DISCUSSION -- October 2014 300-word Writing Challenge (#15)

[Zoe Mackay]

Thanks, Victoria and Cat's Cradle! 300 words, positively oodles for messing around with the timeline... surely...

 

[Mr Orange]

on the verge of posting my story, but think i'll let it ruminate for a couple of days and see if it wants me to make any changes.

i feel like i should use the last 9 words i have up my sleeve too...

 

[HareBrain]

i feel like i should use the last 9 words i have up my sleeve too...

The word-counting pixie likes it when people have several words left over, as it means he doesn't have to agonise over every hyphenation.

But you shouldn't let this information sway you, because, to be honest, the word-count pixie is a lazy ass and it wouldn't harm him to do some work for a change.

 

[Juliana]

Word-count pixie or Chrons Towers house elf? Come on, admit it, I know you lot have house elves to make all the tea and cakes...

 

[HareBrain]

Yes, one group of house-elves to make the tea and cakes, and another lot to taste them for poison.

 

[Juliana]

The word-count pixie is the vengeful poisoner.

 

[HareBrain]

I imagine that's because of the bitterness that comes from being a mod forced to wear an undersized pixie costume.

 

[Juliana]

Now there's a mental image I won't be able to erase so quickly!

 

[HareBrain]

Use it as inspiration for your entry, as long as you stick a golden horseman in too?

 

[Juliana]

HB, now I'm wishing I hadn't entered already...

The disgruntled moderator hiked through the forest, adjusting his pixie costume which was riding up in the back as usual. "Now look here," he told the perplexed knight. "This won't do at all. This whole debacle is three words over. I'm afraid you'll have to go!"

You're welcome.

 

[Droflet]

Ha!

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Pixies are always looking for an excuse to cause mayhem anyway.


Which is why I don't give them the opportunity to on these anymore. I always do try to keep things in a good few words under. Sometimes as many as four for the 75 and perhaps six or seven for the 300, if I need that extra bit.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

ratsy -- Through the combination of bizarre details and a realistic style, the author creates an unnerving mood.

Glen -- By hinting at strange things in an indirect way, this tense and sharply written tales holds the reader fascinated.

A. Fare Wells -- The author shows us the power of imagination by contrasting the ordinary with the extraordinary.

johnnyjet -- A new kind of magic dazzles the reader in this highly original and imaginative fantasy.

 

[ratsy]

Thank you for the review Victoria

 

[Rafellin]

Well, that was unexpected. But I hope it entertains.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Rafellin -- The author offers the reader a rollicking ballad which mixes magic with imagination.

 

[Rafellin]

Thank you, Victoria.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

No word counting pixies were harmed in the writing of this story...

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

David Evil Overlord -- The author combines romantic fantasy, erotica, and a touch of wordplay in this diverting tale.

 

[HareBrain]

No word counting pixies were harmed in the writing of this story...

I think the word-counting pixie counts "having to do some work" as a type of harm.