Neal started noticing a frequent twitch in his eye. This time, Neal was going to be the worst kind of victim. Another terrible normalquake was impending and fast approaching it would threaten to destroy the normalcy of my most treasured friendship. If only those silly relationship worries had been the worst of my fears…but no. I was grateful for theįreedom to express my affection to him once in a while. But those worries were in vain.įortunately, our bonds of friendship managed to supersede any awkwardĮmotions despite their unwanted interference. I feared that my defiantly obviousįeelings would push him away again. Strong feelings for Neal crept back in like children sneaking out of bedĪt night…hoping not to be discovered, and yet with a severe lack ofĪbility to remain concealed. What would happen “if only he would give me another chance”. I took itĪll in stride, remembering his “unavailability” and being happy with myĬurrent dating circumstances, and yet I held fast to my pondering of With him feeling secure in his long-distance relationship with Cindy, he seemed more mature now in his friendship with me. Through all of this togetherness, Neal and I grew closer once again.
I hope it’s okay for me to post something that I wrote recently instead of something I wrote today… I wanted to share this because it includes a word I made up for my story: “normalquake”. ( Joe here: This trick is also called portmanteau, but I like “The Mush Approach” better, don't you?) A magical creature that tends to use lots of onomatopoeias while in conversation.Īnd there you have it! You’ve just made another word. Here’s another example from a different word I made up: Use a half from each word and put them together. Take the two words and pretend you’re cutting them each in half. Pick any two words-you can choose two words that you like or you can flip through the dictionary and pick two random words to use. Voila! You have a brand new word to use in your stories! The Mush ApproachĪnother way to create a word is by using what I call “The Mush Approach.” Pretend that you’re creating a whole new word in the dictionary and write up a definition for your word. Now write down those letters on a different piece of paper and mix them around until it forms a word you like.
If you want a longer word, point to more than five letters. Now close your eyes and point to five different letters. Take 26 pieces of paper and write down one letter of the alphabet on each piece of paper all twenty-six letters of it. One way to create a new word is to use what I like to call “The Randomizer Approach.” Photo by jurvetson The Randomizer Approach
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