The challenge: to write 104 words including:
…. the line was drawn ….
Julia said this was simple, but I found it hard to decide what to write until I remembered the way we had to write up science experiments at school. And the green squiggly lines that appear whenever I use the passive voice.
The Experiment
Aim: To draw a straight line.
Tools: Pencil, paper, ruler, sharpener.
Method: The pencil was inserted into the sharpener and turned until it was sharpened. The paper was placed on a flat surface, the ruler was placed on the paper and the pencil was placed against the ruler. Keeping the pencil adjacent to the ruler, the line was drawn.
Result: The paper was found to contain a straight line.
Conclusion: It is assumed that a straight line can always be drawn in this way.
Evaluation: Passive voice has been used throughout this write-up. Unhappiness has been felt by a certain word processor.
Miriam Drori, Author 
26 replies on “100 Word Challenge – Week #51”
Sharp!
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🙂
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That was a great and original take on the prompt – very clever! As above – sharp!
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Thanks 🙂
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quite original! Not sure I understood the last line but the idea of the whole piece is intriguing and kept me going! 🙂 Nicely done.
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I was only thinking of the message from Word: “Passive voice, consider revising.” (I know I could change the settings to stop it doing that.) Thank you 🙂
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Poor word processor! They do all the work, and we are so often angry with them, but never praise their dedication and hard work…
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You’re right! We’d be lost without them.
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An original take on the prompt indeed- well done for being different 🙂
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Thank you! It’s taken me a long time to appreciate my differentness, but I do now 🙂
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I absolutely love that you embraced the passive voice and conquered it with finesse. So fun. Poor word processor.
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But is it morally right that we have fun at the expense of the word processor?
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I think that it is justified, given the abuse the word processor dishes out on a regular basis. 😉
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Very smart piece. 🙂
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WordPress is playing up and doesn’t seem to realise that I am me, So it’s forcing me to be original by sending my “Thank you” comments to spam. And all I wanted to say was: Thank you 🙂
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Very clever, loved it.
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Ditto my comment to Angela.
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I had a similar problem at the weekend. For some reason I had to moderate all my own replies to comments made to my submissions. I eliminated the problem by using the ‘clear cache’ option on the computer and it’s OK now.
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Thanks, Sandra. I had to remove cookies, too, but now it’s OK.
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Nicely done! it seems your line was straighter than mine though 🙂
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Thanks 🙂 As we get older, we draw straighter lines. Until we get too old to draw straight lines. Hmm.
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I like this one. A unique interpretation of the prompt. Nice one.
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Thank you 🙂 I like the word “unique”.
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Very original!
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Thank you 🙂
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Very scientific and analytical. Nicely done!
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