Dialog
This was the very first appearance for Ethel and Cheryl. February 1, 2013 in the writing group Trifecta. The challenge was to write exactly 33 words using the third definition of the word ‘dialog’.
“Dialog? What the hell kind of prompt is that?”
“For cryin’ out loud, Ethyl, it’s simple. Write 33 words of a conversation.”
“But I want a picture, a definition.”
“You’re not getting one.”
And from this prompt became the adventures of Ethel & Cheryl... told mostly through dialog.
Sir Walter
Ethel and Cheryl showed up the following week in response to Trifecta's challenge to use the third definition of Path...
3a : course, route
b : a way of life, conduct, or though
33 to 333 words
“Oh what a tangled path we weave.”
“My, aren’t you the dramatic one! But you’ve got the quote wrong, I don’t think it’s path.”
“What are you talking about, of course it is. It’s by Shakespeare.”
“Not! I’m gonna look it up.”
“Go right ahead Miss Google-Pants.”
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“Web, Ethel. It’s ‘web’, not ‘path’. I think it was by Sir Walter Scott, not Shakespeare.”
“Think! Don’t you give me ‘think’, Cheryl, you know damn well who it is, you just looked it up for Christ’s sake!”