FIC CHALLENGE: Pangrams

[milochka.livejournal.com]

Time for a new fic challenge, folks!

A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet, such as the popular "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." Your challenge is to write a drabble (or ficlet) that contains a pangram.


Pangram Examples:
- The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
- Puzzled women bequeath jerks very exotic gifts.
- We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize.
- A quart jar of oil mixed with zinc oxide makes a very bright paint.
- The July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt.

Challenge Rules:
- A classic pangram uses each letter only ONCE in the sentence. However, you may use letters more than once in your sentence (otherwise this challenge would be next to impossible *G*).
- Drabbles are exactly 100 words; ficlets should be no more than 500 words.
- Naturally, your drabble/ficlet must have a proper rugbytackle pairing.

Unfortunately, I don't know of any website or word-processing program that can check your sentence for pangram validity; you will have to manually check that it contains all letters of the alphabet. Maybe your beta reader can help. One method is to write (or type out) each letter of the alphabet on a sheet of paper, then go through your pangram and cross off each letter on the list when you see it in your sentence.

Good luck, everyone! *cackles madly*


PSA Note: The lovely and patient yehnica has memory'ized previous fic challenges in this comm, going back to last spring! Please give the lady some applause for Fic Challenge Memories.

Comments

[nessa-t.livejournal.com]

O_O

*faints*

*revives a bit before crawling on all fours to the puter to write*

:D

[milochka.livejournal.com]

Heh. *throws bucket of ice water over you*

I thought the last challenge was too easy... figured I'd ramp the creativity level up a notch. ;-) Good luck!

[darknightjess.livejournal.com]

You're mad I tell you - MAD!!!!
What - *sputter* I mean - why *flails*

ARGH!!
Alright, I'll try. Damn...
*headdesk*

[milochka.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't kill yourself out of frustration... this is meant to be a fun challenge! *G*

[liars-dance.livejournal.com]

Your'e just trying to drive us VigBean whores a little crazy aren't you?

*snogs you silly*

[milochka.livejournal.com]

Heee! A little, yes. *snogs you back* Good luck!

[ribby.livejournal.com]

Oooh! New challenge! *sigh* That's all I seem to write these days... my own muses remain un-proddable. *pokes Sean and Vig muses with sharp stick, gets growled at* See what I mean?

And 'cause I'm a horrible cheater, there *is* a site that has a large selection of pangrams, some of which may work perfectly. Go here (http://www.fun-with-words.com/pang_example.html) for several good examples.

Now, if I can just figure out *when* to write this... *grin*

*hugs you*

~Kris

[milochka.livejournal.com]

Eeep... I was hoping you guys wouldn't find that site and work from a stock sentence (but hey, who am I kidding). There are actually several good examples sites out there, but no sort of engine that actually tests your sentence for you, which is what I would have provided to help with the challenge. ;-)

I know what you mean about muses and challenges though... for months it's been the only way I've been able to write too. *sighs with you*

[ribby.livejournal.com]

*grin* Yeah, I'm lazy. And I cheat. *grin* Still love me?

I've got several longer pieces either in notes or in progress... I just can't seem to get my brain together to track plots and stuff, so short is the way to go currently. And I always forget how few words 100 is... I usually end up editing like mad to get it down that far. Good practice, though!

~Kris

[milochka.livejournal.com]

Of course I still love ya, silly! *hugs*

I find it's not the word count that stops me these days -- it's the simple lack of a good plot bunny. Even with the challenge drabbles, it takes me longer to work out a general theme or idea than to actually write the damn thing. ;-)