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

AnyaKimlin said:
Umm... am I the only one who usually just writes it and posts ?
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No AnyaKimlin, for my first two 75's I have had one single idea that I wrote there and then - then post it after polish.

But for my first 300 I wrote two different pieces.

I would like to try ratsy's method of 3 different styles though. Sounds fun.
 
Oooh, TJ, most excellent!

Some great entries already, of course.

I'm still wearing my Mad Hound of the Moors avatar, but I wonder if I should bring back Detective Space Chicken for this, instead? Hmm....
 
I am in, and early... where is Bowler? Springs? Victoria? You are all supposed to beat me to it
 
I may just bow out of this one, I don't know. To be honest, I'm getting a bit less excited about the challenges right now.


With everything I've had to put up with this last month, it's a wonder I can even move around. It's harder work than one would think, to keep an eye on a beagle puppy.
 
Ursa major said:
I should keep this under my hat :)rolleyes:), but I can easily imagine one regular challenge contributor having a death by ray gun as part of his entry.
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Just who could that be?

I do have a gun in mine!

I am in, and early... where is Bowler? Springs? Victoria? You are all supposed to beat me to it - On my holliers, miles from my laptop, ipad and even mobile. Relaxation some call it - torture I call it.
 
And I suppose someone might use Father Flanagan as a model for his.:D:p

Seriously, this is a hard challenge. If you are attempting to write a 75 word story with a beginning, a middle, and an end as a 75 word flash fiction, you've pretty much got all the ingredients for a detective novel. I mean, where can you put in the red herring? Where can you introduce the detective's unseemly past? Where is the big reveal? Where is the love interest? Where do we run into his snitch? --- This paragraph alone is more than 75 words!
 
Parson said:
If you are attempting to write a 75 word story with a beginning, a middle, and an end as a 75 word flash fiction, you've pretty much got all the ingredients for a detective novel. I mean, where can you put in the red herring? Where can you introduce the detective's unseemly past? Where is the big reveal? Where is the love interest? Where do we run into his snitch?
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And therein lieth the 'challenge' element... :D
 
AnyaKimlin said:
Perp, Mrs Perp and the Perpettes should always come first :) Although I will miss your comments -- you always made my work sound a ton better than it really was lol

It's time consuming and people are allowed their real life :)

Umm... am I the only one who usually just writes it and posts ?
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Tut tut tut Anya, your stories are always a highlight, so often an unusual perspective, but full of fun. It's very easy to right positive things when they are like that (although that is true for everyone)

I'm sure my family appreciates the sentiment, and they (well Mrs Perp especially have had a rough time lately).

As to writing, I've been doing the challenges for ages now and I've done it loads of different ways. When I first started, any idea would get worked into stories, I'd often have five or six that I had to choose from. I then went onto a time of just posting as I finished.

More recently I've been thinking things through far too much and trying to do different things. But it's generally a single entry reworked a few times.


And that's it - I'm well aware what post this is so I'm off to do the deed before I get my fingers rapped...
 
Just reading the entries so far, a lot of fun ones this month! Now to think up some ideas of my own...

Chrispy's mention of Danish furniture and nowhere to hide made me laugh (I lived in Denmark for a year). :D
 
I apologise. I had a Gary Larson cartoon that came into my head when I combined detective noir and secrets and it wouldn't leave. So, I rolled with it. :eek:

(I shall go and hide my head with shame. :D)
 
Perpetual Man -- Transforms the hard-boiled private eye yarn into something eerie and melancholy.

AnyaKimlin -- Adds a touch of romance to a character study of tough guys.

Remedy -- Provides a chilling glimpse into the criminal mind.

WriterJosh -- Suggests the start of an intriguing supernatural mystery.

ratsy -- Depicts a devious schemer at work.

Glen -- Amuses the reader with self-referential parody.

reiver33 -- Creates a strange mood of endless cycles.

Mith -- Twists the detective story around with a cynical touch.

martin321 -- Allows the reader to empathize with a character with a terrible gift and curse.

Brev -- Spoofs the cozy mystery genre with a naughty joke.

Bowler1 -- Boils the classic private eye adventure down to its essence.

Abernovo -- Winks slyly at the Golden Age of Mystery and adds a bit of black comedy.

Rafellin -- Presents a character who stands for what he believes in, no matter the risk.

chrispenycate -- Offers a slapstick version of a suspensful chase.

nixie -- Reflects upon a well-known folk tale, changing it into something dark and unexpected.

crow. -- Terrifies the reader with surreal horrors.

springs -- Charms the reader with a wacky version of a crime story.
 
Thanks for the review, Victoria. Much appreciated. :)
 
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