Writers’ Dash: September 2016
Morning Dash
1. | Born in the USA | 2. | American Pie | 3. | Leningrad | 4. | We Didn’t Start the Fire | 5. | His Eye is on the Sparrow |
6. | American Trilogy | 7. | The Beautiful People | 8. | Streets of Philadelphia | 9. | How Do You Like Me Now? | 10. | Brown Eyed Girl |
11. | My Boyfriend’s Back | 12. | Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys | 13. | Boot Scootin’ Boogie | 14. | YMCA | 15. | Crazy |
16. | Sugar, Sugar | 17. | Heart of Glass | 18. | Stand By Me | 19. | Little Old Lady from Pasadena | 20. | Sledgehammer |
21. | Heart of Rock and Roll | 22. | Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay | 23. | Hello Darlin’ | 24. | No Scrubs | 25. | Oops, I Did It Again |
26. | Hotel California | 27. | Callin’ Baton Rouge | 28. | Kick A Little | 29. | Mambo No. 5 | 30. | You Are My Sunshine |
Evening Dash
1. | Sweet Caroline | 2. | Cherry, Cherry | 3. | Kentucky Woman | 4. | Love on the Rocks | 5. | September Morn |
6. | Born This Way | 7. | Hello | 8. | The River | 9. | The Change | 10. | Cat Scratch Fever |
11. | Midnight Train to Georgia | 12. | Shoulda Been a Cowboy | 13. | Bohemian Rhapsody | 14. | Under Pressure | 15. | A Kind of Magic |
16. | Call Me | 17. | Beach Baby | 18. | California Girls | 19. | Purple Rain | 20. | Call Me Al |
21. | Baby Grand | 22. | So Little Kindness | 23. | Material Girl | 24. | Dragula | 25. | Horse With No Name |
26. | Horse With No Name | 27. | If Tomorrow Never Comes | 28. | That’s Just About Right | 29. | Independence Day | 30. | Amazing Grace |
Writers’ Dash: August 2016
Morning Dash
1. | violin | 2. | broken wristwatch | 3. | sentimental | 4. | ambition | 5. | little quirks |
6. | outstanding | 7. | hold me | 8. | beginnings | 9. | purple | 10. | 10 points |
11. | all dolled up | 12. | dark thoughts | 13. | drool | 14. | downtime | 15. | it doesn’t matter |
16. | mud puddles | 17. | fairy tale gone wrong | 18. | breathless | 19. | contact lenses | 20. | rough |
21. | gamble | 22. | note | 23. | instructions | 24. | mask | 25. | upside down |
26. | forever | 27. | snapshot | 28. | undefeated | 29. | stroll | 30. | run |
31. | test |
Evening Dash
1. | blindfold | 2. | insomniac | 3. | filthy | 4. | pagan | 5. | a waste of time |
6. | elbow | 7. | empty plate | 8. | midnight munchies | 9. | erroneous | 10. | tarot card |
11. | gag | 12. | wreckage | 13. | mirror | 14. | I can’t | 15. | obsession |
16. | fading | 17. | meticulous | 18. | alive and kicking | 19. | canary | 20. | fog |
21. | debauchery | 22. | pinky promises | 23. | face the truth | 24. | synonymous | 25. | lead |
26. | taste | 27. | old acquaintances | 28. | punch | 29. | signals crossed | 30. | sarcasm |
31. | simple pleasures |
Writers’ Dash: July 2016
Morning Dash
1. | twitterpated | 2. | becoming | 3. | scandal | 4. | cynosure | 5. | ear candy |
6. | moiety | 7. | offing | 8. | unravel | 9. | laughter | 10. | ripple |
11. | serendipity | 12. | grey goo | 13. | facepalm | 14. | bonus | 15. | elision |
16. | hellacious | 17. | fly | 18. | radballs | 19. | smooth | 20. | out to lunch |
21. | dream team | 22. | aesthetic | 23. | trending | 24. | denier | 25. | trigger |
26. | keep it real | 27. | ailurophile | 28. | imbue | 29. | extinction | 30. | minion |
31. | summery |
Evening Dash
1. | pants | 2. | dalliance | 3. | emoticon | 4. | mellifluous | 5. | God particle |
6. | ascendance | 7. | drone | 8. | gravity | 9. | wafture | 10. | inure |
11. | identity | 12. | emancipate | 13. | data | 14. | phony | 15. | your mileage may vary |
16. | evolve | 17. | phat | 18. | it’s all good | 19. | cray-cray | 20. | El Nino |
21. | occupy | 22. | 404 | 23. | tsunami | 24. | innovation | 25. | Singularity |
26. | refugee | 27. | desuetude | 28. | digital darkness | 29. | sumptuous | 30. | diaphanous |
31. | sweet |
Writers’ Dash: June 2016
Morning Dash
1. | hoodwink | 2. | clodpate | 3. | growlery | 4. | fart catcher | 5. | gentleman of four outs |
6. | skilamalink | 7. | Greek calends | 8. | abbey-laird | 9. | Bismarquer | 10. | cocky as monkeys with tin tools |
11. | nanty narking | 12. | whooperups | 13. | muckender | 14. | gigglemug | 15. | tune the old cow died on |
16. | wittol | 17. | kiss-curl | 18. | batty-fang | 19. | absquatulate | 20. | a vegetable breakfast (artichoke) |
21. | tunbelly | 22. | fly rink | 23. | Tolliban-rig | 24. | gullyfluff | 25. | christened by twelve godfathers |
26. | grig | 27. | screever | 28. | lobster-box | 29. | turnpike-sailor | 30. | wearing Joseph’s coat |
Evening Dash
1. | sike | 2. | wack | 3. | man cave | 4. | legless | 5. | chick flick |
6. | rickroll | 7. | gaydar | 8. | dawg | 9. | sext | 10. | amazeballs |
11. | chav | 12. | wOOt | 13. | pwned | 14. | hot mess | 15. | talk smack |
16. | aggro | 17. | chuffed | 18. | bromance | 19. | grotty | 20. | lost the plot |
21. | arsed | 22. | f-bomb | 23. | selfie | 24. | nom | 25. | taking the piss |
26. | crack | 27. | lurgy | 28. | grrrl | 29. | blunt | 30. | cougar/salmon |
Writers’ Dash: May 2016
Morning Dash
1. | first kiss | 2. | final | 3. | numb | 4. | broken wings | 5. | melody |
6. | rules | 7. | chocolate | 8. | nostalgia | 9. | heartbeat | 10. | stranger |
11. | confusion | 12. | bitter | 13. | afterlife | 14. | daybreak | 15. | audience |
16. | endless sorrow | 17. | fireworks | 18. | wishing | 19. | ‘happy birthday to you!’ | 20. | tomorrow |
21. | oppression | 22. | agony | 23. | return | 24. | protection | 25. | boxes |
26. | hope | 27. | preparation | 28. | beautiful | 29. | lies | 30. | underneath |
31. | hide |
Evening Dash
1. | threat | 2. | empire | 3. | falter | 4. | compliment | 5. | glass |
6. | honour | 7. | work | 8. | jealous | 9. | strings | 10. | semantics |
11. | innocence | 12. | dispose | 13. | blaze | 14. | neglect | 15. | quake |
16. | guess | 17. | quarrel | 18. | brood | 19. | effort | 20. | now |
21. | solve | 22. | rest | 23. | soon | 24. | listen | 25. | haze |
26. | excite | 27. | verbal | 28. | fragment | 29. | inert | 30. | classic |
31. | animal |
Writers’ Dash: April 2016
Morning Dash
1. | dare | 2. | hike | 3. | mosquito | 4. | tackle | 5. | bulletin board |
6. | adventure | 7. | splash | 8. | stinging nettle | 9. | cave | 10. | boat dock |
11. | counselor | 12. | sing | 13. | spider | 14. | privy | 15. | archery range |
16. | medic | 17. | paddle | 18. | snake | 19. | rope swing | 20. | campfire circle |
21. | mascot | 22. | climb | 23. | wildfire | 24. | marshmallow | 25. | lookout peak |
26. | director | 27. | shoot | 28. | blisters | 29. | backpack | 30. | swimming hole |
Extra | camper |
Evening Dash
1. | echolocation | 2. | spelunker | 3. | rappel | 4. | safari | 5. | botanize |
6. | recreation | 7. | sojourn | 8. | prank | 9. | wilderness | 10. | commune |
11. | expedition | 12. | primitive | 13. | orienteering | 14. | moleskin | 15. | canteen |
16. | rejuvenation | 17. | tall tale | 18. | folk song | 19. | compass | 20. | hammock |
21. | hibernation | 22. | sunscreen | 23. | binoculars | 24. | air mattress | 25. | tarp |
26. | reservation | 27. | bandana | 28. | burrow | 29. | trail head | 30. | back country |
Extra | bivouac |
Writers’ Dash: March, 2016
Morning Dash
1. | in like a lion | 2. | oh, the places you’ll go | 3. | the work at hand | 4. | medal of honor | 5. | Describe an alien planet and how humans would survive there. |
6. | Write 500 words on how you stopped a thief. | 7. | flags of our fathers | 8. | little buddy | 9. | jungle road | 10. | going my way |
11. | overpowering ambition | 12. | Write a story about space travel. | 13. | Research for 30 mins (your choice, but make it count for your WIP). | 14. | man of value | 15. | intellectual freedom |
16. | the great road | 17. | Luck of the Irish | 18. | rogue river | 19. | Write a scene involving an escaped murderer. | 20. | Choose three items from your kitchen drawer and write about them. |
21. | musical offering | 22. | rough rider | 23. | sudden fear | 24. | escape artist | 25. | stuck in the middle with you |
26. | Write about an historical character. | 27. | Write a tender love scene. | 28. | wild kingdom | 29. | man 0′ war | 30. | starry starry night |
31. | long black veil |
Evening Dash
1. | above and beyond | 2. | the reputation of an honest man | 3. | the mother of all people | 4. | do it right | 5. | Write a short story with an alternative history. |
6. | Write about an evil historical character. | 7. | the greatest blessing | 8. | grovel to none | 9. | smoke another one | 10. | on the line |
11. | pure applesauce | 12. | Write a scene involving an unfriendly ghost. | 13. | Write for 30 mins about a stay in hospital. | 14. | ruthless people | 15. | man of courage |
16. | dead run | 17. | kiss the blarney stone | 18. | fractured fairy tales | 19. | Write a diary entry. | 20. | the jilted bride |
21. | suburban handicap | 22. | pied piper | 23. | the man on the ferry | 24. | street smarts | 25. | devotion to duty |
26. | Choose three items from your bedroom drawer and write about them. | 27. | Research ancient methods of dyeing fabric for 30 mins. | 28. | the greatest game | 29. | the man who never was | 30. | show boat |
31. | extraordinary heroism |
Writers’ Dash: February 2016
Morning Dash
1. | look sharp | 2. | the pros and cons | 3. | nod off | 4. | take to heart | 5. | take the edge off |
6. | play it by ear | 7. | a balancing act | 8. | beat a hasty retreat | 9. | burn the candle at both ends | 10. | break every rule in the book |
11. | caught red-handed | 12. | come apart at the seams | 13. | fight a losing battle | 14. | keep your feet on the ground | 15. | make a mountain out of a molehill |
16. | dressed to kill | 17. | mutton dressed as lamb | 18. | ugly as sin | 19. | spread like wildfire | 20. | word of mouth |
21. | below the belt | 22. | once in a blue moon | 23. | scream bloody murder | 24. | golden opportunity | 25. | comes with the territory |
26. | double-cross | 27. | reap the harvest | 28. | ripple effect | 29. | the gloves are off | 30. | – |
31. | – |
Evening Dash
1. | pocket of resistance | 2. | keep your shirt on | 3. | against the clock | 4. | white lie | 5. | be that as it may |
6. | even the score | 7. | as fit as a fiddle | 8. | broad strokes | 9. | collecting dust | 10. | hustle and bustle |
11. | next best thing | 12. | rock the boat | 13. | live out of a suitcase | 14. | drive up the wall | 15. | cog in the machine |
16. | a done deal | 17. | foot in the door | 18. | strike a false note | 19. | ballpark figure | 20. | nitty-gritty |
21. | at your wit’s end | 22. | blow the whistle | 23. | blind as a bat | 24. | on the mend | 25. | touch and go |
26. | face the music | 27. | walking papers | 28. | hammer home | 29. | fast talker | 30. | – |
31. | – |