theWanderer wrote:
I can see where it could be an amusing game, but it is far too dangerous. I'm a writer, and I dare not warp my thoughts that way. You'd be surprised at the traces it can leave behind in your writing. It would be almost as bad as doing a pastiche of some really dreadful style...
I respectfully disagree. Apart from being a fun game, I think it could actually be a very interesting exercise for a writer. It's an interesting challenge coming up with suitable synonyms that do not contain the forbidden vowel, yet convey your desired meaning. It makes you think more about the words you are writing and the letters that are in them, and you stop to consider what you are actually writing, rather than taking all the words for granted.
A certain exercise I once read of (used by a lady who held workshops on creative writing) involved writing a story a few pages long that was only allowed to contain one adjective. One. Just one. Imagine that.
Apparently, it was very good for the class. At first they moaned and groaned, and complained that it would be impossible, but they then went on to achive some of their best work yet to date.