Day 15: Specialist Knowledge
Write a story in which you steal specialist vocabulary from a subject you know little about.
This subject could be as broad as 'science', 'cooking', or 'dance', or as specific as 'laws of thermodynamics', 'sushi making', 'foxtrot dance steps'. Grab a text-book or browse Wikipedia pages until you find some interesting words and then fold them into a story.
For an extra challenge, let chance choose your subject for you. Go to Wikipedia and either use the featured article or click the 'Random article' link on the left until you find a page which words or concepts that are unfamiliar. (Feel free to follow links within your chosen article.)
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