Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013 -- HAREBRAIN WINS

Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

Victoria Silverwolf – for the cheek but accuracy of our tea-drinking predilection.:eek:

Verse – I hate to admit to being one of the people that found the I can haz cheeseburger funny for some reason. I'm not a cutesy pet-person who anthropomorphises animals, but nevertheless I really chuckled at your use of the buzzword. :D

TacticalLoco – A nice tidy tale that hits the criteria of Tall Tales expertly. Although for some reason I hear Walter Bishop reading this out to the Fringe team.:eek:

Glisterspeck – Again, like TacticalLoco, I felt this one really hit the genre and theme well, and I like the image of the brush tail as a … brush.

The Judge – The pacing, meter and rhymes were so tight I had to include this in my shortlist; the kitten seems to grow with each now line. I especially liked the Milky Way image, and the cheeky cataclysm rhyme.:cool:

In the end I think I'm going to have to go for Victoria. I like that there is (perhaps intentional, perhaps not) a rather sinister side to the story and the last line of course, which I read in a C-3PO voice (in my head, that is.)

Congratulations all for entering another month’s evil challenge!

pH
 
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Thanks for the listing, Brev. :)
 
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I apologise for the double post, just saw my vote! THANK YOU, HEX :) your comments on the line have really made my weekend!

Also, thanks for the short listing or mentions from Starbeast, Stormcrow and Johnnyjet, it’s so nice to see your name mentioned in these lists.

And a final thanks to Victoria, for your comments

pH
 
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Woo-hoo , another vote! Thanks Mr.Starbeast!:)
 
Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

Howdy,
Thank you to, Ratsy,Lenny,Parson,Abernovo,Perp Man,Springs,Starbeast and Stormcrowfor the short listings and mentions, made me feel like a million bucks.

All you cats came up with great cattails, uh, cat tales, made it impossible to choose. I had to resort to the dart board method, Perp Man got the dart, the dart just nicked Parson's tale, it was almost too close to call.

Perp Man, I know a lot of people that tell a story just like you wrote it but it takes 'em 75,000 words to tell it.
Bob
 
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Bob S. thanks for the nicked tail. Much appreciated.
 
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My thanks to Starbeast and Parson for the mentions...and Oh! Isn't it quiet around here?
 
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i got a vote!! ( doing happy dance!!) thankyou, chrispy!
 
Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

A vote ... cheers Daggers
 
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Lenny said:
Thanks for the mentions, springs and Starbeast!
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You're welcome Lenny.

Parson said:
Yeah!!! Votes thanks so much Juliana and Ratsy. You will be forever on "Tom's" nice list.

Shortlist

Verse, Starbeast, Dark Evil Overlord, Hex, Bob Sr., Brev
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Thanks for the Short Listing! You made my afternoon.

Phyrebrat said:
Also, thanks for the short listing or mentions from Starbeast, Stormcrow and Johnnyjet, it’s so nice to see your name mentioned in these lists.
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You are very welcomed Phyrebrat.

paranoid marvin said:
Woo-hoo , another vote! Thanks Mr.Starbeast!:)
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Just call me Starbeast. Your wonderful and funny poem won me over.

Bob Senior said:
Howdy,
Thank you to, Ratsy,Lenny,Parson,Abernovo,Perp Man,Springs,Starbeast and Stormcrowfor the short listings and mentions, made me feel like a million bucks.

All you cats came up with great cattails, uh, cat tales, made it impossible to choose. I had to resort to the dart board method, Perp Man got the dart, the dart just nicked Parson's tale, it was almost too close to call.
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Interesting method. I agree, tons of great stories once again! And speaking of great stories, keep up the good work Bob. :)

Brev said:
My thanks to Starbeast and Parson for the mentions...and Oh! Isn't it quiet around here?
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Yeah, let's make some noise. I'll turn up the ambient space music I'm currently listening too. You're welcome Brev.
 
Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

Anya, ratsy and Lenny, thank you so much for the mentions/shortlistings. Made my day (although Toulon beating saracens at twickenham was good fun, too... Jonny Wilkinson scored all of Toulon's points...)
So My shortlist:

Nixie
Books for Lunch
Springs
Stromcrow
Luiglin
AJB
Lenny
Harebrain
Phyrebrat.

Finalists were Luiglin, Lenny and Phyrebrat, and

Phyrebrat was my winner.


Well done everyone!!
 
Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

My shortlist (apologies to the many who just missed out)

Luiglin
The Judge
Boneman
J Riff
Victoria Silverwolf
AMB
Verse

I was most tickled by J Riff's and Boneman's entries. In the end I plumped for Boneman.


Thanks very much to Springs, Barlennan, Glisterspeck and Luiglin for the votes, and to everyone else who mentioned mine.
 
Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

Crikey, I don't know how the 28th sneaks up on me like this every month. Anyway, I hadn't looked at the voting again, so I'm a bit bewildered to see I've got votes! But thank you for shortlistings and Hon Mentions Starbeast, marvin, Luiglin, Juliana, Phyrebrat and HB. And BIG (astronomically BIIIIIIGGGG) thanks to Bowler, Talysia, Perp and Parson for the votes!! (I'm glad someone got the stophe pun, Parson. I was as pleased as a cat with cream with that one!)


I had a bit of trouble with my shortlist. Every month I consider the stories in accordance with theme and genre, and if a piece doesn't fit into both, then it's excluded. This month, though, there were a number I really liked but which didn't actually fit into my definition of the genre. After a battle, I've included some in my shortlist regardless, since I thought them so clever and/or so witty. The list is:

EloiseA -- The Return of the Baron -- for bringing in the best of the tall tale tellers
HareBrain -- The Mewling -- ooh, metafiction (but where are the kitties?!)
Phyrebrat -- Feline Fatale -- Feline Noir!
springs -- Astromit the Sci-Fi Cat -- a clever adaptation of one of my favourite silly poems
Talysia -- My Grandmother's Cat -- he reminds me of Nanny Ogg's feline, which is great praise!
Verse -- Itty Bitty Kitty Invasion From Outer Space -- an excellent last line!
Victoria Silverwolf -- Tiny -- perhaps the tallest of tales

Several others only just lost out on the shortlisting, including Parson, Boneman, AMB, TSP and TDZ, and I have to give a special mention to jastius for the groanworthy Fur Elise!

But the story which to me was one of the few proper tall tales, the tone and style of which was perfectly suited to the genre, was Victoria's, and she gets my vote.
 
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Aww, thanks, TJ! I didn't expect any mentions for my silliness this time around -- it was written only for me. :)

I, too, had a horrible time with the shortlist. With 48 stories, one would expect the shortlist to be somewhat shorter than ...25. More than half, really? Indeed. So I was forced to trim for the pickiest of nitpicky reasons as well as some belated realizations of stories that didn't quite fit as tall tales. This was a problem that I found in my own first story, discovering as I was about to post it that it was a story about a tall tale rather than actually being one itself, which is why I had to go back to the drawing board.

Anyway, I don't usually post the culled entries in my shortlist, but these were just so good that I'm going to throw them in anyway: AMB, paranoid marvin, Juliana, Culhwch, DEO, Glen, HB, and kromanjon.

And the list:

*Victoria Silverwolf -- Tiny*
Verse -- Itty Bitty Kitty Invasion....
Talysia -- My Grandmother's Cat
springs -- Astromit the Sci-Fi Cat
steve12553 -- Mitten
BigJ -- One Small Kitten
Luiglin -- I'll Get My Coat
barlennan -- Ailurophobia
Parson -- The Legend of Tom
TacticalLoco -- untitled
Hex -- Doom of the World (only, not)
GlisterSpeck -- Snowball, the Chimney Sweep's Kitten
EloiseA -- Return of the Baron
jastius -- A Very Tiny Bargain....
TSP -- Escalation
Ursa major -- The Cat Who Would Be Queen
TJ -- Cat-a-strophe
 
Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

True story. There I was standing in an open space minding my own business when a dart, a GENUINE dart came out of nowhere and plugged me right between the eyes.

That's the only excuse I can come up with for taking so long to thank Bob for the vote.

So thanks for the vote Bob, it is very greatly appreciated.
 
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Thank You for the shortlisting Boneman!:) Glad you liked it!

..and Good Luck all; close - still very close...!
 
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I've been so busy this weekend - had to make sure I read all the storys and vote though.

Firsty, thanks for the shortlistings Starbeast and Boneman! :)

Sorry I haven't put together a shortlist this month. There were many I really enjoyed. However, I voted for TacticalLoco whose story stuck in my mind most this month, especially when seeing the moon and viewing its craters, mountains and scars as huge cat scratches and bites.
 
Re: Discussion Thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE April 2013

Given the number and variety of kittens this month, I can only assume that you lot are litter louts.... Here are the worst offenders:


Honourable Mentions:
  • My Grandmother's Cat by Talysia
  • Doom of the world (only, not) by Hex
  • The Mewling by HareBrain
  • True Story by Bob Senior
Runners Up:
  • The Devil's in the Details by Juliana
  • A Cat's Tale by Culhwch
  • The Legend of Tom by Parson
Winner:
  • Vive le Chaton by Paranoid Marvin
 
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