✉︎ WotW・Week No. 1: Benighted ✍︎

Instructions

✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ɪɴᴛʀᴏ: Welcome, welcome we are proud to present to you the very first Word of the Week (WotW) project! Brought to you by the WotW Board. This weeks word is Benighted. ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪᴛᴏɴ: be·night·ed adjective 1. In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity. 2. overtaken by darkness. ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴡᴏᴛᴡ: Word of the Week (abbreviated as WotW) is a series of projects made each week by a different WotW Board Member. Each week focuses on a different word. WotW is meant to widen people's vocabularies and bring attention to small writer's accounts. ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ ꜱᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ: The fisherman washed up upon a benighted shore. ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ: @RowenaRaven Ro is an incredible writer who has successfully completed at least one novel and has been writing since 2018. One of our favorites works of hers is The Wolf Boy, the first chapter can be found here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/534060010 . ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ: The Woman in the Woods: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/772454932 by @eeIeven 'Once upon a time.... There was a beautiful queen known as Sidra. She spent her days wasting away in her winter castle located near the Swiss Alps. One fine morning she decided to take a breif walk in the woods out of pure boredom. Alone....' ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛ: Write a haiku using benighted in its first and last lines. If you share this it can be put in the WotW Community Studio! ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ Qᴜᴏᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ: But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind? -Merle Shain ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴀɴɴᴏᴜɴᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ: None right now! You can fill out the form to possibly get featured next week in the Featured Application Studio! If you would like you can play or compose a piece of music for next weeks project and give it to us in the Community Studio. ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏ ʟɪɴᴋꜱ: Previous: None Next: Community Studio: [link] This studio is for anyone who has participated in WotW somehow. Featured Application Studio: Board Member Applications: Closed for now, sorry! ✂︎ ── ── ── ── ── ── ☏