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

Thanks for the review Victoria.

I'm still not sure how many people will understand it...
 
Thought I wouldn't have anything for this month, but then it came to me.

A little worried that the primarily British audience on here might not get the reference to the old American TV show.
 
I had something serious planned, but couldn't get the ending to work. So decided to go with silly at the last moment and have some fun. :rolleyes:

Seems like I'm not the only one this month! Had a real giggle at some of the entries. And springs, big Far Side fan here, so your elephant was duly appreciated!
 
Juliana said:
I had something serious planned, but couldn't get the ending to work. So decided to go with silly at the last moment and have some fun. :rolleyes:

Seems like I'm not the only one this month! Had a real giggle at some of the entries. And springs, big Far Side fan here, so your elephant was duly appreciated!
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I'll see if I can find a link to the two cartoons I couldn't get out of my head and stick them up at the end of voting. Now, about that joke.... the Irishman doesn't get drunk, or anything. No racial stereotypes, I hope.
 
Tywin -- Combines stereotypes from both urban and rural cultures to create a satiric look at American society.

Juliana -- Plays tricks with common patterns of humorous anecdotes by adding unexpected elements.
 
But the Muse is a fickle mistress Karn. An idea might just come and run you over.:D:)
 
With this month? I doubt it. I'm not versed enough in detective stories to give this a go. Besides, I'm feeling a bit under the weather right now.


I'm starting to think that maybe Mouse and Hoopy have the right idea. Just phase out of entering the challenges and see who's put up favored entries.
 
brings leg chain and cannon ball in and shackles it to Karn's leg..
diabolical laugh ensues.. "he will never escape now! Just try and get away... be he haw ha!"
why don't you use the free ebook on creating a detective character to download that i put up in the writing resources thread to help you and give you some ideas karn?
the line-up its a conglomeration of essays from best selling detective and mystery authors.
 
Karn Maeshalanadae said:
With this month? I doubt it. I'm not versed enough in detective stories to give this a go. Besides, I'm feeling a bit under the weather right now.


I'm starting to think that maybe Mouse and Hoopy have the right idea. Just phase out of entering the challenges and see who's put up favored entries.
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Detective stories aren't my speciality either, and when both my Holmes pastiche and my Erle Stanley Gardner look alikes cruised past the 250 words while just establishing the language I decided 'Nobody said he had to be a good detective; a defective will do just fine". So I did.

A fantasy detective with magic criminals so eliminating the impossible is itself impossible? A futuristic, overpopulated planet where preventing a murder is itself a crime, but attempting and failing a murder, leaving a disabled victim who requires care, is a far more heinous crime, requiring extended execution? (I tried and failed to get both of these under seventy-five words, but either may spring from its ashes in a couple of thousand).

Go on, you're not burnt out yet; that's just physical.
 
Et tu, Chispy?


I'm still not sure of this month. It could go either way, but, nobody hold their breath. I can't really get any ideas organized right now anyway because this cold I have is draining me. It's of the kind that likes to cause one's nasal passages to plug up, so, it's highly dehydrating.
 
Howdy,
I've been layin' low for some time now, thought I'd see what has been going on and maybe joining in, then I read Perp's decision to quit writing reviews and now I have to reconsider. I sure don't blame the Perp Man but I could always count on a honest and POLITE review of my story. For Perp Man a few short and to the point words would not do, when I read his review I knew exactly what I had done right OR wrong. I shall miss yor reviews Perp Man, keep up the good work on your own writing.
Bob Senior:cool::cool:
 
Hail, Bob Senior! Nice to see you back in the vicinity, but do please stop trying to make Perp feel guilty.

Two small children, and he's done his sentence (well, several sentences, actually). We all miss perp's commentaries, but… ;)
 
Bob! There you are! :D

We do have several reviewers sticking a toe into Perp's shoes, although nobody is as lush a reviewer as he was (did I just call Perp a lush? hmm...). Perhaps you could combine the two or three other reviews into one big one and feel nearly as fulfilled? I'd volunteer to give you a big, fluffy review, but I stink at that. So never mind that. What would Paw do? Would he just give up because there was nobody around to critique his tree-cutting, or well-digging, or ...all that stuff? No! He would say, "don't need no fancy words, boy -- git in there and git yer hands dirty!" :D
 
i say if karn refuses to write we make him do reviews... :D


i could try.. but i am... shall we say 'unique in perspective'? 'got all those weird ideas' is what people usually say..
but if you want my silly take on things...i am willing to give it a go. :eek:

(just don't say i didn't warn you :eek:)
 
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