Up-Goer Five Your Writing

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  • Martha
So far, this assignment has been completed 13 times.

Pick a topic that you can write about. It can be anythign: a short bio, a description of a job you do, a short story about something that happened to you. Then go to http://splasho.com/upgoer5/ and use the editor to write/re-write your text only using the top most common 1000 words. The editor will tell you when you violate the rules. 

The challenge (and editor) are based upon this xkcd comic. 

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Submissions So Far

@katiereif6

Wilderness

The original:

It was nice to come up here to the wilderness just to take a breath. No one ever made their way up here, and

@lizlynnkondzel

ALIENS

This (written) assignment entailed writing a story, on anything you wanted, writing in your normal writing style, and then rewriting it using “<a

@MorganNebel

80’s Pop Culture in Popular Terms

I found this assignment to be the most stressful thus far. In the beginning, I thought that this would be a breeze, but soon found

@MorganNebel

Terms of Total Chaos

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY. UPON
SIGNNATURE OF THIS DOCUMENT, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY ALL TERMS INCORPARATED
BELOW. IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILTIY

@lper0581

Why use many words when few words do trick

“Pick a topic that you can write about. It can be anything: a short bio, a description of a job you do, a short story

@yarasaleh68

I only listened to 80’s music until I was around 7

I picked this activity because I was curious as to what words that I use that I feel are common but aren’t. I wrote about

2cups

Up-Goer Five Your Writing

@GMorris1988

Up-Goer Five Your Writing

Hello Everyone.

This past week was crazy! My dad was walking to the train and got hit by a car. The guy in the car did

@KatieHartraft

Quidditch, Explained Up-Goer Style

To play the team game from the well-known boy wonder books is different from what most people think. You run with sticks to pretend

@edorman

Up-goer five challenge: water edge house on the outer water edge

Each summer, my mom parents and as many children, children children, and children of their children of their children of theirs as can make it,

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Submissions So Far