Monday, April 11, 2011

'I' is For....?

Saturday's 'H' word was 'Hope.'  Thanks for all your wonderful comments and guesses!


Today, guess which 'I' emotion/feeling/state of mind I've depicted today in the short fictional passage below.  Jessica Bell is using the same prompt word for a passage of her own.  After guessing in the comments here, won't you follow the link and read Jess's entry?




Here's mine:



The writer stared at her computer screen.  The cursor blinked, accusingly, next to the one character she’d managed to type.  ‘I’.  She sighed, her mind wandering to her to-do list, which was short today.  She forced her attention back.  ‘I’.  What a silly prompt.  It’s a letter yet a word all by itself.  Big deal.  She lifted her fingers off the keyboard, examined a bit of polish chipped off one nail, then lay them back into the grooves of ‘a’, ‘s’, ‘d’, ‘f’, ‘j’, ‘k’, ‘l’, and semi-colon.  ‘I’.  What could she say about ‘I’.  She had no opinion, one way or another.  The only thing she cared about what getting something, anything, written down.


Any guesses?  See you over at Jessica's blog!


                                    

23 comments:

Jessica Bell said...

LOL! I assume this is autobiographical? ;o) xoxo

S.A. Larsenッ said...

Honestly, I think you've stumped me, today.

Tonya said...

Indifferent or indecisive?

Jennifer Hoffine said...

I thought I had it, until I read Jessica's. I'll bet Tonya's right with indifferent.

Linda G. said...

Indifference? Apt illustration. *grin*

Carolyn Abiad said...

Is she looking for something inspirational? :)

Matthew MacNish said...

I would feel indignant in this situation, but after reading Jessica's I suppose indifferent fits.

Angie Paxton said...

I love this take on the A-Z blogging challenge. What a great idea! I'm going with indifferent for the emotion here.

Samantha Vérant said...

I'm stumped too. But indifferent does seem like a good guess, one way or another!

Eliza said...

Inspiration, that was my post. I have a distinct lack of it.

K.C. Woolf said...

Funny way of describing indifference =)

Laura S. said...

Indifferent. I think this passage is written from the experience of all writers, LOL!

Linda Gray said...

I'm guessing 'indifferent.' I sort of cheated by reading both your post and Jessica's for a double clue. Great work!

Found your blog by reading comments you've made on other blogs, Nicole, and am so glad I did. You've received a blog award over at Critique Sisters.

Marjorie said...

Indifference- That's what I'm going with. I hope it's right.

Hannah said...

I'm with everyone. Indifferent?

Michael Di Gesu said...

I would have to say indifference.

Ciara said...

Great job, I'm stumped. :) I'm a fellow A-Z challenger and new follower. :)

LTM said...

mbrr... hmm... On Jessica's site, I said irritation. Then I went with impatience. I'm thinking impatience. :D <3

Susan Flett Swiderski said...

This example works for both indecisive and indifferent. Jeez, I can't make up my mind, but oh well. Who cares? (HA!)

Lisa Ricard Claro said...

Others have said "indifferent" and I suppose that could be it! Whatever your "I" word (maybe it is just that...I) you wrote it well. :)

Arlee Bird said...

Indifference is definitely starting to make sense. Not that it matters all that much to me--that word will work as well as another I guess.


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Vicki Rocho said...

Inattention?

Mary Aalgaard said...

After reading Jessica's, I'd say irritated. But, I was really thinking - unInspired.