Showing posts with label yacht. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yacht. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Wordplay Wednesday™ May 31, 2017 – Abaft


Summertimeand the livin’ is easy   *

Well, it seems that way when you’re out on the ocean. Whether a day cruise or a many-days cruise, life waxes idyllic when swaying with the waves. Not a care in the world … until someone asks you to bring them something from …

ABAFT (ɘ baftʹ) adv. – at or toward the stern or rear of a ship; aft. [WW #114]
 
Oh, of course. You knew that! Well, I do too, if it’s where the yummy fruity cocktails are! Just abaft the bridge—of course, then you need to know what/where the bridge is …

And don’t forget to take your fave Jimmy Buffett music along … can’t beat him for summer songs with attitude!

Word Challenge: ABAFT. Think summertime fun and a cruise—be it in a skiff, canoe, kayak, or yacht—and remember, abaft is always bringing up the rear! Cheers to your week, as you fit abaft into your warm summer writings.

Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle) 



                       

*Summertime” by Janis Joplin, 1969—the queen of the ‘60s counterculture.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Wordplay Wednesday™ March 9, 2016 – Knotty NODUS




Flying the Blast from Your Past flag!

A Knotty Nautical Life

Her day began with a spectacular sunrise off the bow of her silver yacht. Soft, instrumental Celtic tunes caressed the sun’s rays, as a Jonathan Livingston Seagull soared over the bow’s colorful flag.

Ah, she thought, we arrived in port overnight. But wait … she spotted a familiar row of quaint shops along the shore … we were here yesterday! What nautical nodus have we encountered?
More curious than agitated, she walked briskly to the bridge for an explanation …

nodus (nōʹdɘs) n. – complication, difficulty, knotty situation, as in a play. [WW #50]

Or in NCIS: L.A.-speak, it’s a “zoinks” moment! We’ve all had them … days when everything is going smoothly, then … wham! We’re hit with a nodus!

In writer-speak, it’s your story’s conflict moment. Done well, your character won’t know what hit her … until it’s too late.

Of course, the rest of the story excites your readers as you confound them with a maze of pseudo solutions to resolve her life-altering conflict, right down to the Happy Ending … or not.

Sound familiar? Life … is it not a continuous nodus?


                       

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