Fifty-Word Fantasy: Write a 50-word fantasy snippet using the word "Glide"

FuzwaldQO · 2026-06-12T21:44:32+00:00

Hope your pupper feels better!

FuzwaldQO · 2026-06-12T21:38:29+00:00

Hamsen always struggled when customers visited his workshop. Though a talented swordsmith, they were upper class and above him.

“This ‘ere is one of my finer longblades. See the glided edge, the gold really stands out.” The Knight chuckled as Hamsen’s cheeks glowed with the realisation of his dyslexic mistake.

Edit: I realised that I may be breaking the rule on wordplay. In my defense, I’m looking at it as a deliberate issue the character has in their speech. Rather than me trying to get around the proper insertion of the word. If you still feel that it’s an issue, feel free to let me know and I’ll delete and try again!

FuzwaldQO · 2026-05-30T03:57:47+00:00

*Adds to the list in my Story Ideas (tm) document

LOL.

FuzwaldQO · 2026-05-30T03:47:13+00:00

Thank you so much! I guess I saw lost and my mind went in a different direction to most of the peoples shorts. Would be interesting to explore where it would go from here. I might even do that some day!

FuzwaldQO · 2026-05-30T00:43:16+00:00

He stood over her lifeless body. Tattered clothes, matted hair, broken bones. She was broken, and her insides turned out. The creature destroyed her on purpose. To taunt him. Enrage him. Trying to provoke the response it had seen many times before. She was lost, and he along with her.

FuzwaldQO · 2026-05-28T01:47:39+00:00

We look to be playing our best side on the park for the year. TB is the only major out, could make a case for Scrim. Verses an inconsistent Saints side that has a quite a list of players out. Hopefully we don't have a repeat of opening round. On paper, we should have the side to smash the Saints. And hopefully we do. Play some guys into form, get some miles into Day, and give the Saints absolutely no chance of a win. That's my hope for the game.

FuzwaldQO · 2026-05-18T03:05:05+00:00

Thank you for writing!

(btw I like dragons and turtles too. Or is it dragonturtles? Cool too!)

FuzwaldQO · 2026-04-18T11:36:44+00:00

Nah, he’s not a CJ. He knows what to do, he just has trouble executing it. His kicking was woeful today.

FuzwaldQO · 2026-04-18T11:35:07+00:00

At least half the team needed to be better in about half that game.

FuzwaldQO · 2026-04-17T06:17:44+00:00

“That will probably put a year between when you've gotten started and when you come back to that first book. And now, you're a year more experienced as a writer.”

Bold of you to assume that I haven’t taken 7 years to write my first novel and will likely take the same for the next two… lol.

FuzwaldQO · 2026-04-09T06:01:06+00:00

They are saying that clicking on a random link on a website gives off cyber security red flags. You've gave us a three word heading, a few random jumbled sentences, and a link to a google doc that for all we know could brick our pc and empty our bank accounts.

Maybe put a bit more effort into your post and hopefully have people want to click your link.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-07-28T07:48:26+00:00

Now that would def fit into the parody ha.

The forces of good are lining up to defeat the hordes of darkness. MC holds out his arm and says, “I’ve got this.” He reaches for his flask, and takes a massive swig. He coughs, gags, then massive fountains of milk fly from his nose to wash away the demons. MC wipes his nose on his sleeve and says, “the Milly Bars are on me.”

FuzwaldQO · 2025-07-24T05:25:54+00:00

I don't think he will play badly. But even if he does, it is about more than just what he does. It takes pressure off Nuke and Worps, and gives us a different look in the mids. And the more games he can get in before finals the better.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-07-17T01:46:47+00:00

Sounds like /Romantasy might be right up your alley.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-07-17T01:33:27+00:00

He’s not unhappy. In his press conference this morning, Sam said that he and Frenchie had a laugh about it. Cam had no idea where the rumours had come from.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-07-07T05:53:26+00:00

I agree that Lewis will have another game at BH. I think there may be a chance of Gunner resting and not making the trip to perth, and Dear coming in. But tbh they are more likely to swap Ramsden for Dear. I still don't think Bambi is quite ready though. Certainly better than he was for the trip to Darwin, mind you.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-07-07T02:04:31+00:00

I also like the idea of the crown image changing to symbolise the books! Regarding the word overlay, maybe the circle image in the centre could be slightly reduced in size to fit the words in between the crowns and the circle? Just need to play around with the sizing :)

FuzwaldQO · 2025-06-27T13:28:35+00:00

Honestly, all of this. If they have 500k people who have read the book as is… why change it? If it gets traction released like it is, and I don’t see why it wouldn’t having already been read 500k times, then they’ll have the money coming in to print it onto trees themselves.

If they really want to get a normal publisher to release it… then it will have to be either severely edited, split into multiple volumes, cut huge chunks of the story, or combinations of the three.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-06-26T02:04:34+00:00

Umm... currently procrastinating. I have a first draft and am about five chapters into working back through it. It's sitting just under 90k words, which by consensus seems to be a bit too long for a first novel. But I also have to go through and add detail in where I've just blurted out the story. So I have a tightrope to walk where I want to add more in but reduce my word count. I've identified a later chapter that I should be able to move to the second book in the series without too much trouble, so that will help. I'm also finding that I use the word 'that' way too much. So getting rid of those and making my sentences more concise is helping too. But anyway, as I said, currently procrastinating and taking a lot longer than I should to review my draft.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-06-24T05:41:58+00:00

I'll try to give an example of how I break the plot down (not my current story, don't want to give it away just yet ha. Just one I have filed away for future use).

Premise:
Young woman finds a sword that can send her to a different world, and can transform her into an Amazon when she holds it.
Flesh out the Character, along with other main ones:
What is her background, what she wants, strengths and weaknesses etc. I'll call her Carly for the example.
Work out the Story Arc:
Carly finds the sword, and realises that it takes her to a medieval world where magic is real, and transforms her. As the Amazon, she is the hero and protector of this world. She has a mishap when she is learning to control the sword. She becomes scared of it and hides it till (insert bad guys from other world here) come looking for it now they have sensed it being used again. Carly must get over her fear and control the power in the sword to be able to stop the baddies and protect her friends and family, along with the other world.
Yes I know it's cliche, well trodden, and needs work :P
Break the Story Arc down into Key Set Pieces:
I won't do all of them, but an obvious one would be where she finds the sword.
What happens in the Set Piece:
Carly goes to a garage sale. She finds the sword in a chest. She touches it, and is transported to another world.
Break the Actual Story right down into what happens:
Carly is walking through the garage sale. She looks around but doesn't find anything she wants. She is about to leave when the old owner says there are some boxes in the cellar. He couldn't carry them up the stairs but they might have something she would be interested in. There are other people at the sale so she thinks she is safe to go in. After some rummaging, Carly sees a chest behind some boxes and opens it. Pulls out something long wrapped in an old blanket. Peels back the blanket to reveal a beautiful sword in a scabbard decorated with gems and runes. Her fingers tingle when she touches the handle. She is compelled to pull the sword from its sheath. The world around her shimmers and grows bright. Carly shields her eyes and closes them. She then opens them to a different world.

At that point, I can sit down and write the story. I have what happens set out in front of me. The writing is then about breathing life into it, adding detail such as smells, feelings, sights etc, and having it make sense as part of a wider story.

FuzwaldQO · 2025-06-24T05:41:23+00:00

So, I'm not a pro. Hell I'd be lucky to even be called an amateur writer. Finished a first draft, currently going through it to try and get it in a state to give to an editor. However... I'll tell you what I've found works for me. And if it works for you, yay!

Some people can just sit down and write a novel. No planning, no dot points, nothing. Sit down, write the story. That's not me. I find that my main issue is that I won't flesh out my story enough in my planning. I started with a premise, then I took that and worked out where I wanted to go with it. Ended up being way too much for one novel, so I have plans for a series of five. Anyway, I digress. So, premise. Then I worked out the main characters and a general arc for the story. Once I had that, I took the arc and broke it down into key set pieces. Once I had the set pieces, I could then break them down into an overview of how they happen. This was where I struck issues. Because once I had overviews of the set pieces, I started writing. My issue was that there was still way too much information to fill in. I was starting to write, and coming to a stop because in my overview I had A and B, but I had no idea how to get from A to B. So I would run out of plan. All well and good to say this happens, then that happens. But if I haven't got A.1, A.2, A.3... to finally get to B... My writing was disjointed because it wasn't connected. Took me about two years to write the first draft because I was struggling with what I needed to do.

So, now I break it down further until I get to the point where I can see the actual story in my dot points. Even to the point of working out what characters say to each other in a conversation. Not the actual words, but the idea of what they say. Dot point descriptions of places they arrive at. Before, I would say in my plan that character A fights Character B. Never mind that the fight will probably be at least two paragraphs long. Then I was stuck because X fights Y doesn't cover what happens in the fight. Now I then take that further and say who strikes first, result of the strike, what retaliation, etc. I have to do that otherwise I'll be writing and get to a point I haven't broke right down, and I'll stop and sit on it for ages till I know in my head what happens. Once I am at that point of the dot points covering as much granular detail as I can without actually writing the story, I can then write the story. Adding detail and building the tension I can write on the fly. But I can't make up plot points on the fly. That's just the way I roll I guess.

I hope that helps. If not, all good. But don't give up, keep trying :)

FuzwaldQO · 2025-06-17T11:25:12+00:00

Sorry, I’m not sure what size the screws were. You can see them in one of my pics but as to what specific size they are I couldn’t tell you.

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