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

[AMB]

Thanks for the review, Starbeast.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Thanks for the review, Starbeast.

 

[Starbeast]

Thanks for the review, Starbeast.

You're welcome AMB.

Thanks for the review, Starbeast.

You're welcome David Evil Overlord.

The Ends of the Earth
(part three)​

CraigBoyes - A young runaway getting far from a terrible life at home ventures into what is entirely unknown to her, the vast open sea. Interesting tale. Nice to meet you CraigBoyes.​

Writersblock - The Earth ends in violent catastrophes and the last people alive embrace the final day. Sad and chillingly dramatic science fiction story. Nice to meet you Writersblock​

Starbeast - My first idea was a drama about a flat Earth. The second idea went no where. Idea three evolved and quickly darkened. So I popped it out of my mental oven and wrote it.​

SleepyDormouse - Cosmic tale in which a mighty celestial female literally weaves the ends of the Earth together. Quite unique idea. Nice to meet you SleepyDormouse.​

TacticalLoco - A foolish wizard uses magic to simplify his life, but the result was total destruction of the world. Mystically good story that conjures up a moral.​

 

[ratsy]

Thanks for the comments SB!

 

[SleepyDormouse]

SleepyDormouse -- a delightful new myth

SleepyDormouse - Nice original idea, and well executed!

SleepyDormouse - Cosmic tale in which a mighty celestial female literally weaves the ends of the Earth together. Quite unique idea. Nice to meet you SleepyDormouse.[/LEFT]

Thanks for the above reviews and nice to meet you too Starbeast.

 

[TacticalLoco]

Thanks to Victoria and Starbeast for the reviews.

 

[Perpetual Man]

CraigBoyes – A beautiful little entry that says as much about hope as anything else. Sometimes it is the things that we leave behind that are more fearful than towards those which we head, and although there is surely a fear of what lies out of sight, it can also give us the greatest hope. Dropping off the end of the world might be a terrible thing, but sailing into that beautifully described sunset makes it a risk worth taking.

Writersblock – If the previous story gave us hope then this, as the title suggests gives us acceptance. It is the kind of acceptance that one might get after a long, long illness where all you want is the drawn out waiting to come to a final end, where the end itself is the final relief that is desired more than anything. It consumes everything, fear, anger and all other emotions, and this story carries that so very well.

SB – Once again from SB a story that feels larger than life, that little extra something that makes it sparkle like a city of gold. It is fun, almost as though it belongs to a world so long ago, feeling to me like an old Saturday morning adventure serial. Until you reach the end, then you get the just desserts that they most likely deserve. Pure fun and entertainment.

SleepyDormouse – There is a simple beauty in play here, a subtle power that oozes from the story. It is easy to see the scene, but there is also the feel that there is a subtle undercurrent of power, as though this simple needlework is actually so much more, a goddess at work. I just loved the feel of it, and the tone, even the idea seems to be just perfect, a wonderful fable of how the sun got in the sky.

TacticaLoco – What a great, traumatic idea, well told and with a genuine stomach tightening conclusion. There is something to be said about the ease magic brings to its practitioners, and here we see that mixed with laziness. A power that could fold the distance is something that has been told in many stories, but here it comes with a warning and a price, one that most be paid. The last line is spot on, nicely constructed and raises the story from very good to magnificent.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you very much, Starbeast!

 

[chrispenycate]

Many thanks Victoria, Perp and Starbeast for making pleasant utterances about my little piece, which I fear is too gloomydark again to please the reverend. Ah, well, perhaps next month my muse will come up with something cheerful and amusing (she delivered three alternatives this month, but this one really wanted to be written. That I couldn't do it justice is a minor hangup.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Perpetual man -- an extremely vivid and atmospheric tragedy

 

[Perpetual Man]

Many thanks Victoria.

 

[AMB]

Perp: My only knowledge of the Northwest Passage comes from the Stan Rogers song about it, which I have always quite liked. I'll never be able to listen to it the same way again, thanks to you.

 

[Starbeast]

Thanks for the comments SB!

You're welcome Ratsy.

Thanks for the above reviews and nice to meet you too Starbeast.

You're welcome SleepyDormouse.

Thanks to Victoria and Starbeast for the reviews.

You're welcome TacticalLoco.

Thank you very much, Starbeast!

You are very welcomed Juliana.

Many thanks Victoria, Perp and Starbeast for making pleasant utterances about my little piece, which I fear is too gloomydark again to please the reverend. Ah, well, perhaps next month my muse will come up with something cheerful and amusing (she delivered three alternatives this month, but this one really wanted to be written. That I couldn't do it justice is a minor hangup.

You're welcome Chrispenycate. Defiantely write what you feel, dark or pleasent, I always look forward to your tales.

But that also goes from many of the other writers here, I can't wait to see what they come up with. Plus I have to restain myself with chains so I don't peek at anyone's story before mine is submitted.

SB – Once again from SB a story that feels larger than life.

(from the one who started it all) Perpetual Man, thank you for another grand review. Nice to have you with us again.

And now to review you.

The Ends of the Earth
(part four)

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Perpetual Man - This tale delves into Greek mythology with Erebus, who, punishes Franklin to a frozen hell where ice and snow entomb him, alive! His crime was eating the flesh of humans, now he endures the horror of an Artic wasteland. Shocking, dark and vivid.​

 

[paranoid marvin]

Well I've shaken off the shackles and made sure that I didn't miss out on posting an entry for a second month.

Tbh I was getting a little worried, as this was a second month when inspiration hadn't come knocking. Funny though how picking up a pen and writing anything can help to get the creative juices flowing.

Just a brief look at the other entries is enough to tell me that the quality is exceptionally high this month.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

paranoid marvin -- a melancholy poem

 

[RoninJedi84]

Many thanks to Perp, Victoria, and Starbeast for the reviews. I really appreciate you guys taking the time every month to go through the stories and offer a few words. I'm always interested to see what you guys have to say.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Perp: My only knowledge of the Northwest Passage comes from the Stan Rogers song about it, which I have always quite liked. I'll never be able to listen to it the same way again, thanks to you.

This is one of the four sources I drew upon, although one was based on one of the others... well spotted AMB

Perpetual Man - This tale delves into Greek mythology with Erebus, who, punishes Franklin to a frozen hell where ice and snow entomb him, alive! His crime was eating the flesh of humans, now he endures the horror of an Artic wasteland. Shocking, dark and vivid.​

As always many thanks for the words SB, very interesting take on the tale, and I'll reveal more after voting. It was dark wasn't it? I meant to try for something light and fluffy this month, and ended up going darker than ever. Pink bunnies it is next month then.

Well I've shaken off the shackles and made sure that I didn't miss out on posting an entry for a second month.

Tbh I was getting a little worried, as this was a second month when inspiration hadn't come knocking. Funny though how picking up a pen and writing anything can help to get the creative juices flowing.

Just a brief look at the other entries is enough to tell me that the quality is exceptionally high this month.

Really missed you last month PM, so it's great to have you back. (I haven't read the poem yet...

Many thanks to Perp, Victoria, and Starbeast for the reviews. I really appreciate you guys taking the time every month to go through the stories and offer a few words. I'm always interested to see what you guys have to say.

RoninJedi, it is a pleasure, I think that is why we all do it - and to make everyone hear something positive about their stories. (It's easy because they are all so good

 

[David Evil Overlord]

It was dark wasn't it? I meant to try for something light and fluffy this month, and ended up going darker than ever. Pink bunnies it is next month then.

Careful, Perp. Promise fluffy pink bunnies, and you might end up with something like my zombie-bunny-goes-to-show-and-tell story...

 

[Perpetual Man]

Careful, Perp. Promise fluffy pink bunnies, and you might end up with something like my zombie-bunny-goes-to-show-and-tell story...

Sounds like fun to me

 

[Perpetual Man]

Perp – Interesting to see who gets what from this...

PM – As always a wonderful poem, but in this case carrying the message to be careful what you wish for. A man wandering the world, after wanting a bit of quiet. Is it something that just happened, or an answer to the wish he made? Giving me a strong image to work with this is a wonderfully crafted poem, with an excellent and strong story behind it.

Johnnyjet – There is something eminently disturbing in a story that sees a race of creatures seemingly conquering us, but in bringing about the destruction of the defeated race they let them choose their own demise. It is quite a clever technique, giving them a much more alien feel, having customs that seem so different and strange when compared to our own. Of course not such a good ending for the race whichever way they choose.