A “Double-Dog Dare” Writing Challenge

The infamous ‘Word By Word Dictionary’ is back.

This spring I’ve been playing with some new friends on Medium.

We’ve been writing stories in response to 30-day writing challenges.

You know the ones.

“Write a poem a day for x days, or write a story using this word as inspiration.”

I don’t know about you, but I can’t resist these challenges, especially if the words spark something in my brain.

The synapses start to whir and as my friend Claire Kelly says, I’m lost in the ‘caverns of my mind’.

Last spring I was playing with a group of friends, making up ‘Words That Should Be In The Dictionary.’

We had a lot of fun writing about words that we thought should already exist.

I had a great idea.

Why not take these ‘words’ and create a writing challenge.

Words like:

#11. Confoundium

Confoundium is the state you find yourself in, after umpteen Zoom calls when after many distractions and multitasking, you suddenly find your name called out, and no clue as to what was said before it.

and

#17. Naptitude

Did you have a naptitude today? Naptitude is the feeling of irritation you get after a nap you didn’t want to end. We’ve all been there, wishing time would just stop and allow us a few more minutes!

When you hear them they feel so right!

So, here’s the challenge. I double-dog dare you to do it!

Choose a word from the list of made-up words and write a story or poem, or whatever else comes to you.

This 30-day challenge is open, so jump in anytime.

The only thing I ask is that you tag me Tree Langdon so I can enjoy your creation and add the tag #MadeUpWords.

You can find the full list of challenge words here:

I’m excited to see what you create!

I’m tagging members of The Crew and some other writers that might be interested in this challenge. Feel free to invite your friends to play along.

Dr. Preeti Singh, Claire Kelly, Holly Kellums, Stuart Englander, Holly, Marcus, Noorain Hassan, BMS, Josh Balerite Acol, Stuart Englander, Jupiter Grant, Dennett, Jennifer McDougall, Janny’s heart, Daniel G. Clark, Paroma Sen, Eashan Reddy Kotha, Keno Ogbo, James G Brennan, Timothy Key, Uchechi Obasi, Adam Slawson, Rebecca Sealfon, Marne Platt, Dr Mehmet Yildiz,

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