Discussion - June 2015 100 Word Anonymous Challenge #7

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"Once Upon a Rhyme" -- The myths we create can come to seem very real, with complex lives of their own.

 

[Luiglin]

Actually, "Honor" spelt without a 'u' - probably Stateside, so not me, either, despite my penchant for worsery crimes.

Ah but is that a deliberate red herring from someone UK side?

 

[Dan Jones]

Ah but is that a deliberate red herring from someone UK side?

Or someone from even further afield who might have American English???
The Red herrings could be getting very sophisticated...

 

[Remedy]

A well-read herring perhaps?

 

[Dan Jones]

Tremendous gag.

Rollmop! Rollmop! See the greatest herring-related puns of our times!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

It's all pretty fishy if you ask me.

 

[johnnyjet]

It smelts to high heaven indeed!

 

[Dan Jones]

Hmmm.

*Thinks of some way to work in Michael Jackson's song "Wanna Be Sardine Something" but can't quite figure out how...

Anyhoo, there's another lovely entry into the comp, courtesy of.... whoops, nearly let it slip!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"The Ballad of Parsimone" -- Often it takes more courage to face the consequences of our actions than the actions themselves.

 

[Perpetual Man]

The Ballad of Parsimone - a rhyming tale that sees a prisoner finding escape even when it seems impossible.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

I think I've spotted two authors so far, but on my past score they're probably wrong!

 

[Remedy]

Yeah, I might recognize two too... But they might be cunningly disguised in tutus!

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Funny stuff!!

 

[Cascade]

Great entries so far.
After a very busy start to June I have finally got around to doing some writing and posting something.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

finally got around to doing some writing and posting

Aha! So one of the recent stories must be yours! Or maybe you're trying to confuse us. Speaking for myself, that's not difficult....

 

[willwallace]

Actually, "Honor" spelt without a 'u' - probably Stateside, so not me, either, despite my penchant for worsery crimes.

I snuck a "u" into savior for my entry last time to be tricky, and no one did guess my story's authorship.

 

[Cascade]

Aha! So one of the recent stories must be yours! Or maybe you're trying to confuse us. Speaking for myself, that's not difficult....

Oh, sorry, I meant I finally got around to posting something in the discussion thread. Did I not make that clear, silly me.

 

[chrispenycate]

Nobody guessed mine, either, and I didn't do anything tricky. In fact, more submissions didn't get a correct guess than did. It is just that we're not distinct enough in style - now, I wasn't expecting that to happen.

 

[Remedy]

I'm not even sure I've found a style to stick to yet. Or maybe more words are required to reveal it.

 

[Dan Jones]

I snuck a "u" into savior for my entry last time to be tricky, and no one did guess my story's authorship.

See, I knew somebody would start to be tricky! Expect this trend to only grow. Well played, will

It is just that we're not distinct enough in style - now, I wasn't expecting that to happen.

In 75 and 100-worders, I think it's pretty hard to apply a consistent style because of the varying themes and genres - I'm mostly trying to write something that fits the genre and theme. It may just be my shortcomings, but I enjoy writing things that are different from one challenge to the next. In FWIW in my estimation there are about 5 regular Challenge contributers who have a very clear, consistent writing style they apply to the Challenges (that doesn't mean I'll guess them, but upon the big reveal I might go :"Oh yeah, that makes sense..."). Most others seem to vary with each month.

Who are those 5? Ah, that would be telling...