Writing Challenge: Expand a short sentence into one longer sentence

[Louanne Learning]

This idea is adapted from a book by Stanley Fish – How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

Use your creativity to expand the short sentence given in the previous post to one longer sentence of at least 50 words.
Bonus points if you can tell a whole story in the one sentence.

Complete your post by providing the next sentence to be expanded.

All prompts must be a sentence between 2-5 words (must include at least one subject + one verb).

All responses must be one complete sentence.

First prompt sentence:

Amber laughed.

Expanded sentence:

Even though Amber had been warned against it, by persons who had less faith in her than she had in herself, Amber climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, with stamina and determination, even ignoring the blister on her foot, and when she reached the summit she laughed, for she had been set free.


Next prompt sentence:

The machine malfunctioned.

 

[Luxuria]

Okay, I will take the next prompt.

Carl stared at the blender on the counter, the machine and himself covered in pumpkin pie mix; and wondered what made the machine malfunction as it had been working just the other day when he made a batch of margaritas.

New prompt:
The cows danced.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Thanks for being our first participant!

Just a reminder to all - the expanded sentence needs to be at least 50 words long.

 

[Luxuria]

Thanks for being our first participant!

Just a reminder to all - the expanded sentence needs to be at least 50 words long.

I'm the queen of writing run on sentences. I have needed to work on making my lines shorter. LOL.

 

[Louanne Learning]

The cows danced.

When the sun set and the moon was high in the night sky, Farmer Joe took his fiddle to the barn and made magic with it, his toe-tapping scrapes across the strings happy enough to brighten up even the saddest face, and the cows danced, because it was a mooving experience.

Next prompt:

Mike blew his nose.

 

[Mr Mononoke]

He looked around.

It's the paint.

The colour was different from what he remembered. It was a darker shade of cream or was it sunny yellow before? Memories seemed to be failing him.

He walked to a closed door, turned the handle and opened into this blinding light forcing onto his face. His hands groped forward, fingers grasping thin air, what is going on?

"Welcome, Mike!" said a cheery American guy voice, "Welcome to the new site."

"Oh, hello," came the reply and Mike blew his nose.


....

Next prompt:

Why oh why?

 

[Louanne Learning]

@Mr Mononoke - thank you for the contribution!

Maybe you could take another look at the rules of the game? The prompt given must be a sentence (at least subject + verb) and the expanded version must be one sentence only

 

[Mr Mononoke]

My apologies @Louanne Learning!

I've been a little tired today... bad headache from poor sleep lately. I will remember next time!

 

[Louanne Learning]

My apologies @Louanne Learning!

I've been a little tired today... bad headache from poor sleep lately. I will remember next time!

How about just giving us a new prompt sentence?

 

[Mr Mononoke]

How about just giving us a new prompt sentence?

I did Louanne...

Next prompt:

Why oh why?

 

[Louanne Learning]

I did Louanne...

We need to start with a subject + verb

 

[Mr Mononoke]

And she screamed.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

But although Louanne Learning had to chide Mr Mononoke several times against using "Why oh why?" as a complete sentence, he kept on using it, with the penultimate result that before it drove her completely mad, doolally, and round the twist, Louanne opened her mouth, exposed her uvula, and uttered a ululating, piercing shriek that measured somewhere in the 200-decibel range, with the result (ultimately) of shattering all chandeliers within a range of 500 miles.
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Next sentence: He hung his head in shame

 

[Louanne Learning]

He hung his head in shame

That's six words.

 

[big soft moose]

Rath was deeply deeply ashamed that he had let louane down by using too many words he ritually castrated himself with a spoon and ate a meal made from his own sweetmeats sautéed in hot marmalade, still contrite and wishing for absolution he hung his head in shame and rightly so

Next sentence

The moose bellowed

 

[Louanne Learning]

The moose bellowed

A beautiful white powder of fresh snow covered the ski run, and the enthusiasts raced down the mountainside with the wind freshening their faces, and the most agile of them all was an antlered animal on three-thousand-dollar elite carbon slalom skis, and the moose bellowed with exhilaration, for he might just make the Olympics.

Next prompt:

The prophet prayed.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Amongst the varied and evolutionarily questionable creatures that inhabit the virgin territories of the new writing forum, the moose, seemingly docile and content with lush grazing, struck fear into all his fellow inhabitants with a great, sonorous bellowing response when pointed out that his loquacious entry was deemed ineligible for want of proper punctuation, at best, or connecting conjunctions, as most likely, to rectify his incomplete sentence.

And Louanne is there before me...

Those that know, that can tell and sometimes will, in the face of ridicule and rejection, accused of insanity and witchcraft, may soothe the naysayers with truth and prophesy by calling upon them, the agnostics and holders of faith, to bend to the knee and entreat the divine for beneficient intercession.

I'm the queen of writing run on sentences.

Howdy Queen. Meet your errant Prince.

The Griffin sleeps.

 

[Zev]

Amongst the varied and evolutionarily questionable creatures that inhabit the virgin territories of the new writing forum, the moose, seemingly docile and content with lush grazing, struck fear into all his fellow inhabitants with a great, sonorous bellowing response when pointed out that his loquacious entry was deemed ineligible for want of proper punctuation, at best, or connecting conjunctions, as most likely, to rectify his incomplete sentence.

And Louanne is there before me...

Those that know, that can tell and sometimes will, in the face of ridicule and rejection, accused of insanity and witchcraft, may soothe the naysayers with truth and prophesy by calling upon them, the agnostics and holders of faith, to bend to the knee and entreat the divine for beneficient intercession.


Howdy Queen. Meet your errant Prince.

The Griffin sleeps.

As the night sky dawned upon the mountain that was still slick with rain, the moon casted a serene glow upon the wet grass. The sound of chirping cut through the mountains silence.
Atop the mountains was a towering, mythical Griffin that guarded the treasures that were housed at the top of the mountain. The griffin curled itself into a donut position as its silver gaze that once echoed the moon's radiance beautifully began to close.

Next sentence:
Leah cried loudly.

 

[Louanne Learning]

As the night sky dawned upon the mountain that was still slick with rain, the moon casted a serene glow upon the wet grass. The sound of chirping cut through the mountains silence.
Atop the mountains was a towering, mythical Griffin that guarded the treasures that were housed at the top of the mountain. The griffin curled itself into a donut position as its silver gaze that once echoed the moon's radiance beautifully began to close.

Nice! But please read the rules. The answering post must be one sentence.

 

[Zev]

Nice! But please read the rules. The answering post must be one sentence.

Sorry! Didn't see that