DISCUSSION -- December 2014 75 Word Writing Challenge

alchemist said:
Despite having perused Wikipedia all evening, I still can't get past opening a story with a simile about the leg length of the broad who just walked into my office.
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But did she look like a million dollars?
 
Theme: The Festive Season
Genre: Hardboiled/Noir
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That sounds wild David Evil Overlord.

Interesting idea for a challenge Phyrebrat. Hmm, this will definately take some thinking. X-Mas Noir..............hmm......:cautious:
 
alchemist said:
Despite having perused Wikipedia all evening, I still can't get past opening a story with a simile about the leg length of the broad who just walked into my office.
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Ahem, I wasn't so discerning.
 
Hardboiled eh? What's the general consensus on swearing in these challenges?
 
Whoa DEO, take the sting out with some asterisks, like this: "P**py head"
 
But then you might think it's "puppy head", Remedy. And that just makes no sense at all...*


*Maybe it would, if the villain was a werewolf. But she's a Mad Scientist and part-time zombie animator, who plans to take over the world.
 
My entry doesn't quite fall into the hardboiled/noir genre, but I had just watched episodes of Elementary and Sherlock back to back, and couldn't help myself ;)
 
The word-count pixie would like a word about word-count.

There's often some uncertainty about which hyphenated combinations of words count as single words for the purpose of word-count. One "rule", which some might not know, concerns compound adjectives. Where two words must be linked by a hyphen, and then function as a single adjective, the combination counts as one word.

For example, springs's story has in it "chocolate-covered treat". "Chocolate-covered" counts as one word rather than two. If you remove the hyphen, "chocolate covered treat" has a different (if rather odd) meaning -- a covered treat that is chocolate.

However, be aware that a hyphen is not needed after an adverb, so "deeply-suspicious man" counts as three words in total, since "deeply suspicious man" has the same meaning.

As always, if in doubt, ask a moderator. But the word-count pixie hopes this note might save some people from erring too much on the side of caution and denying themselves precious, precious words.
 
Well, Eggnog, Utah is definitely one word, and I've never seen the drink written split… I definitely think one.
 
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