometime in the late 1920’s, probably in the winter of 1928-1929, after Hemingway’s second son (Patrick) was born. (more…)
Trifextra – “restoration”
Posted: April 6, 2012 in FictionTags: challenge, Empire State Building, fiction, life, medicine, New York, restoration, Trifextra, writing
Trifextra – “hypnagogia”
Posted: March 30, 2012 in FictionTags: challenge, dream, fiction, horror, hypnagogia, Trifextra, writing
Trask Avenue 