Discussion thread -- SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE June 2013

[ratsy]

Thanks for the short list Parson! and Mr Orange, I am proud to have made it into the top three. Thank you

 

[TacticalLoco]

It seemed like the overall quality was up this month. I really enjoyed reading all the stories.
Also much was said of the 'last minute' posters but some of my favorites were on page #4!
Way to go everyone! A truly super month of entries I thought.



Short list
Victoria - Another well told, humorous yarn that bangs the theme right on the head. Crazy.
kromanjon - I liked the symmetry and the voice of it.
David Evil Overlord - Nice tale.
Venusian Broon - Clever alternate history. And real humor is always a plus.
TheDustyZebra - Your story meets the challenge well, squeezed in character development and made me snicker.
chrispencate - Who isn't a Tolkien junky? And this fine poem could easily be the real thing.
TheSpurringPlatty - Great ending twist! Didn't see that coming.
JordanSC5 -Welcome. Cute story and an engaging writing style.
Culhwich - What a nifty idea for a story. So why do we bother to get out bed each morning?
AJB - Alternate histories again. But everything comes down to the 'human' factor.
Phyrebrat - You got a lot of wonderful twists and turns into those 75 words.
Ursa major - A science play on reality. The ending(?) elevates it so well.



Winner
reiver33 - Best use of archetypes should be a category. Anyway, this one stuck with me quite a while.


Thank you(s) to Perp, StarBeast and Victoria for helpful, interesting insightful commentary.
And to johnnyjet, Starbeast, RoninJedi84, ratsy, for the short listings.

 

[Lenny]

Fourteen on my shortlist this month! And it looks like I'm not alone in that respect. Maybe we should start calling them longlist, not-as-longlist, littlest-longlist, and vote:

BigJ
springs
kromanjon
David Evil Overlord
Glen
Alex Mason
MemoryTale
Starbeast
SleepyDormouse
crystal haven
JordanSC5
Moonbat
Ursa Major
jastius

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Thanks to Perp, SB, and Victoria for the comments. And thank you to johnny, SB, and Boneman for the mentions!

 

[jastius]

Thankyou Lenny for the long list short list listing..happy happy happy..
lenny you are naturally comic.. longlist shortlist? *giggle*

 

[Perpetual Man]

My pleasure to the last few thanks for doing the reviews/comments:

And the shortlist:
Victoria
Ratsy
Venusian Broom
Juliana
Tywin
Lenny
SleepyDormouse –
PM

The Contenders:
Stormcrow
AMB
DEO
Bowler1
Mosaix
Glen
TacticaLoco
MPorter
BM
PhillipAEllis

With the vote going (just) to Glen

 

[Boneman]

I coulda been a contendah... oh, I am one! Thanks, Perp - that means a lot to me, and I'm alongside some truly excellent stories.

 

[AMB]

Thanks to Parson for the shortlisting, and Perp for the contender...ing.

 

[The Spurring Platty]

First, thanks you Starbeast, Victoria, and Perp for the kind words,
Thanks johnnyjet, Starbeast, Boneman, TacticalLoco for the mentions.

Parson - Thanks for the vote! You make me sound far more clever than I am.

Now, to find time to read all these wonderful stories!

 

[Bowler1]

The Contenders:

I feel like a boxer, just call me Rocky!

Thank you, Perp - and a belated thanks to Starbeast.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Cheers for the longlist, Lenny. Gee, it's close at the top. Again...

 

[Abernovo]

Wassat? A vote snuck in? For Me? Thanks Aber - I'm delighted you liked it!

No problem, pal. I really did like it, particularly the variation on the Weaver myth. It was a perfect fit for the theme.

Thank you for the listing.

 

[alchemist]

Wey-hey! A vote! Thanks, mosaix.

My shortlist (in no particular order)

Victoria Silverwolf
springs
Tywin
Alex Mason
JordanSC5

And the votegetter is ...

Victoria Silverwolf!

 

[ratsy]

Thanks for the shortlist Perp

 

[stormcrow]

Yes, Thanks Perp! A Contender? I'll have to be a Featherweight then!

Aber - really appreciate your comments, glad you got that from it!

 

[Ursa major]

Thanks for the short-listing, stormcrow, Starbeast, Boneman and TacticalLoco.

And thanks for the not-as-long-listing, Lenny.


And more thanks: to Perp for the mini review.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Thanks for the shortlisting, TactiaclLoco

Thanks for the (long-medium-little) shortlisting, Lenny.

And thanks for the contendering, Perp

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Yes, I definitely think it's the long list, the shorter longlist, and the least longlist, or something like that -- but there are a lot of entries this month, so I don't feel guilty.

Victoria Silverwolf -- Antipodes
springs -- Leave it to the Kids
AMB -- Coastal Erosion
*alchemist -- Running to Stand Still*
DEO -- The Streets of the City
reiver33 -- The Final Chorus
mosaix -- The Restaurant....
Venusian Broon -- An Unexpected Plane Journey
Alex Mason -- Extra Credit....
MemoryTale -- Proof
Tywin -- The Leap
crystal haven -- Second Sight
TSP -- (Book)Ends of the Earth
PhillipAEllis -- The Wanderer....
Mr Orange -- Forever After
Boneman -- Starlight, Starbright
Moonbat -- The Last Place on Earth
Culhwch -- The Pointy End

I'm afraid that a few of my favorites just missed the shorter list when I just couldn't quite manage to think of them as entire stories -- but I loved them nevertheless.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Thanks for the long shortlisting, TDZ...

 

[Boneman]

TDZ, many thanks for the least longlist - it is incredibly hard to choose, this month, isn't it? (like most months, only leastlonger...) 20 stories have received votes, so far!!

 

[chrispenycate]

That's a shortlist?


Hex Quest to the east, Quest to the west

ratsy Where the Stars go to Drink

Venusian Broon An Unexpected Plane Journey

TheDustyZebra Pop and the Question

Tywin The Leap

SleepyDormouse The Needle worker

johnnyjet A Gracious Gesture

BetaWolf Manning the divide

Parson A Miserable Evangelist

HareBrain In the Lost City of Z

Although I fanally went for the dusty Z

Karn? You've been around long enough to know not to vote for Chrispy! Who knows what excess he might get into next time? Still, thank you very much.

Starbeast, many thanks for the loyal shortlist, but

Rushes up and hugs Parson - sorry reverend, it's a sort of continental hug, think of it as primitive Christian you noticed the "autobiographical" – I wasn't sure anybody would. (The removal truck passed yesterday taking all my goods and chattels west, toward the old country).