You laugh at the newly-downloaded app on your phone screen. You had picked up the download code on a whim, searching for inspiration for your next big novel (or short story or article, whatever paid the bills), and while the app got you no closer to a Pulitzer, maybe fooling around with words would get the brain juices flowing. After all, there was no way it could really do what it said, right?
You start thinking what to change in the first sentence you generated, but suddenly, a warning pops up on the screen:
ERROR: Target out of range. Select new target.
You look up in surprise. While you have been pondering, the bus has pulled up, the old man must have boarded, and he is no longer in sight. That's right, there was that thing about targets within 50 feet, huh? Well, for augmented reality, it was pretty damn impressive...that or scarily Big Brother. How did the app know that the guy left, anyway?
You head back to your house and flop down on the couch. Well, since targets easily move in and out of range, best to choose someone who will definitely be within 50 feet of your phone: you.
"A bored woman lazing on her sofa."
Well, it had you there. You were definitely bored enough to play this ridiculous app, and you were being kind of lazy at the moment. So then, which word to change? Since you were a writer, you figured the best thing to do is to try to change the import of the sentence entirely with one word. But which word?