Discussion thread - SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE July 2013

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Gosh yes. Milk. Thank goodness for supermarkets.

Imagine what we'd have to do without them.
 
phew, posted.... was going to wait for a bit longer but could see this taking over everything

now at least i can get some work done...

Edit: oh yeah and good theme sleepydormouse. lots of scope for interpretation, as shown by the posts so far
 
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I have managed to come up with 3 stories...one dark, one fun and one funny...now to force my wife to read and tell me how bad they all suck :eek:
 
Hex said:
Gosh yes. Milk. Thank goodness for supermarkets.

Imagine what we'd have to do without them.
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I have milked a goat, and imagine I could still do so, given the correct model of goat (the one with taps on) and a bucket, or similar container. I even quite surprised a farmer that an obviously city accent could manage a cow (and a cow has the additional advantage that it doesn't turn round and attempt to browse on your hair.
 
I agree -- having milked both cows and goats, I much prefer the cows! Actually, I think I would prefer anything over goats. Hamster, snake, you name it, it's got to be easier to milk.

I do hope that the goat in the story was the correct model. I really, really hope.

A couple more stories going up that I could see voting for -- gonna be a tough month again!
 
I'm getting a massive shot of deja vu from this...



Got something up there. Figured with how July temperatures are in my state, better strike while opportunity's good. Don't know when I'll get the next chance to get back on my laptop, hehe.
 
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My entry is in as well. It gave me a bit of grief writing it, so I hope it works out to its best advantage.
 
I am in!! I couldn't not be on the first page again...but I did wait until the 3rd day of the month this time
 
A pleasure Bowler, and everyone else who thanked me...

Dream Walker – A rather cute idea, that made you wonder where the genre elements were going to come from until you hit the last few lines. The concept of a mother talking to her child and teaching him/her the most basic of things is something so natural that it is a perfect piece of misdirection, and gives the end of the story that much more impact.

Mr Orange – It is often the desire of the young to go out into the world and find that which they feel their life is missing, be it adventure, fortune or just to see things that they would not otherwise see. But perhaps the most important lesson is that the very thing that will make them most happy is that which is right underneath there nose. Here we see the best of both worlds, and a wise man whi is very wise indeed. An excellent poem with unforced rhyming.

PhillipAEllis – And another poem that is well constructed and almost sophisticated, at least to my eye. The story it tells is excellent in it's own right. With another strong message, one that is tragic. People/aliens travelling the stars, searching for that perfect jewel of the world that would be worth living for and on, only to find them shattered husks. A rather sorrowful state that tells a terrible tale all too well: Across space the inhabitants of the worlds seem destined to destroy them.

Karn – One of the things that always shines in these challenges is the sheer level of inventiveness that is imbued in the stories. Take this one, a totally different look at the theme, with the discovery not coming from an outside source, rather an internal emotional state, that sudden realisation that you feel something that you would not have thought possible. A great idea, and well executed.

Redman02 – And yet another excellent take on the theme, a rather well defined future that tells you all you need to know in a few words, which as always is a remarkable feat. In a society defined by powers, it seems that those who do not have them by a certain point in life die, almost as though they were deemed unfit to live. But it is that every fear of failure that drives those being tested to succeed.

Ratsy – Not only is this an excellent story, the idea that love can be a blessing, but when coupled with immortality it can be a double edged sword when and if love dies, it has an absolutely magnificent line in 'We fell in love; our hearts sewn together by the fates' that just blew me away before I even moved on into the story.
 
Thanks for the review PM that was pretty much what i was going for so glad you got it!
 
Thanks for the review and kind comments Perp...cheers
 
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Thanks for the review and kind comments Perp...cheers
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My job is done :D

Well having someone appreciating the comments perhaps, but the next batch themselves: never.

Venusian Broon – Another clever story that attacks the theme from more than one angle, throwing different interpretations of discovery into the mix. We have the damaged records that show hints of the planets that have been discovered and perhaps the things that lived there; the discovery that a life of exploring might not have been excitement all the way and the discovery of the black box itself. A clever piece both mysterious and straightforward, no mean feat to achieve.

Glen – There seems to be a strong current of be careful of what you wish for in some of these stories, but this one is something that came after the discovery. I can just imagine finding a room in a house, something that no one knew existed and all the mysteries that might come with it. Of course that is not the big discovery; that belongs to the way out and that is something that might never be found.

Cab – A great idea and one that shows the sacrifice that must be made for being one of the first travellers in space, while at the same time showing the risk that such expeditions carry, not only the danger but in the fact that technology might rush you by. And who knows what you will find waiting for you? Great first entry, really liked the twist.
 
springs -- captures the moods of nostalgia and triumph

AMB -- convincing alternate history

Tywin -- a gritty tale with an ironic twist

stormcrow -- offers two views of the real and the fantastic

Hex -- a rousing adventure story which evolves into allegory

Bowler1 -- makes use of unusual narrators in free verse with a sting in the tail

Luiglin -- a highly original and droll anecdote

Dream Walker -- shows us the ordinary revealed to be extraordinary

Mr Orange -- an unexpected life lesson in poetic form

PhillipAEllis -- a somber and dignified poem with a tragic conclusion

Karn Maeshalanadae -- makes use of very human emotions within an inhuman character

Redman02 -- a subtle and mysterious vision of the future

ratsy -- a bitterly ironic outcome

Venusian Broon -- offers indirect hints of a tragic event

Glen -- a chilling conclusion to a very imaginative tale

cab -- a space epic with an unexpected ending
 
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