Discussion Thread - 100 Word Anon Writing Challenge for December 2014

Okay. Thanks...please shut up now.
 
Aww. We're just saying we love you, Aber.

(all right -- shutting up now)
 
So, here are my guesses. I didn't manage to put a name on every story and my guesses are most likely wrong, but here goes:


Cat's Cradle- BAND ON THE RUN

VictoriaSilverwolf - Work's Wage's Won

Mosaix - The Play's The Thing

Springs - OUT OF THE FRYING PAN....

Chrispenycate - Abiogenesis and the Redemption of The Lost

ratsy - Choice Words

Jastius- No Words

Kerrybuchanon - Forever Ascend

Remedy - Opposite Worlds Attract

A. Fare Wells- The Messenger

Karn Maeshalanadae - Rise of a Tyrant

JulianaDon't Mention - The Cat



Two of my favourites were Work's Wage's Won and Opposite Worlds Attract, but in the end, I voted for Forever Ascend.
 
The vote is closed and we have a winner.

The Play's The Thing
written by Hex with 4 votes

Close on his tail with 3 votes each were
Cat's Cradle with Abiogenesis and the Redemption of The Lost
and
Robert Mackay with In Search of Tranquility (Robert not far from his hat trick.)
 
And now the waiting is over.
Here is the full list of entrants and their stories.

Beauty In My Eye_______________________________Ashleyne. B. Watts
BAND ON THE RUN______________________________Farntfar
SPACE CUCKOO________________________________Kerrybuchanon
Loving, Labouring…Losing________________________ratsy
Work's Wage's Won_____________________________VictoriaSilverwolf
The Play's The Thing____________________________Hex
To Be, or Not To Be_____________________________willwallace
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN....______________________Springs
Abiogenesis and the Redemption of The Lost ________Cat's Cradle
Choice Words__________________________________Juliana
No words _____________________________________Remedy
Did we really walk on the moon?__________________Chrispenycate
Forever Ascend________________________________J.L.Borstlap
Opposite Worlds Attract_________________________johnnyjet
The Messenger_________________________ _______A. Fare Wells
Rise of a Tyrant_________________________ ______Karn Maeshalanadae
Don't Mention The Cat__________________________Mosaix
Fortune's Fool_________________________________Jastius
In Search of Tranquility__________________ _______Robert Mackay

My thanks to Darkchrome for being the mystery guest writer.
 
Woo hoo! Thank you for the votes and mentions. It was very strange not thanking people at the time.

Thanks for running such a great challenge, farntfar.

I was really surprised by some of those answers -- I was so sure To Be, or Not to Be was mosaix(!) when it was willwallace. I was pretty certain of some of my guesses (Chrispy, Ashleyne and Karn) but the only one I was sure of was springs.

And I know I sound macho and I bet you imagine me with a huge handlebar mustache, but actually I am a 'she'.
 
Well, a she with a moustache, of course... :p :D

Yay to Hex! Congrats.

I think me and Hex knew each other's straight away - but we critique a lot for each other. I was also reasonably sure of Ashleyne and Chrispy. Kerry caught me out and I thought johnnyjet was our red herring!
 
Yay! Congratulations, Hex!

Lots of people guessed mine correctly, and (when we've finished congratulation Hex), I'd be really keen on finding out how. I had a go at guessing but just gave up in despair. And I voted for "The Messenger", because, essentially, I'm a sucker for dystopian AUs.
 
I initially guessed you'd written In Search of Tranquility, Robert, but I changed my mind at the last minute. I should have guessed it was you, since I voted for it...

But two things: the style, as springs says, and that you always seem to get a story with a great emotional pay-off into these challenges.
 
I guessed four right. I was kinda sure about Karn and Springs, but I was quite surprised to have guessed A. Fare Wells. I was definitely sure about Victoria's, though. Not sure why. I guess it just felt like a Victoria story.

The rest of my guesses were pretty abysmal.

If I counted properly, there are four people who guessed my story correctly. Thanks, johnnyjet, for mentioning my story as one of your favourites :)
 
CONGRATULATIONS, HEX!!!
It's a wonderful story--a very worthy championship tale in a very fun, competitive challenge! I really loved your take on Robert's wonderful theme.

A big THANK YOU!!! to farntfar for running such a terrific event! I know we're all thinking the same thing: farntfar as permanent host of the 100 worder!!!! Hah-hah, sorry farntfar...I suspect you will never speak to me at the site, again! But I would like to say that if we wait until, say, mid-February to hold the next 100 word challenge, I would be happy to volunteer as host (I might need help here and there, and this seems a bit frightening to me, but I would like to contribute). I wouldn't be able to host in January if there's a challenge then--too much going on that month--but I'll volunteer for the next hosting duty after the first month of the new year.

This was such a great challenge! I want to thank Dusty for the listing. And thank you to Remedy for the vote!!!! And thank you Victoria for your vote and kind words about my poem...I was beaming when I read what you'd said--what you wrote was lovely. Thank you, too, to the anonymous person who voted for my anonymous poem!

I guessed 6 right, if my calculations are correct..it kind of surprises me that I did so well. And Robert, what everyone else has said about your writing...it's very nice to read. Again, congrats, Hex, on an amazing story!! CC
 
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Congratulations Hex. You would have got my vote too if I'd been allowed to vote.
Also I did know you're a she, despite the Lord Kitchener disguise. Sorry about that.

Thanks for the excessive vote of thanks Cat's, but no thanks. And thanks to everyone else who's said I did it all right. It's really not a difficult task, but it's very nice to be appreciated.

I don't know what the general feeling about running one in January is. With the 300 worder as well, and also the secret Santa, I know some of you think it would be too much.
If we do run in January, I've been approached by J.L.BORSTLAP who is keen to run it, and if not January he may wish to challenge Cat's for the honour in February.

Oh by the way, I guessed everyone right, but I may have cheated a bit.
 
That's cool that JL wants to host, so of course, perfect! I will volunteer, then, to host a challenge a bit later in the year. :)
 
I think I'd find a 300, 75, 100 and finishing a secret santa too much in January (although might have the SS fimished.) plus I have the small matter of a 80k book coming back for editing and a 106k shortly after that.... So I'd put in a plea for a bit of space.

Cc (and JL) if you need help with any aspect of the challenge, pm! The polls can be a wee bit tricky to sort out. :)
 
yeah yeah. All right Springs. Sol I know I got the poll wrong and nobody could see who voted for whom.
I'm sorry.

Oh God. I'm So Sorry.
Please forgive me. *** fades to mumbles and pathetic sobbing noises.
 
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