A
They decided to write this story without specific letters.
B
So each sentence would have a different one missing (in order).
C
It was harder than it looked at first.
D
Especially without cheating.
E
But Tina had a plan.
F
So what they did was write each sentence out however they liked.
G
And then they would use the thesaurus to find alternatives to any words that didn’t fit.
H
Claire said it still sounded like deviousness.
I
Ethel expressed an opposed theory.
J
While Daniel didn’t even know how the thesaurus worked.
K
So he just inspected up words in the dictionary that he loved the sound of.
L
His favourite was ‘phantasm’.
M
Or perhaps ‘pennyweight’.
N
‘Periwig’ was also a good word.
O
He didn’t get passed P.
P
Claire wanted to know what the book was actually going to be about.
Q
Tina said that it didn’t have to be about anything.
R
Except itself.
S
Claire pronounced that that verbalized like a load of old garbage.
T
Which was probably verifiable.
U
“We deserved to have chosen something simpler,” Ethel said.
V
“Like an acrostic!”
W
“Acrostics are the most terrible of all things!” Claire said.
X
By now Daniel was playing on his glockenspiel.
Y
And Tina had gone off sailing on her large boat that is used for the most part for pleasure cruising.
Z
So Claire and Ethel abandoned the story and went outside to feed the hippotigris.
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Notes:
1. Written on May 5th, 2021
2. The actual name for books written without specific letters is a lipogram
3. Which is a strangely rubbish word
4. For a quite pleasing concept
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