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The Dragon shuddered and groaned, struggling against the chains that fettered her. The winds howled, and for a moment it seemed she would fly free. But the winches drew the ship inexorably downward.
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This post is part of the Jade Dragon series. Though I try to make these installments enjoyable as individual pieces, I highly recommend that you read the series from the beginning to really get what’s going on.
This post was written in response to the Trifecta Writing Challenge weekend Trifextra prompt:
And now on to our quick weekend challenge. This weekend, we’re sending you back to English 101 to revisit the concept of literary devices. We want you to give us a 33-word example of personification.
Christine Hanolsy 
Excellently worded for the challenge. Nicely done.
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An excellent piece-love “dragons”:-)
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Very good personification. I enjoyed it.
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I love how you can continue this story forward with only 33-words….I could never do that!
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neat how you fit all these prompts into your story – could feel the winds in this one 🙂
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The tricky thing is to fit the prompts into the story, and not try to force the story to fit the prompts. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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I always love your reading your descriptive words. And the personifications were perfect.
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Lots of sound in your 33 words. I can hear the shuddering and groaning and the winches. Wonderful. And I love the word, inexorably.
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Ooo I could hear the shifting and groans (:
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tight, tense, and terrific…well written, Christine
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Thanks, Lance – a compliment from you always makes my day. 🙂
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Love this part…But the winches drew the ship inexorably downward. I’m picturing a black and grey sky, huge waves crashing, lightning… Wonderful.
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In this case, it’s a sandstorm and an airship. 🙂 But that’s very much the feeling I was going for.
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You’ve created a wonderful sense of distress in the ship with this. Well done!
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Thanks – I picture her fighting every inch of the way down.
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Oh, no! sinking ships make me so sad.
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In this case, she’s not sinking as much as being hauled down to safety. 🙂
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This is really good!
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Thanks, Deana!
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Lots of excellent imagery, as always with your writing. Good work. Thanks.
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Thank you! I was trying to convey a lot here without being flowery. That’s why I love the 33 word challenges – they force me to be concise.
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Beautifully written! Very visually compelling – and great take on personification.
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Many thanks, Suzanne. I thought yours was brilliant!
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Very nicely done!
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Thanks, Joe!
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