Discussion -- August 2011 Challenge

[Perpetual Man]

Re: Discussion AUGUST 75 Word Writing Challenge

My pleasure Hoops, just pleased that the comment made sense. (I may or may not have been partaking in an alcoholic beverage for the first time in an age.)

Just got to get mine posted and I'll be happy.

 

[Culhwch]

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Indeed, many thanks for the kind words, Perp!

Feels odd having posted. Not sure what I'm going to do with myself for the rest of the month....

 

[Parson]

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Parson - For someone who was worried that he would struggle with a horror story Parson really does a magnificent job with his tale. There was something simple in the way that the story is told, which just makes it all the more effective. It also served to remind me of some of the best slasher movies, with a killer that could stand there with the best of them.

Well diagnosed PM. Thanks for your kind comment. I would have liked to done something in style of Edgar Allen Poe. But 75 words was just too few to do the quiet build up that I enjoyed in the Poe I read.

 

[GreenKidx]

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I would have liked to done something in style of Edgar Allen Poe. But 75 words was just too few to do the quiet build up that I enjoyed in the Poe I read.

Don't know exactly how evident it is, but that (Poe) was actually the inspiration for the style of my entry...

 

[Perpetual Man]

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I've posted, was a hard choice in the end, but I figured this one was a bit different to the others.

I had to sacrifice some accuracy and detail for length but there we go.

 

[nixie]

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Mines in, have to say I was in to minds wither or not to enter this month.

 

[Moonbat]

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I just read yours Nixie and I thought it was marvellous, very good indeed. Reminds me of the devil's violin.

 

[Mouse]

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Mouse - When I first read this one I thought it very much an average Mouse entry (which is to say superb), but after finishing it stuck with me. It grew just like the enormity of the kills/soul takings. The casual nature of it all just seemed to make it all the more horrific. This really makes it feel as though it is only a snap shot of something so much larger.

Oh dear! I can't work out if 'snap shot' is a bad thing. I always try to avoid that!

Thanks, Perp.

I like nixie's too, it reminds me of Robin Hobb's Soldier Son books actually...

 

[Perpetual Man]

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It's a good thing! It's a very good thing! Gives the feeling of a much greater depth to the story as though it is real, existed before and after the events shown. Very clever thing to do with only 75 words.

Typically Mrs Perp. gave me yet another idea tonight, at it freaked the living daylights out of me. I've posted... but I might play with the idea if you excuse the pun...

 

[Moonbat]

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got two stories, not sure which to enter, one is more horror, but the other ha sa deeper emotional impact and a possibly better take on the theme/genre. How to decide?

 

[Devil's Advocate]

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Take 38 words from one, and 37 words from the other.

Put it together, and hope that it is somehow cohesive enough to make sense...

 

[Moonbat]

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Somehow I don't think that'll help, it just gives me 74 more decisions to make in choosing which words I need, in fact it might be 149 more decisions. Are you trying to make this harder for me DA?

 

[alchemist]

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I have six options. This month, I might actually take the advice of others and post the one they suggest.

 

[Moonbat]

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I was just coming up with a title for one of mine and I had another idea. So now I've got three!

 

[Highlander]

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A have already posted in this month's story but I did write a second one and discarded it - here it is for you to tear apart... (I will be going on holiday next week so might not see how the voting goes)

 

[Culhwch]

Re: Discussion AUGUST 75 Word Writing Challenge

Highlander, I have removed your story - we have a policy of not allowing members to post a second (or third or fourth) story until after the voting is done for the month, to keep the focus on the challenge thread and the actual entries. Feel free to post it again once the poll closes.

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

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I was just coming up with a title for one of mine and I had another idea. So now I've got three!

Just take a word from each in turn and see if it makes sense.

 

[Moonbat]

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well that does work, the first sentence comes out as

BANG! Closing in dead the the as sliver jammed their I get Mother apnoeic started.

 

[HareBrain]

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Must say I'm breathless with excitement about this "Mother Apnoeic" character.

 

[Parson]

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Dusty Zebra

That was an interesting and logical conclusion to what has to be considered a rather warped tale to begin with. You made me think about it, and I like what you did.