Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
...and of the kind nicknamed Writer's Block....
...and of the kind nicknamed Writer's Block....
Discussion -- June 2011 Challenge
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Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
Math I can do(I was even capable of arithmetic, which I consider a small, but not entirely insignificant subset of number theory); it's observation let me down. Somehow I managed to copy/paste an earlier edit (except that it isn't, exactly. The correction lost was about three before last, and the final ones are right.).
And then, having counted it a hundred times, when I posted I didn't check it! Haven't glanced at it since (and it's right in my saved copy).
I'd suspect foul play (no, not really, that wasn't to be taken seriously) if it weren't that I recognised the phrase I had changed as being mine, and remembered editing it.
Stupidity, not lack of counting ability.
Courage; we're still not halfway through the month yet, no need to panic.
Math I can do(I was even capable of arithmetic, which I consider a small, but not entirely insignificant subset of number theory); it's observation let me down. Somehow I managed to copy/paste an earlier edit (except that it isn't, exactly. The correction lost was about three before last, and the final ones are right.).
And then, having counted it a hundred times, when I posted I didn't check it! Haven't glanced at it since (and it's right in my saved copy).
I'd suspect foul play (no, not really, that wasn't to be taken seriously) if it weren't that I recognised the phrase I had changed as being mine, and remembered editing it.
Stupidity, not lack of counting ability.
Courage; we're still not halfway through the month yet, no need to panic.
Gary Compton
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Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
Never mind it would've won the inaugural 76 word challenge!
That I'm sure.
Never mind it would've won the inaugural 76 word challenge!
That I'm sure.
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Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
Howdy,
Not that anyone asked, but I vote to keep notes and comments on the discussion pages to avoid any confusion in the future. Keep it simple and no further discussion will be necessary. Title and 75 words, period, some of us struggle enough with that. All the thinking and sleepless nights can make an old man out of a person, or old woman, which ever the case may be. Are they sleepless knights in England? My headache is back!!!
Bob
Howdy,
Not that anyone asked, but I vote to keep notes and comments on the discussion pages to avoid any confusion in the future. Keep it simple and no further discussion will be necessary. Title and 75 words, period, some of us struggle enough with that. All the thinking and sleepless nights can make an old man out of a person, or old woman, which ever the case may be. Are they sleepless knights in England? My headache is back!!!
Bob
Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
Well, you did initially specify that this was to be a 76-word challenge, after all! It was the edit on that post that did you in.
Well, you did initially specify that this was to be a 76-word challenge, after all! It was the edit on that post that did you in.
Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
That was a bit of whimsy and not to be taken seriously, I'm sure. No one needs to worry that the rules on word count will be suddenly changed one month without an official announcement or sufficient warning.
That was a bit of whimsy and not to be taken seriously, I'm sure. No one needs to worry that the rules on word count will be suddenly changed one month without an official announcement or sufficient warning.
Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
That was not the first time I put a note like that in. In the second challenge I noted that there was something hidden in the poem. It was a lot of fun and had nothing to do with the story which gathered a grand total of 0 votes.
I had never thought that a comment could be used to further the story. (This Parson tends not to think in nefarious ways. --- I hope that's a good thing!)
I don't know how to link back to a previous thread. It is post 16 in 2010 May's 75 word contest.
That was not the first time I put a note like that in. In the second challenge I noted that there was something hidden in the poem. It was a lot of fun and had nothing to do with the story which gathered a grand total of 0 votes.
I had never thought that a comment could be used to further the story. (This Parson tends not to think in nefarious ways. --- I hope that's a good thing!)
I don't know how to link back to a previous thread. It is post 16 in 2010 May's 75 word contest.
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GAH! I never knew how hard it is to write poems. I have been trying for hours now and all my efforts are utter trite drivel. This is before trying to Kiplingize them!
Is it Kiplingise or Kiplinger or Kiplingesque. . . what would the proper term be here?
GAH! I never knew how hard it is to write poems. I have been trying for hours now and all my efforts are utter trite drivel. This is before trying to Kiplingize them!
Is it Kiplingise or Kiplinger or Kiplingesque. . . what would the proper term be here?
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I believe if you were going to verb the noun there, you would Kiplingize (or in England, Kiplingise?) the poem, making it Kiplinger and Kiplinger, until it was completely Kiplingesque.
I believe if you were going to verb the noun there, you would Kiplingize (or in England, Kiplingise?) the poem, making it Kiplinger and Kiplinger, until it was completely Kiplingesque.
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Keep at it, and eventually it will have been thoroughly Kiplinged.
Keep at it, and eventually it will have been thoroughly Kiplinged.
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Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
For what it's worth, I think there should be a word count limit on the titles too.
I would propose no more than eight.
Why eight?
Basically, because I think that's enough.
For what it's worth, I think there should be a word count limit on the titles too.
I would propose no more than eight.
Why eight?
Basically, because I think that's enough.
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Ah "Kiplinged" so simple! Much like "Pickled" a very concise way to state it.
Ah "Kiplinged" so simple! Much like "Pickled" a very concise way to state it.
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Yes I agree. Not that any of the entrants have stepped over the mark but now we know we can put a note. It just confuses everyone and me in particular. My mind is racing with ideas.
Usr the KISS principle Keep - It -Simple- Stupid
A title of no more than 8 and 75 word story/poem.
Simples
Yes I agree. Not that any of the entrants have stepped over the mark but now we know we can put a note. It just confuses everyone and me in particular. My mind is racing with ideas.
Usr the KISS principle Keep - It -Simple- Stupid
A title of no more than 8 and 75 word story/poem.
Simples
Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
I'm not sure about limiting the title, if it was set to 8 words then my entry for Feb 2011 'how I learned to stop the silence and love the song' would have been disqualified. Not to mention a whole bunch of others.
Mosaix's brilliant october entry -Harry whittaker turns his back on his chance of fame
So in my opinion there shouldn't be a limit on the title.
I'm not sure about limiting the title, if it was set to 8 words then my entry for Feb 2011 'how I learned to stop the silence and love the song' would have been disqualified. Not to mention a whole bunch of others.
Mosaix's brilliant october entry -Harry whittaker turns his back on his chance of fame
So in my opinion there shouldn't be a limit on the title.
Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
I'd rather their wasn't a word limit on the title, at least not one as restrictive as eight; that gives little room for those harmless alternative titles that I often use.
Oh, and for what it's worth, I never consider the title when judging a story prior to voting.
I'd rather their wasn't a word limit on the title, at least not one as restrictive as eight; that gives little room for those harmless alternative titles that I often use.
Oh, and for what it's worth, I never consider the title when judging a story prior to voting.
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Wouldn't it be Kippled, as in the old joke?
I say, I say, I say! Do you like Kipling?
I don't know: I've never been Kippled!
Wouldn't it be Kippled, as in the old joke?
I say, I say, I say! Do you like Kipling?
I don't know: I've never been Kippled!
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Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
It's a good job Robert Louis Stevenson isn't alive to enter the Challenge. An example of one of his book titles:
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; his Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he Suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: Written by Himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Almost a 75 worder on it's own!
It's a good job Robert Louis Stevenson isn't alive to enter the Challenge. An example of one of his book titles:
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; his Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he Suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: Written by Himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Almost a 75 worder on it's own!
Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
I'm with you there...
One dodgy parody and a few half-baked scribblings is all I have on my plate.
Gah! have absolutely nothing this month, and seriously doubt that I'm going to be able to come up with something suitable. I've stopped reading the entries as they are just too intimidating (you're all too talented - Bah! Humbug!!)
so far, I have a mis-mash of 'If', 'Jungle Book' (including the movies) and war-time imagery going round my head without making any sense at all.
Am feeling very grumpy about the whole thing at the moment
I'm with you there...
One dodgy parody and a few half-baked scribblings is all I have on my plate.
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