ABC...

[Shann]

Whale

[itsjoanne]

X-ray Tetra (had to look it up LOL)

[deejay]

Yak

[Shann]

Zebra (or for Dr Seuss' fans a Zizzer-zazzer-zuzz)


Here's one that might be hard-- a conflict (something in a story characters might have conflict over)

Agenda

[deejay]

Business

[RedBaron]

Creative property rights

[Shann]

Oohhh Shari, I love that one!


Double date

[glorybee]

extramarital philandering

[oursilverstrands]

Birth mother vs. Adoptive mother



Lillian

[Laurie]

fair treatment

[deejay]

Marriage versus career

[itsjoanne]

Negativity

[glorybee]

Negativity

We seem to have skipped quite a few letters. Are we not going alphabetically anymore?

Well, continuing where Joanne left off.

Outstanding debts

[deejay]

Personal problems

[Shann]

Since, as Jan pointed out, quite a few letters were skipped, I'll remind ya'all that this is the ABC thread and the topic this run-through is conflicts in stories. That leaves me with Q:

Quintuplets Quarreling over a Quaint Queen (hmm maybe next topic can be alphabetical alliteration!)

After listening to my adorable, two-year-old, brilliant granddaughter sing the ABC song, I've discovered the next conflict should begin with R...(she really is the sweetest thing, even when I sing and she looks at me and says, "Nama, stop singing! " Apparently she also has a good ear because I've been told I can't carry a tune in a bucket! But I digress...so R is for...