Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, Part 4
Third round: boom, right here.
And we’re back.
This experiment has been kinda totally awesome so far.
This is the second to last part. Only one more round to go after this…
The rules are simple:
Look through the 600-word entries from last week (round three, linked above).
Pick one.
Add another 200 words to the story.
(Easiest way forward is to copy the chosen 600 words to your own blog, then add the next 200. Don’t forget to link to your unfinished 800-word story in the comments. Someone may want to continue the tale next week, for part four.)
You do not need to have participated in the earlier rounds to participate in this one.
Try to continue a story in which you have not yet participated.
Do not finish the story. This is a five-part fiction experiment: we’ll end the year with several 1000-word stories, each built out of 200-word chunks by you guys. This is a collaborative game. It is Whisper Down the Lane. It is Telephone. It should be very interesting by the end. One hopes.
You’ve got one week.
Due by Friday, December 20th, noon EST.
Join the narrative chain, won’t you?
December 13, 2013 @ 2:41 PM
My 207 word addition brings the story up to 826:
http://article94.blogspot.com/2013/12/making-merry-part-4.html?m=0
December 13, 2013 @ 3:38 PM
Oh cool, this is the one I started! Great work! I hope someone picks this one up so it can get an ending.
December 16, 2013 @ 11:08 AM
I’d love to finish this one off in the next round!
December 13, 2013 @ 3:15 PM
Added the penultimate piece to The Corner, as begun by Heather, Susan and Mergatroid. Read on to find out about the pernicious forest pixie and the booming voice from the shadows.
http://writesomethingsmidge.blogspot.ie/
December 13, 2013 @ 4:55 PM
Woohoo! So glad it’s still going. Thanks, Shane.
December 14, 2013 @ 2:01 AM
Love this. Thanks for adding to it.
December 14, 2013 @ 8:01 AM
I love it!
December 21, 2013 @ 3:27 PM
Love it. I’m finishing it up now. I’ll have it up shortly.
December 21, 2013 @ 4:23 PM
This was so much fun. I’m glad to finally know what my cat’s been freaking out about when she hisses at things I can’t see! Thank you, Heather, Susan, Murgatroid, and Shane.
The final piece of The Corner is here:
http://joannahorrocks.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/the-corner-flash-fiction-challenge-week-five/
Part 4: 200 words at a time flash fiction challenge | Write on the World
December 13, 2013 @ 3:23 PM
[…] Part 4 of Chuck Wendig’s 200-Word flash fiction challenge, I picked up on this story about a lost boy in a grocery store. My 200-word contribution is at the […]
December 13, 2013 @ 3:29 PM
Here is my part 4 submission. We have an untitled piece staring Joe, who is confused about his lost son in the grocery store. You may read the latest version here:
http://writeontheworld.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/part-4-200-words-at-a-time-flash-fiction-challenge/
I am picking up after Josee (http://joseedeangelis.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/chuck-wendings-flash-fiction-challenge-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-6) who picked this story up after Tony Taylor… and I am sorry, but I’ve lost track of who had it before that. So, I’m not sure who started it. But I had fun with it and hope whoever writes the ending will be kind enough to post a link to my blog so my readers can see how it ends. Thanks!
December 13, 2013 @ 9:15 PM
Great! It worked! Love the continuation.
December 15, 2013 @ 4:54 PM
I continued that one too, before I realized that you had: http://lynnalandstreet.com/stories/missing
BTW, the writer of part 1 was Ashley – I had to do some digging, but I’ve got links to the original posts above each part in my version.
December 13, 2013 @ 4:31 PM
Oh, yeah. This’ll be sweet.
December 13, 2013 @ 4:34 PM
I continued “Forest Road” by Snellopy, David Kearney, and Doreen Queen. http://bit.ly/18JDYXI
December 20, 2013 @ 6:46 PM
Think I’ll try and finish this one off. I love where you left part 4!
December 23, 2013 @ 12:43 AM
OK, finished it up but it won’t appear on my blog until Friday. You can see it here: http://wp.me/p2AyuM-gk then.
December 13, 2013 @ 4:34 PM
Here’s the continuation of Within the Church. I picked it up from Courtney Cantrell.
http://joseedeangelis.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/terribleminds-com-chuck-wendings-flash-fiction-challenge-part-4/
A priest, a witch and possessed skeletons puppeteered by an evil purple-robe wearing fiend.
December 14, 2013 @ 2:24 PM
And it’s a fabulous continuation! Love the twist. Thanks, Josée!
December 20, 2013 @ 12:02 AM
Oohh… twists’n’turns all the way!
I’ll take this one for the last! 😀 Being a practicing witch, I know a few good curses and spells – good and bad – to jump this along to the end. 😀
December 21, 2013 @ 1:20 AM
Sounds intriguing, Mozette! Can’t wait to read how you wrap it up! : )
December 13, 2013 @ 5:20 PM
Argh, what to pick? What to pick????
December 13, 2013 @ 5:30 PM
I went with a piece started by Jim Franklin, Lynna Landstreet, and CE Konicki. This little slice of weird is called “In Too Deep.”
http://sixgunwizard.blogspot.com/2013/12/in-too-deep.html
December 14, 2013 @ 11:21 AM
Fantastic! Thanks for continuing this weird little story.
December 14, 2013 @ 2:13 PM
No problem. Really want to see how it ends.
December 15, 2013 @ 9:57 AM
Disregard mine back on part three…I didn’t see anyone tag it as being taken.
December 19, 2013 @ 12:00 PM
Oops–I saw this wasn’t indicated as taken on the Part 3 post, so I picked it up and posted MY part 4 today–so I guess anyone wanting to finish can choose which direction. In fact, now I look, I followed a different part 3, too. Muchly branching story.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2013/12/chuck-wendig-200-word-challenge-week-4.html
December 25, 2013 @ 12:01 AM
I love|enjoy|get giggly at seeing the different ways others have carried on with the peculiar syntax I gave the alien’s auto-translator… 🙂
December 26, 2013 @ 4:48 PM
I thought it was really original and creative. Hope someone finishes out the piece.
December 13, 2013 @ 5:55 PM
Continuation of JDFitch, Doreen Queen, and John Baughman. So much fun to write 🙂 All about magic and some Telemages and an alternative universe as a side.
http://schreibenundwriting.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-four/
December 13, 2013 @ 6:02 PM
Here’s mine. A continuation of Winter Takes All. http://theshadowportal.blogspot.com/2013/12/flash-fiction-challenge_13.html
December 13, 2013 @ 8:31 PM
Very nicely done, I like where this is going. A great setup for the big finale next week!
December 13, 2013 @ 7:10 PM
This is actually http://writeontheworld.wordpress.com/ ‘s contribution. She can’t post it here, for some reason. It’s her part 4 of the story of the lost boy in the grocery store.
http://joseedeangelis.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/part-4-200-words-at-a-time-flash-fiction-challenge/
December 13, 2013 @ 7:33 PM
I typed mine up late, late last night… well okay, just past midnight! I couldn’t sleep and so found one I loved and jumped in the deep end, sleep-deprived and got my mojo workin’… just like I did in the old days. And I paid dearly for it too… got to sleep at 2am after tossing and turning for 2 hours. :/
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/a-gifted-wizard-part-4.html
December 19, 2013 @ 12:05 PM
I claim this one to finish up with Part 5! Not until sometime next week, though.
Flash Fiction Challenge Week Four | Imagine That
December 14, 2013 @ 12:25 AM
[…] is Week Four of Chuck Wendig’s latest flash fiction challenge. It began with an assignment to write a 200-word opening to a story. The next week, another writer […]
December 14, 2013 @ 12:39 AM
I took over “Unpredictable Magic,” started by JD Fitch and continued by Doreen Queen and Paul Baughman. Great fun – a novice mage, an accidental cake, and a surprise. Parts 1-4 are here:
http://joannahorrocks.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/flash-fiction-challenge-week-four/
December 14, 2013 @ 3:23 PM
Oh, man! You got her out of trouble after all that work I went through! 🙂
Nice going.
December 14, 2013 @ 3:29 PM
I dunno – is she really out of trouble? Guess we’ll have to wait ’til week 5 to find out…
December 14, 2013 @ 3:21 PM
My part four of the Woods/linderan/Loomis mobsters and zombies story.
http://pbaughman.com/blog/2013/12/14/fiction-jersey-city-of-the-dead-part-4-of-5/
December 16, 2013 @ 9:01 AM
I may break a finger hanging from this cliff. Nice work!
December 14, 2013 @ 4:09 PM
My part four of the Fatma Alici/Athena/Ely thread of the galactic mercs story.
http://pbaughman.com/blog/2013/12/14/fiction-untitled-part-4-of-5-galactic-mercs/
December 20, 2013 @ 11:39 AM
Very nice! I love that you continued the back-n-forth. It has a flow to it. Of course, I may be biased 😉
December 14, 2013 @ 7:57 PM
Part four of “Going Home”, Part 1 by Shane Vaughn, part 2 by Paul Them, part 3 by Joyce Juzwik… Thank you all for a great 600 words to work with.
http://jeffwroteit.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/terribleminds-flash-fiction-going-home/
December 15, 2013 @ 11:22 PM
I love it, Jeff! Thanks for adding to it!!
December 17, 2013 @ 6:31 PM
Jeff, Thanks for carrying this forward. I love what you’ve done with it, adding yet another dark layer to this eerie mystery. Hope this makes it to the end!
December 18, 2013 @ 8:20 AM
Thanks – I would like to see it finished as well. What will it take for John to rest eternally?
December 14, 2013 @ 8:03 PM
Part four of the untitled story about demon summoning by Meagan Wilson, Wanderer, and Danger Dean.
http://aaronswordtree.blogspot.com/2013/12/200-words-at-time-part-four.html
December 15, 2013 @ 1:04 AM
Damn, I was teasing the possibilities out with this one. 🙂
You got in there first with a great addition. 🙂
December 16, 2013 @ 7:37 AM
Can’t wait to see how Stewart faces the ultimate challenge! In fact…for the big finale…MINE!
December 21, 2013 @ 12:31 AM
I did one too. Yours actually sparked it, but it wouldn’t leave me alone!
http://prose.smoph.org/2013/12/20/best-laid-plans/
Challenge Part Four: 200 More | The Padded Castle
December 15, 2013 @ 8:11 AM
[…] This week: add another 200 words. Pretty straight forward at this point. Next week is the conclusion, and lots of fun will be had reading the results of this challenge. […]
December 15, 2013 @ 8:17 AM
Part four, still untitled. From Mildred, Dean, J, and now myself. Take it, name it, finish it (please!). 🙂
http://thepaddedcastle.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/challenge-part-four-200-more/
December 20, 2013 @ 12:13 PM
Excellent. Thank you.
December 15, 2013 @ 8:58 AM
I continued the story started by Liz Neering (https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/5294833-200-words-at-a-time) and continued by Andrea Speed (http://andreaspeed.com/2013/flash-fic-challenge-round-robin-part-2/) and Kyra Dune (http://theshadowportal.blogspot.com/2013/12/flash-fiction-challenge.html).
Here’s my contribution: http://reneeelizabeths.blogspot.com/2013/12/flash-fiction-200-words-at-time-part_15.html
December 15, 2013 @ 9:07 AM
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December 15, 2013 @ 9:10 AM
Sorry about this random non-comment. Had a little keyboard+curious toddler incident this morning and now I can’t figure out how to delete it. At least she only managed this, rather than switching the language to Chinese or turning the screen upside-down or something.
Terrible Minds Flash Fiction Challenge by Iain Mackenzie
December 15, 2013 @ 1:55 PM
[…] came upon Chuck Wendig’s blog, Terrible Minds, quite by accident. when researching a psychiatry topic for a client (don’t ask). […]
December 15, 2013 @ 1:58 PM
My 16 yr old son, Iain, added to HPetterson’s contribution (HPetterson had added to Ely’s additions). It’s his very first time writing flash fiction in a public setting and with (I’m assuming) adults. He doesn’t have a blog, so I posted it onto mine.
Please check it out and let us know if we did anything wrong. I’m a journalist and NOT a fiction writer. LOL
http://www.freelancewritingdreams.com/flash-fiction-challenge-part-iv-by-iain-mackenzie/
December 15, 2013 @ 3:54 PM
I did the same on as well (comment below) nice job!
December 18, 2013 @ 5:03 AM
Great Job Lain…I posted on your home page. Well done. Ready for another? Cheers Hank.
Writing Blog
December 15, 2013 @ 3:03 PM
[…] there’s an awesome thing happening over at Chuck Wendig’s Terrible Minds blog. It’s this like game of telephone ala free for all flash fiction grab-and-literaturize. […]
December 15, 2013 @ 3:07 PM
So this story is continued from Ely (Round 1) and HPETTERSON (Round 2). I brought the word count up to 600, who’s ready to do the next 200?
http://charlotteecoburn.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/220/
December 15, 2013 @ 5:11 PM
I really liked your interpretation and the imagery you used. I put a comment on your site. Thanks for your nice words above. Iain.
December 16, 2013 @ 1:41 AM
Awesome, thank you!
December 18, 2013 @ 5:01 AM
Great continuation…really well done. Now go find another you’re on a roll. Cheers Hank
December 18, 2013 @ 5:26 AM
Indeed! Thank you.
December 20, 2013 @ 11:13 AM
Hey, thanks for giving this story some love guys! It has branched out in some pretty awesome ways.
December 15, 2013 @ 3:16 PM
Howdy 2: sorry, meant to put part 4 here not where put earlier: http://feralbulb.wordpress.com/blurb-4/
December 16, 2013 @ 9:48 AM
…200 words after those of Emmy Jackson’s, Andrew Linder’s and Michael Woods’.
December 15, 2013 @ 10:54 PM
Randomly chose another story. I can’t wait to see how someone ends this.
A world-renowned professor with either a secret or a trick of his sleeve visits a class to show them “the next level of human evolution” with his mysterious black box. He seems to take a particular interest in Alice. A smart girl, but a bit of an outsider . . .
The first 200 by Dave Kearney: http://scenesandsequels.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/chuck-wendigs-flash-fiction-challenge-200-words-at-a-time-part-one/
The next 200 by Rebecca B.: http://girlbooksblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/200-200-words-onto-words-a-flash-fiction-challenge/
The third installment by http://decayingorbits.wordpress.com/
My fourth installment, which takes this up to just past 900 words, can be found here: http://jeremiahboydstun.com/2013/12/16/200-words-part-iv-121513/
December 16, 2013 @ 8:19 PM
*cheers* This is awesome – am loving this story
December 16, 2013 @ 8:04 AM
200 words added to the most enjoyable Gangster/Zombie piece created by the unholy trio of Linder, Jackson and Wood.
http://pilcrowsandcedillas.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/chuck-wendigs-flash-fiction-challenge-part-4/
» Flash Fiction: Blue Ink Alchemy
December 16, 2013 @ 8:30 AM
[…] series at Terribleminds […]
December 16, 2013 @ 9:00 AM
Carrying on the creepy horror started by De Angelis, Neering & Crump. http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2013/12/16/flash-fiction/
December 16, 2013 @ 1:26 PM
I continued the Fair Folks Favor
http://pastebin.com/qiV4MKpE
http://erinmjustice.com/2013/12/14/flash-fiction-challenge-the-fair-folks-favor/
December 19, 2013 @ 9:44 PM
I like it 🙂
December 16, 2013 @ 5:46 PM
Looks like my link to my continue waitron of Kate Baker’s start didn’t post this morning …. Here it is again just in case…
http://deadwoodstories.blogspot.com/2013/12/further-continuation-of-kate-bakers.html
December 18, 2013 @ 4:59 AM
Very nice continuation and addition. Really added depth and potential.
Lost in the Lecture Hall | Misadventures in Strange Places
December 16, 2013 @ 7:44 PM
[…] those of you coming in late to the party, this is a challenge from Chuck Wendig’s Terrible Minds Blog. The idea is a 5 part story, written in 200 word sections. Each section is written by someone else. […]
December 16, 2013 @ 7:48 PM
This took a strange turn…
http://jonjeffersonauthor.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/lost-in-the-lecture-hall/
December 16, 2013 @ 8:43 PM
A strange but intriguing turn
December 16, 2013 @ 10:08 PM
It’s the lecture hall. You never know what might happen.
December 17, 2013 @ 11:57 AM
I’ve added 200 words and a title to this story by murgatroid98, LC Hu, and Jeremy Podolski.
A stench, a scrap of silk, and a sword. What’s next?
http://burntgraphite.net/fiction3
December 17, 2013 @ 6:45 PM
Oh my gosh, and there is only one more addition. I’ve been hoping someone would tell us what was in the garage. Great job.
December 17, 2013 @ 3:16 PM
I had to miss part three as the day job got a bit hectic (thanks for getting born around now, Jesus) but will be throwing in another 200 or so this week. I feel the need to make up for my absence.
I’ll even be so bold as to tout myself as a pen-for-hire; if there’s anyone with a chunk of story waiting to be added to from the last three parts, add a comment below this and I’ll do my best to bring you a step forward.
As a side note, I love that there are so many of us surprised by the places our own words take us.
December 17, 2013 @ 11:18 PM
Simon started, my friend Joyce did a part 2 for this, I added 3, into a darker direction. I have some ideas for it, but would like to see where someone would take it next http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2013/12/a-family-affair.html
December 18, 2013 @ 9:25 PM
Simon, I’d really love to see the story Threads of Time from last week continued. Nitromidget started it, I added. It’s only up to 400. Love to see it as a possibility for this week’s round.
http://prose.smoph.org/2013/12/06/threads-of-time-part-ii/
December 19, 2013 @ 3:54 PM
Here you go. I’ve added a few humble words to the story, bringing us up to a very open-ended 597:
http://probablyfalse.tumblr.com/post/70515952322/threads-of-time-part-iii
Time for someone else to pick up the mantle!
December 19, 2013 @ 10:59 PM
Simon, this is great! I really enjoyed your addition, adding to the mysticism.
December 19, 2013 @ 10:10 AM
Thanks, Simon! If the offer still stands, the story that I started for Part 1 is only up to 400 words. I’d love to see it go a bit further! http://courtcan.com/writing/new-flash-fiction-challenge-200-words/
December 19, 2013 @ 6:54 PM
I really enjoyed reading and contributing to this story. The two of you managed to pack an incredible amount of atmosphere into such a small space.
Here is my part:
http://probablyfalse.tumblr.com/post/70531846356/house-of-memory-part-iii
December 19, 2013 @ 7:02 PM
Oh, yay! I thought this one was going to get left behind. I love where you went with it. Thanks!
December 19, 2013 @ 11:02 PM
Decorum be damned is a great line.
December 21, 2013 @ 1:02 AM
Thanks, Simon! I love your addition. And Smoph is right, that last line is excellent. I hope somebody picks this up for Parts 4 & 5. I wanna know what happens!
200 Words at a Time, Part 4 | Fatma Alici
December 17, 2013 @ 9:42 PM
[…] hard time picking the next part to continue. But, this one caught my attention. So, check out Chuck Wendig, thanks to Megan, the Wanderer, and Dave […]
December 17, 2013 @ 9:45 PM
Okay the story started by Megan, picked up the Wanderer, then Dave Kearney. And the last part by me.
It’s called Stewart, and there’s demons.
http://naharavensari.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/200-words-at-a-time-part-4/
December 18, 2013 @ 12:00 AM
OK, Since hpetterson did the 2nd 200 (ely did the first 200), I decided to keep the story on track and did the next 400. It’s up to date for the next person to finish. It still doesn’t have a title so the last person can name it. Here’s the link. It’ll be active 0300 Friday morning. http://wp.me/p2AyuM-g9
December 18, 2013 @ 1:39 AM
I added to this one as well (comment above) if you’re interested in checking it out. Nice work.
http://charlotteecoburn.wordpress.com/
December 18, 2013 @ 5:12 AM
Couldn’t find the story. But I am excited to read it. Cheers Hank.
December 20, 2013 @ 11:11 AM
Hm. Second reference to Hemingway in one story by two separate authors…that’s kind of cool! I’m interested to see what cost must be payed to keep his life…
Nicely done.
December 18, 2013 @ 12:24 AM
I picked “Millions of Cats” by Rebecca Douglass, Connie Cockrell, and Andy Decker. My continuation of the story is here: http://courtcan.com/writing/flash-fiction-challenge-continuing-someone-elses-story-part-4/
December 18, 2013 @ 12:31 AM
P.S. I’m enjoying the whole flash fic challenge, but this story has been the most fun for me so far.
CATS!
such laugh
very fic
so pun
wow
(Sorry, couldn’t help myself. 😉 No DogeSpeak in the story, I promise!)
December 18, 2013 @ 7:23 AM
Oh, my! I can’t wait to see how this turns out!
December 18, 2013 @ 7:24 AM
Oh my! I can’t wait to see how this turns out. Very nicely done.
December 19, 2013 @ 9:43 AM
Thank you, Paul! Glad you enjoyed. : )
Flash fiction challenge Part 4 | Scenes and Sequels
December 18, 2013 @ 5:18 AM
[…] the penultimate round of Chuck Wendig’s 200 words at a time flash fiction challenge and this week I’ve added 200 (and a bit) words to a really intriguing and eerie little piece […]
December 18, 2013 @ 5:28 AM
Here’s Part 4 of an intriguing and eerie little piece started by Adrienne and continued brilliantly by j and Smoph. No title yet. Enjoy!
http://scenesandsequels.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/flash-fiction-challenge-part-4/
December 18, 2013 @ 10:49 PM
Dave, I love what you’ve done with this. You’ve opened it up to quite a number of possible endings. I had picked this one up too. It was just too good to pass up.
1,000 Word Story in V parts, part IV | Vers Les Etoiles
December 18, 2013 @ 2:15 PM
[…] you haven’t been following along, Chuck Wending is having us write a 1,000 word story in 5 parts–each part is written by a different […]
December 18, 2013 @ 2:16 PM
Here’s part 4 of Shane, Courtney, and Adrienne’s “Cold” http://secondstaronther.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/1000-word-story-in-v-parts-part-iv/
December 19, 2013 @ 10:03 AM
And the mystery deepens! This vampire is getting more and more intriguing. Thanks for the great addition, Wanderer!
December 26, 2013 @ 6:40 PM
Thanks for all the good stuff to go on, Courtney!
December 22, 2013 @ 6:50 PM
Excellent stuff, Wanderer!
December 26, 2013 @ 6:33 PM
Thanks Shane! It was a fun one to continue.
December 18, 2013 @ 8:38 PM
I have continued “A Real Live Corpse” Started by Ken Crump and added to by Mandy Webster and Joanna Horrocks. My addition can be found here:
http://benteight.tumblr.com/post/70443811277/week-4-of-the-flash-fiction-challenge
December 18, 2013 @ 8:58 PM
Damn…the plot does twist nicely! I’ll love seeing how this plays out at the end. 🙂
Imagine That
December 18, 2013 @ 9:25 PM
[…] week, I posted parts 1-3 of a Chuck Wendig’s collaborative flash fiction zombie piece called “A Real Live Corpse.” Ken Crump had written part 1, Mandy Webster […]
December 18, 2013 @ 10:37 PM
I also had picked up the dark untitled piece begun by Adrienne, continued by j, continued by Smoph and now, by me. It’s up to 803 words now, and I hope to see an ending written for Part 5. No telling where this one could go!
December 18, 2013 @ 10:39 PM
Well, it’s not going anywhere if I forget to post the link! Sorry about that. Here it is.
http://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2013/12/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-challenge_18.html
December 19, 2013 @ 10:57 PM
I feel their desperation now. I am looking forward to seeing the wrap-up.
December 27, 2013 @ 12:08 AM
I’m taking this one for part V—really enjoyed the build up!
Flash Fiction Challenge | The Veteran | manuscripts & marginalia
December 19, 2013 @ 9:34 PM
[…] it’s a writing challenge piece! This one is for Chuck Wendig’s writing challenge, which is the fourth in a five-part challenge. Participants write 200 words as the start of the […]