Discussion -- 300 Word Challenge #5

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History, Gary?

If someone is to get it in the neck, Applied Mathematics is a far better option.




Have you met the Count...?
 
I'm intrigued, Teresa, as to why you've spelt 'grey' the way you have. (Is it sad that that intrigues me?)
 
springs1971 said:
Okayy.. and then I noticed the amount of entries already. eeek. With sincere apologies to Perp:

STARBEAST: (sorry for short reviews)
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Don't worry about how long it takes you to review stories or how short the reviews are. You say a lot with a few words. :)

Aun Doorback said:
Kudos to all those who have posted a 300 this month - Looking to sneak one in before closedown, but its going to be tight.

295 words left to write and its done!
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LOL. That's funny. :D That's exactly how I felt when I saw the imagine for the first time.

"I've got an idea...kind of...something..........like....................something. I like the picture, truely a striking image. Hmm..."
 
Mouse said:
I'm intrigued, Teresa, as to why you've spelt 'grey' the way you have. (Is it sad that that intrigues me?)
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I've always spelled it that way. At least as far back as I can remember (probably since I was a teenager and started reading so many books by British authors). Anyway, copy editors let it stand in my books, and if it's ever been changed to "gray" in any of my anthologized short stories to fit somebody's style guide, I've never noticed. It's not considered wrong in the US; it's just the less common spelling.

Why do I use it? I guess I just picked it up unconsciously, along with a handful of other British spellings, and since editors let me get away with it, why not? Mostly, of course, I do use US spellings. (Over here, "spelt" is a kind of grain.)

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But to return to the Challenge ... this is already a record month for stories for the 300, and it will be interesting to see how many more we get. It's been going in the opposite direction from the 75 -- fewer stories each time instead of an upward trend -- so it's wonderful to see more stories than Challenge #1.

Between this and the 75 Word Challenge, what a month this has been!
 
Well they took some reading. Well done, everyone, but there's three stand-outs for me, straight away. Unless there's something exceptional posted in the time left then I know where my votes are going.
 
mosaix said:
Well they took some reading. Well done, everyone, but there's three stand-outs for me, straight away. Unless there's something exceptional posted in the time left then I know where my votes are going.
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I just got there! :D

The exceptional thing about my story is that it was posted at all, with all the connection problems I've been having.

Oh, and Teresa, I've always spelled it "grey" as well, for some odd reason. :)
 
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That's it, mosaix. Depress me before I've even written a word...


(All part of the service, Aun. Make me a cuppa while you're about it.)
 
Coffee percolating Judge, you're more than welcome. 200 words left to write and Richard Burton informing me that 'The Earth belonged to the Martians!'

If my 300 worder starts with the phrase 'There were ships of shapes and sizes, scattered out along the bay..' Then I'll know who to blame!
 
Teresa Edgerton said:
You do realize that if you don't write a story, no one is going to accept that as an excuse?
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Ooh, what a good idea, I hadn't thought of using it as an excuse... ("I can't write a story everyone, cos mosaix has already made up his mind. It's all his fault..." :p :D )


I'm up to 90 words thus far, so only another 210 to go. It would help if I had a plot. Or characters. Or some idea what I was doing.
 
Teresa Edgerton said:
I've always spelled it that way. At least as far back as I can remember (probably since I was a teenager and started reading so many books by British authors). Anyway, copy editors let it stand in my books, and if it's ever been changed to "gray" in any of my anthologized short stories to fit somebody's style guide, I've never noticed. It's not considered wrong in the US; it's just the less common spelling.

Why do I use it? I guess I just picked it up unconsciously, along with a handful of other British spellings, and since editors let me get away with it, why not? Mostly, of course, I do use US spellings. (Over here, "spelt" is a kind of grain.)
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Interesting! Ta.

(Part of my job at work involves me proofreading newsletters and website text - I have to convert Brit spellings to American ones. It just jumped out at me here.)
 
The Judge said:
Ooh, what a good idea, I hadn't thought of using it as an excuse... ("I can't write a story everyone, cos mosaix has already made up his mind. It's all his fault..." :p :D )
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That would probably have worked if you didn't just tell us all about it! :p


The Judge said:
I'm up to 90 words thus far, so only another 210 to go. It would help if I had a plot. Or characters. Or some idea what I was doing.
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If I understand the rules correctly - You can submit a story with up to 300 words. :rolleyes:
 
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