Discussion -- 300 Word Challenge #2

[Arkose]

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The first 500 words written.....

 

[Culhwch]

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The first 500 words written.....

Erm... you do know it's a 300 word challenge, yeah?

 

[TheDustyZebra]

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Ha! That's the problem I had with the first 300-word challenge! I wrote the first 500 words (or at least 375) a dozen times. And they were mostly quite different stories, so it was really the first 5000 words or so.

 

[Aun Doorback]

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When does the challenge actually open? Is it today?

 

[The Judge]

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Yes, it is!

OK, let's see your stories! (I've not even started to think of mine...)

 

[Perpetual Man]

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Well thought it was open so I might as well post.

(Gulp)

 

[Aun Doorback]

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Perp -Yours is good man

 

[Moonbat]

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3 great entries already, I have to admit that I thought Aun's was brilliant, a very clever entry, well written and imaginative.
Having posted my 75 worder for this month I can focus on the 300 worder (after my week long holiday in Madiera ) I have a couple of ideas, but not sure which to put the more energy into at the mo. Will probably write both and see.
Still a good start to (hopefully) another amazing month of stories. Bravo!

 

[chrispenycate]

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I know exactly what the light is doing.

Now, if I can only write the story before somebody else gets the same idea, and avoid it being a technical infodump, and get it posted before going into hospital, and…

 

[Perpetual Man]

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Chris - I'm preparing my mind for meltdown, just thinking about it.

At this point, I've read the first two (after mine) and have been blown away, I think the standard is going to be spectacular.

Aun and Moonbat thanks for the thumbs up.

I am still probably not going to do my comments this time around, but part of me is itching, so you never know.

If it was not for time, or lack thereof...

 

[Aun Doorback]

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Thanks Moonbat and Perp - Really appreciate the comments

 

[TheDustyZebra]

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A great, and typically diverse, collection so far! At this point, Aun's is the best example of my idea that I haven't had yet and don't need to bother having anymore. In other words, I love it! It reminds me of that movie (which I just had to look up through the back door to remember the name of), "Defending Your Life", with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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The stories so far are so good that it's rather intimidating.

Especially since I haven't come up with anything that vaguely resembles a story as yet. Some inchoate ideas about the setting, but that's about it.

 

[MstrTal]

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The stories so far are so good that it's rather intimidating.

Especially since I haven't come up with anything that vaguely resembles a story as yet. Some inchoate ideas about the setting, but that's about it.

I am in the same boat (Hope it isn't the Titanic!) as I have in mind three completely different ideas of just what the picture represents and even what the light is but no story is coalescing just yet. Not sure exactly what I am going to do about this either. Strike that I do have one storyline I want to try but I do not think there is anyway it could fit into just 300 words.

 

[chrispenycate]

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Well, it's in. Will anyone understand it with that much amputated? For that matter, would anyone have understood it before it went into surgery? Word says its 295, I make it 299 which means I shouldn't be over, anyway. A thousand words lie on the cutting room floor, but many of them were technical explanation and would have had to go anyway.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

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I understood it, and if anyone was going to have difficulty understanding it, it probably would have been me.

Great first line. The last two lines are even better. Everything in between is pretty wonderful, too.

(I count it as 295 words, too.)

 

[Highlander]

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Some great stuff so far - my likes so far are Perp Man and Chris. I have one complete and in waiting but need to double check the word count (Word says 299 but I want to be absolutely sure with a manual check) - Funnily enough my tale has similar elements to parts of both of your tales but I do have a different slant on it. Watch this space....

I might manage to post my own tale tonight or possibly tomorrow... but I need to tweak a couple of bits...

 

[The Spurring Platty]

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My very first impression of the picture was it being some underwater scene. The more I tried to come up with something, the harder it was to get that impression out of my head. For better or worse I went with it and tried to make it work.
"Don't fight it, write it."

 

[nixie]

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I have a glimmer of an idea, had a pounding headache and closed my eyes while sat on the bus and it floated to the surface. Hopefully I'll be able to put into words when a little less headachey.

 

[GreenKidx]

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Well, I've actually written my story. Its been edited and I'm happy. Kinda shocking, I woke up this morning with the first line in my head and the rest of the story just flesh to my fingertips. Funniest part is I cut that line!