The Perp Challenge Discussion Thread.

[Peter V]

Thank you for your reviews Victoria and Cathbad

And thank you Perpetual Man for taking the time to set this up.

 

[Mr Orange]

woohoo, I was looking for something to get into as I've found some time to write again (setting up shop on the other side of the world occupies a surprising amount of said time) and sadly there are no challenges right now. this looks to be just the ticket.

thanks Perp, and commiserations on your loss.

 

[Mr Orange]

Hmmmm... I might be done... trying desperately to squeeze some more words out.

a question @Perpetual Man, when you say coherent, you just mean as coherent as our normal stories right? we don't have to suddenly start making sense after years of nonsense?

 

[Perpetual Man]

That made me laugh, thanks @Mr Orange

 

[Mr Orange]

Glad I could do that Perp.

And i'm in. I think I squeezed it into the 60's. Just. Might also have kept it sensical. I was going to try and prune more but it's already looking pretty nude and thar's other challenges afoot.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Mr Orange -- The weight of history lies heavy upon the shoulders of one who would reshape it, in this compelling tale of dedication to a difficult quest.

 

[Cathbad]

Time to Spare, @Mr Orange - I'm not sure if something went Spectacularly Right - or Horribly Wrong... but I liked it!

 

[Parson]

I've entered a story and hope I haven't stepped out of bounds. I hadn't realized I was posting in the "workshop." But it was a fun challenge. I hope my story gives someone a little pleasure.

 

[Cathbad]

“The Danger of Timeline Manipulation under Screwtape”, @Parson - A warning well worth heeding - now, in the future, or the past!

 

[Mr Orange]

Many thanks for the reviews @Victoria Silverwolf and @Cathbad

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I've entered a story and hope I haven't stepped out of bounds. I hadn't realized I was posting in the "workshop." But it was a fun challenge. I hope my story gives someone a little pleasure.

Hmm. We were just talking about catching people's allusions in another thread yesterday. And now I think I have spotted one. Have you been reading C. S. Lewis?

 

[Parson]

Hmm. We were just talking about catching people's allusions in another thread yesterday. And now I think I have spotted one. Have you been reading C. S. Lewis?

Well, that depends on how you mean that. I read quotes of C. S. Lewis on a regular basis. I believe his evangelical theology is top notch. His book Mere Christianity is one of the very few modern books which deserves the modifier, "Classic." I believe it will be read for the foreseeable future. But, as to the story I've written the answer would be at least "not recently." I read "The Screwtape Letters" in high school (more than 50 years ago) and to say it made an impression would be understating the case by at least one order of magnitude and so my story was an homage of sorts to the aforesaid professor, theologian, and world class author.

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Thanks for the review @Cathbad.

 

[Cathbad]

Sympathy of a Crawler, @johnnyjet - The true challenge of time travel: "Can we avoid interfering to fulfill our own hopes?"

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Parson -- In this elegantly written tribute to a famous work of literature, we meet with a character whose malevolence cannot be reasoned with.

johnnyjet -- This imaginative fable reminds us that, no matter how tempting it may be to cut the Gordian knot, we all know where good intentions lead.

nixie -- In this philosophical essay an imaginary situation is invoked to teach us how unwise it is to meddle in things beyond our understanding.

 

[nixie]

Well I did manage something, not sure it's coherent.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I read "The Screwtape Letters" in high school (more than 50 years ago) and to say it made an impression would be understating the case by at least one order of magnitude

Ah, then you read it a little younger than I did. It was forty-some years ago for me and I don't remember many details of the book, but your story did put me in mind of it (and of course the name).

 

[Perpetual Man]

Really enjoying all the entries so far, the challenge has been well and truly met. But then I should not be surprised by the wealth of talent that has always been in evidence around here.

 

[Cathbad]

Untitled, @nixie - Heady advice for a most challenging subject!

 

[Parson]

Parson -- In this elegantly written tribute to a famous work of literature, we meet with a character whose malevolence cannot be reasoned with.

"elegantly written"?! My stars, I think I'm about to faint! Thanks so much.

 

[TitaniumTi]

Thank you Perp. What a wonderfully challenging New Year’s present.

I’ve finished my first draft - 226 words, but I need to work on it. The bar has already been set high by some great entries.