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1980’s

Alright peoples! Help me out here.

In the comments:
type in single words (no phrases) that remind you of the 80’s. These can be words that relate to styles, social behaviors, foods, music, books, etc.

My contribution:
Aliens, Hellraiser, Popples, hair, Metallica, E.T., Airplane!, Poltergeist, Hannibal, Firestarter, Reagan, cold, yuppie, Cosby, MTV

We’ll be using these words later, but for right now the goal is to get as many listed as possible.

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More Stew

Fiction Stew is a list that includes: 2 characters, 2 objects, an adjective, an abstract word, a place and one other word (anything). Giving a writer 8 words to work with. The idea is to start a story and to use the entire list within the first 1000 words.

Help our writers out and post a list in the comments for them to use. And I’ll even make it a personal challenge to take on each list myself. So, make me work!

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Fiction Stew

Here’s a list of words: pyromaniac, skycap, all-night diner, tuna fish, bowling pin, gardenia, polyester, infinity

And here’s another: police officer, your father, the gazebo, a little garden, jeans, e-mail, yellowed, love

Begin a story. Use all the words in the list with in the first 1000 words of your story.