Challenge #185: Albatross
Oct. 5th, 2016 03:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The Chimerical challenge is now closed.
Our next challenge is: Albatross
Def:
1. A seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility.
2. Something burdensome that impedes action or progress.
3. Any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods.
4. Textiles a) a lightweight worsted fabric with a crepe or pebble finish, b) a plain-weave cotton fabric with a soft nap surface.
Syn: burden, duty, grievance, guilt, hardship, hindrance, millstone, onus, punishment, responsibility, task, trial, weight
Go ahead and twist the challenge however you want, it’s up to you. *g*
You have two weeks to write your fic and post or link to it here. I will post a new challenge on Wednesday, October 19th.
This week’s challenge doesn’t inspire you? Check out our previous challenges numerically here or alphabetically here.
If at any time you need to refresh your memory about subject lines, headers, or anything else, check out the rules.
Have fun!
(Please feel free to suggest future challenges in the comments to this post.)
Our next challenge is: Albatross
Def:
1. A seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility.
2. Something burdensome that impedes action or progress.
3. Any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods.
4. Textiles a) a lightweight worsted fabric with a crepe or pebble finish, b) a plain-weave cotton fabric with a soft nap surface.
Syn: burden, duty, grievance, guilt, hardship, hindrance, millstone, onus, punishment, responsibility, task, trial, weight
Go ahead and twist the challenge however you want, it’s up to you. *g*
You have two weeks to write your fic and post or link to it here. I will post a new challenge on Wednesday, October 19th.
This week’s challenge doesn’t inspire you? Check out our previous challenges numerically here or alphabetically here.
If at any time you need to refresh your memory about subject lines, headers, or anything else, check out the rules.
Have fun!
(Please feel free to suggest future challenges in the comments to this post.)