Much a dew about nothing.
Dew…Mountain Dew, dew on the morning grass, taking a dew – what a silly word.
Do people ever say “dew” outside of the sticky and over-sugared soda? Since I’m from Michigan, I still say “pop” instead of soda. These days I don’t say it at all because I stay the heck away from it. I still have my vices, pop, or soda, is no longer one of them.
What exactly is dew anyways? Isn’t it just a fancy word for a little water or condensation. Well, I guess it couldn’t be condensation. Maybe instead of raining it’s just the world having a night-sweat.
Dew is a very intriguing word although I don’t feel like it’s something that’s frequently used. It makes me think of descriptive storytelling – something someone would say/write immediately before painting a picture of a scene.
It’s a word that sets up a larger story. Dew is never the culprit or the reason something is happening – it’s a word condiment.
For example, the man didn’t slip on some dew. “It was a foggy morning. There was a light dew on the grass as Mark walked up to the cabin.” Dew doesn’t do anything directly, it’s just there.
Maybe I should make a thriller where dew is the killer. Kind of like The Mist, which I really didn’t care for (the movie version, haven’t read the book yet). “The Dew Is Coming For You!” – Title option, what do you think? What does dew do for you?
This is my entry for @mariannewest's 5 Minute Freewrite Day 237. The prompt for this freewrite was "dew." This writing is unedited and was typed in 5 minutes, so please follow my blog for more polished examples of my writing, and thank you for stopping by!
Previous Freewriting Challenge Entries
- Day 236 -- Describe The Room You Are In
- Day 235 -- Quadrillion
- Day 232 -- Depression
- Day 231 -- Cherry
- Day 230 -- Wet
- Day 229 -- Scratch
- Day 227 -- Bones
- Weekend Freewrite (6/2) -- Gullible
- Day 225 -- One Year
- Day 224 -- Discount Ramblings
- Day 223 -- Brow Worries
- Day 222 -- Homeless
- Day 221 -- Detective
- Day 218 -- Travel
- Day 217 -- Appetite
- Weekend Prompt -- A Kiss
