Writing Challenge: Expand a short sentence into one longer sentence

[Hammer]

Leah cried loudly as the scalpel inched its way through her ankle; it was one thing playing a game of “hunt the wocket”, but when the wocket turns round and bites, it’s probably time to leave the game behind and start concentrating on what really matters, not to put too fine a point on it, why do wockets always go for the bloody feet?!

Prompt - the storm-clouds gathered

 

[Rath Darkblade]

The storm-clouds gathered, promising the orange juice of stormy rain later in the afternoon, in the aftermath of which one may find the soupy fog of the evening and perhaps even the croutons of tea-time, yea verily.

Prompt: Another bloody sentence. =P

 

[Louanne Learning]

Hello all players - just a reminder that the expanded sentence must be at least 50 words long.

And the prompt sentence must be between 2-5 words, and include a subject and a verb.

 

[Louanne Learning]

the storm-clouds gathered

Old world met new, and they who had been there since before the flood, which had not blighted them, narrowed their eyes at the Bearers of the Big Book, which told of things already engraved upon their hearts, and no amount of diplomacy satisfied the newcomers, so storm-clouds gathered, and power reared its ugly head.

New prompt:

Tommy jumped.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

Tommy jumped off the swing, fell awkwardly and hurt his knee, which will lead – I must stress this in the strongest possible terms – to the unwelcome practice of his mother complaining to the school, which will mean goodbye to swings, also known as – not to put too fine a point on it – a severe and intolerable curtailment of the enjoyment of children, and which will in all probability, should this deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a constriction of the aforesaid children’s creativity, and culminate in the condition of atrophied innovation and paralysed thought, which will render effectively impossible the discharge of inventive and imaginative fiction between one child and another.

Prompt: "Another bloody sentence!" He yelled. =P

(How is it now, hmm?)

 

[Louanne Learning]

(How is it now, hmm?)

I find your use of the devil icon somewhat confusing

 

[Masonic Mallam]

"Not another bloody sentence!" he yelled, throughout the night he has been writing sentences after sentences, paragraphs after paragraphs his hand had become tired after so much of writing that he could barely move his hand but he somehow persevered and finished the stuff he was writing though it drained him completely.

He ran towards her

 

[Louanne Learning]

He ran towards her

Three-year-old Johnny loved Gramma most of all, but they moved across the country, and time went by so slowly, and he couldn't give her a hug over Facetime, so when Christmas finally came and they went on a big plane in the sky, the excitement built up, and finally he saw Gramma in the airport, and he ran towards her and threw himself into her loving arms.

Next prompt:

Cornelius scowled.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

Cornelius scowled at Marcus's bungled attempt at writing a poem, for what poetry could possibly begin with words as hackneyed as "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" ... stupid, stupid Marcus -- probably got that one out of a book like The Merry Jestes of Felix Ciceronius, Vol. XXXVIII, first published when Rome was still a collection of mud huts and its greatness was nothing more than a gleam in its creator's eye ... agggghhh!!!

Next prompt:

John fell over. =P

 

[Louanne Learning]

John fell over

The pub crawl was going splendidly, drinks galore, and John and his buddies made an impression at The Yellow Stag and The Wild Onion and The Royal Oak, and by the time they'd reached The Mermaid Arms, John was three sheets to the wind, and he fell over, heavy, into those waiting arms.

Next prompt:

Kenny demanded quality.

 

[GrahamLewis]

Fearing she would never be found, Leah cried loudly, her sobs splitting the darkness and echoing off the unyielding walls, and rising up toward and through the jagged rocks overhead, where those sobs were overhead by the desperate search team, who dug with renewed energy and pulled her out, tired and dirty -- but alive.

 

[GrahamLewis]

Fearing she would never be found, Leah cried loudly, her sobs splitting the darkness and echoing off the unyielding walls, and rising up toward and through the jagged rocks overhead, where those sobs were overhead by the desperate search team, who dug with renewed energy and pulled her out, tired and dirty -- but alive.

Sorry I came in late and was still working on the :Leah prompt and am too tired to begin anew.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Sorry I came in late and was still working on the :Leah prompt and am too tired to begin anew.

is it okay if we choose a few words from this quote for our next prompt or would you like to come up with a different one?

 

[GrahamLewis]

is it okay if we choose a few words from this quote for our next prompt or would you like to come up with a different one?

How about, "I came in late."?

 

[scrambler]

Cursing the morning traffic jam and the broken elevator, I rushed up the stairs to the sixth floor and came in late and sweaty to the meeting with the client my boss expressly told me not to be late for, only to find the room completely empty---oh, it's Saturday, damn it.

Next prompt:
The cat stretched.

 

[GrahamLewis]

The cat stretched languidly, the sun peeked through the curtains painting soft crimson stripes across the pale carpet, and the faintest hints of the burgeoning rush hour traffic had begun to stir, but John Ferber lay still and stiff in his bed, and what would be a bright crimson pool of blood on his pillow -- had the sun fully arrived -- was already paling to dull brown, for he had been dead several hours.

Next: "The door slammed shut."

 

[Rath Darkblade]

The door slammed shut, causing cascading bits of plaster to rain on Lucy's head, but she brushed them off, started preparing her famous casserole, and muttered "Gosh-dang-it, Ricky, why you the only one who ever gets to go to the club and play your bongos with the rhumba band? I wanna go, too!"

Next:
The Prime Minister told a lie.

 

[GrahamLewis]

The Prime Minister told a lie, which of itself was nothing new, in that he did so almost reflexively, but this time, due to his incomplete grasp of the complexities of the situation, he actually spoke a truth that made all the difference and thus secured himself an undeserved place in the lexicon of admired statesmen.

New prompt: "I forgot again."

 

[Louanne Learning]

The Prime Minister told a lie, which of itself was nothing new, in that he did so almost reflexively, but this time, due to his incomplete grasp of the complexities of the situation, he actually spoke a truth that made all the difference and thus secured himself an undeserved place in the lexicon of admired statesmen.

New prompt sentence?

 

[GrahamLewis]

New prompt sentence?

"I forgot again."