DISCUSSION THREAD -- November 75-word challenge

[Parson]

Perp,

Be warned you are going to get to the dreaded 3K posts quickly. Can't wait to see what you put up to be pillared, err, I mean critiqued.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Perp,

Be warned you are going to get to the dreaded 3K posts quickly. Can't wait to see what you put up to be pillared, err, I mean critiqued.

Ooooh that almost sounds like a threat, well I can stretch those last few posts out for days, just you watch...

Uhhh I just used one didn't I?

 

[Parson]

Yep!, only two posts to go.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Well I better not use...

Ahh, got one or two things in mind but can't decide which was to go, the one I'm favouring might be a little too graphic, and the other is just plain terrible... or...

Well looks like it's decision time.

 

[Starbeast]

Starbeast – glad we are to see SB.

After some research into a very dismal time in England history, I at first wondered if I could make a tale out of this dark age.

So I gave it try. For what it's worth, good, bad or ugly, it is what it is.

For the first time, I wondered if I should post at all.

 

[chopper]

ok, call off the Hares - i've posted...

i'll leave y'alll to spot the references though

 

[Abernovo]

Heh, good entry, chopper. I think I got some of the references. Nice.

Starbeast, of course you were right to post.

 

[Starbeast]

Excellent, you've joined the party Chopper.

Now you'll be Prepped, but you still may get a Hare in your soup.

Hold still, I smell the presence of a bear.

Thanks Abernovo.

 

[High Eight]

I'm back, folks. Getting over a bad spell at the end of summer.

I'm not quite sure how well my story fits the theme (if at all), but I didn't want to chuck it or rewrite it (it came to 75 words almost first go!) and how often do you get a chance to write Tudorpunk? (Wha?.....)

 

[Starbeast]

I'm back, folks. Getting over a bad spell at the end of summer.

I'm not quite sure how well my story fits the theme (if at all), but I didn't want to chuck it or rewrite it (it came to 75 words almost first go!) and how often do you get a chance to write Tudorpunk? (Wha?.....)

My brain went sideways on this one.

Nice to have you back High Eight. I hope things are going alright for you now.

 

[High Eight]

My brain went sideways on this one.

Nice to have you back High Eight. I hope things are going alright for you now.

Quite a bit better, thanks Beast.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Are we starting to get up a bit of speed as we head toward the termination point:

Chopper – I’m not sure I fully get all of this, but... as always I put my own spin on things and to me it seems as though we have a famous bard whose imagination may be affecting reality around him, that his writing leads them to situations that get dire indeed when ink runs dry. But a bit of improvisation, a red substitute and everything falls into place, a rollicking adventure, ending with a dash of pop punk.

Parson – A rather disturbing but thought provoking deconstruction of a popular nursery rhyme going back to the origins and letting us know just what it is all about. Well constructed and told, it means that a nursery rhyme is stricken from the Perp jr.s reading list...

High Eight – And another touching on the pure historical as we get to see the last days of Henry VIII, but of course there is more going on than just the mundane (if such a death can said to be mundane), and it is those that are there watching as his end comes, that only he can see that adds a chill to proceedings.

 

[Parson]

Perp, thanks for the kind words. But I don't think Perp Jr. should be banned from this or from playing "Ring around the Rosie" either. Another child's rhyme with less than palatable origins.

I really struggled for something to write with this challenge. It's likely Tudor, and perhaps it's punk. I'm still not sure how to analyze that. When it comes to voting in a few days I will likely not be able to pay much attention to genre. Which is normally one of my key points in voting.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

When it comes to voting in a few days I will likely not be able to pay much attention to genre. Which is normally one of my key points in voting.

Me too!

If I can only find something to write for my own story that I consider to be in genre, I'll be happy.

 

[The Judge]

Friends, Writers, Chronnermen (and women) lend me your ideas...

My blank verse blanked, so I went with real history instead.


HareBrain -- you deserve a potato for Glorianus alone! No Bond girl, though?

 

[chopper]

Are we starting to get up a bit of speed as we head toward the termination point:

Chopper – I’m not sure I fully get all of this, but... as always I put my own spin on things and to me it seems as though we have a famous bard whose imagination may be affecting reality around him, that his writing leads them to situations that get dire indeed when ink runs dry. But a bit of improvisation, a red substitute and everything falls into place, a rollicking adventure, ending with a dash of pop punk.

indeed, Shakey has gone to faerieland...
not as difficult as i'd feared, given i hadn't done one of these for years now. there's some good stuff in this month's crop, that made me laugh out loud. potato, indeed!

 

[High Eight]

Perp, thanks for the kind words. But I don't think Perp Jr. should be banned from this or from playing "Ring around the Rosie" either. Another child's rhyme with less than palatable origins.

I really struggled for something to write with this challenge. It's likely Tudor, and perhaps it's punk. I'm still not sure how to analyze that. When it comes to voting in a few days I will likely not be able to pay much attention to genre. Which is normally one of my key points in voting.

I ditto those thanks to perp.

On the subject of nursery rhymes - I think most of them have at least slightly 'dodgy' origins. For example, it is said that Lucy Locket and Kitty Fisher were 18th century high-class prostitutes.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Right a slight break from the regularly scheduled comments:

This post will be appearing in the 300 Challenge Thread Discussion as well:

When I do my comments each and every month (except when there is a baby on the way), I want to do every bodys. As most of you know the only remit I have is to be positive about each and every story, even when I don't always understand them...

This is made so much easier by the fact the quality of writing here is through the roof. Every story. Each and every month.

But every now and then, in my haste or by unexpected distraction, or pure carelessness I miss someone. For me this is one of the worst things I can do, because it makes the writer feel as though there might be a reason I missed it.

I try never to miss a story, but I might.

As of this time as far as I'm aware, I've missed three, a small but illustrious group, but if anyone notices I've skipped someone can they please let me know.

I post in order of entry, so if one is missing it should be easy to notice.

And to the threesome I missed (And anyone else who might not have mentioned it), I apologise, and blame it on being a complete buffoon, or that the sheer brilliance of your stories blew my mind and I could not go back and look at them again...

Perp.

 

[Juliana]

Perp, you do a fantastic job and your reviews are always lovely (sort of like a one-man cheering squad... but without pom-poms!). I don't think anyone could possibly take offense if you miss out, it would be very obvious it was by accident!!

But thanks for posting this, I'm sure we'll all be happy to let you know if we notice someone's story has been skipped over. Keep up the good work! Its highly appreciated, especially by newbie (and somewhat self-conscious) participants such as myself.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Agreed, Perp's reviews are wonderful.

But we don't know he has no pom-poms...