DISCUSSION THREAD -- August 75 Word Challenge

[The Judge]

Thanks, Broamalia. Yep, poor goblins get a raw deal. (As opposed to a straw deal...)

Burnt pies, Kylara? Very odd! (Shades of Alfred the Great!) And a virtual gold straw for you, too.

 

[Kylara]

I'll find it online (hah if it is there, and PM you the story, if I can't find it, I'll type it aaaallllll out heh) It is a most amusing story Thanks for the straw...I shall put it pride of place above the fireplace

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Done! Now I feel like a proper member

And very nice it was, too.

 

[Phyrebrat]

That damn Liverpool St to Chingford line! I posted From my phone whilst traveling home, right after Mouse did about finding TJ's easter egg - along with a rather painful pun on the word grim... It never showed!

It was the first time and last time I'll try to use my iphone to participate in these forums (Okay, that sounded a bit Tale-of-Two-Cities-with-a-smartphone-twist).

Broamalia thank you so much for the mention. It's nice to get one and welcome to the Boards C.A.Mitchell

pH

 

[nixie]

I got it TJ, does that mean your buying the cakes in about 10 days?

 

[The Judge]

Er... I can give you a virtual golden straw... (It will help with drinking the tea!)

 

[EricWard]

Very, very skeptical as to whether I could actually do one of these (especially since the genre and topic are waaay out of my usual area) but it was a lot of fun trying to refine a handful of sentences into a single picture.

Also highly impressed by the diverse approaches that I've seen so far.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Er... I can give you a virtual golden straw... (It will help with drinking the tea!)

No sucking up allowed in this thread!

 

[nixie]

Well how else am I supposed to drink my tea

 

[paranoid marvin]

Use saucery?

 

[Broamalia]

Oh my god the punnery is too much... Wanted to also give mention to Mitchell and tisiphone... So good. Mitchell, yours is one of my favorites, sooo much tension! And tisi, good use of the first line to clarify the last. I struggled so hard to whittle mine down, and i felt like i lost too much info in the process. I want to learn some of the clever tricks and tools for clarity and economy that ive seen here.

 

[Ursa major]

Ursa, yours was nice, it was a play on beauty & the beast? Im not sure if Azor is a reference or not.

Thanks, Broamalia.

And sorry, but Challenge protocol prevents me from saying anything about my entry until the voting is over.

 

[Broamalia]

Totally, i got a clarification from TJ after i posted that, sry. Anyway i googled it and answered my own question

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

This month's Challenge is closed. Here is the link to the poll:

http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/537691-poll-august-75-word-challenge-read-first-post.html

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

And a reminder to everyone before they vote: an important part of these challenges is not only to write a story that is 75 words long, but also to stick to the theme and genre in writing it.

Of course as voters we will all interpret the theme and genre a little bit differently, and that's fine (also inevitable) but we should keep it in mind. This is something we have been drifting away from, a little, and we need to get back on course.

 

[Luiglin]

Aha ... I cast the first vote. It was a toughie this month both writing and voting, with extra consideration to Teresa's reminder.

The top three for me were;

Grimbear - images of fairy tale beer goggles
Harebrain - rhythmic words
Eric Ward - even peasants deserve a mention

Vote went to Paranoid Marvin - enjoyable rhyme and nice comic twist still encased within the theme and genre

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Yay, I get a golden straw, too!

As I suspected, I've fallen out of practice -- I didn't notice it until I went back to look.

 

[Azzagorn]

Great effort this month people. Here is my shortlist:

* Phoenixwriter -Between soliders and maidens Beautiful and emotive.
* Hex -Shoe-ly Not How good would Cinderella be if that was how it ended? Also great title.
* Grimbear -Mr. Imperfect and the morning after Ah, Sleeping gas always makes me laugh.
* Ericward -Standards Peasents always seem to get a bum deal, nice to see some peasent rights in action. F

And my vote goes too..... Dun dun duuuuunnnnn...... Hex for the take on the Cinderella story that made me grin.

 

[Parson]

Ohhh! T.J.I got it. Me the one who does not know much of myths of fairy tales got it. (Picture of Parson so proud of himself he's insufferable.)

 

[paranoid marvin]

Another great Challenge, and a clear winner this month for me; Teresa's tragic tale is beautifully written.


Luiglin, thankyou so much for your kind words and vote.