re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- July & August
Maybe we should go out and challenge some of them directly. "The color of your coat offends me, sir --" slap, slap, slap "-- I challenge you to 75 words at dawn. Name your friends, and mine shall call on them at their lodgings."
(Granted the person challenged is supposed to name the weapon, but that's a technicality.)
I like this idea. And the mental picture I get from it.
Words
are our weapons, of course. A blunt noun, or a razor-sharp adjective. A pair of prepositions (light and nimble), or a heavy, unwieldy '-ly' adverb. The range and accuracy of an artillery verb.
Which would you choose?
I would really like to see more people from around the site voting. I'm not sure how we make that happen, other than by bugging the life out of posters in other parts of the forum. But the overwhelming majority of folk here
must be readers (and fans of the genres, to boot), so it shouldn't be
too difficult to convince more of them to vote. Right?
After all, I've noticed a few new members showing an interest in the Photo Challenge since we mentioned it here. (Unfortunately, the Photo Challenge doesn't have as many participants, and most already enter the Writing Challenge, so it doesn't work as well in reverse.)
As for me -- I've written a few versions of the story I want to post, this month, but I'm not satisfied with any of them.
I have a couple of clear favourites from the stories posted so far (both are from people whose stories I have loved in past months), but it would be very difficult to choose between them. And I'm sure there will be more great entries to come.
