DISCUSSION -- January 2018 300 Word Writing Challenge (#28)

[Mr Orange]

phew, made it. voted with 3 minutes to spare.

you'll have to look at the poll to see who I voted for. it's lunch time now.

 

[Ursa major]

The poll has now closed and we have a winner:

Congratulations, Perpetual Man!​

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[Jo Zebedee]

Totally deserved! One of the best 300s I’ve read, Perp xx

 

[crystal haven]

Congratulations, Perpetual Man!

 

[SPoots]

Congratulations, well deserved.

Sad to see I didn’t get any votes this time. Will have to see what I can do to improve on that

 

[Mr Orange]

Congrats Perp! a great story

And thanks DEO for the vote.

my votes went to @HoopyFrood for a moving story of hardship and terror, @Luiglin for a excellently written piece and @TitaniumTi for a story that literally made my skin crawl

@Perpetual Man, @EPT Henry and @dannymcg, you lot were fourth equal

 

[jackwin]

Congrats Perpetual Man and thank you for the shortlsting. Getting a mention from the writer who got 12 votes is a good enough for me. Thank you Victoria Silverwolf for the vote, I'll take unusual or memorable any day. Thank you Cats Cradle for the vote and to the unknown 3rd voter, thank you Miss Calabash, wherever you are. If a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, then this was the Winter Olympics of 300 word challenges. Every story was worth reading at least twice.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Congratulations, well deserved.

Sad to see I didn’t get any votes this time. Will have to see what I can do to improve on that

Pop it into the improving thread and see what it was?

 

[SPoots]

Pop it into the improving thread and see what it was?

That’s the plan

 

[Starbeast]

Congratulations Perpetual Man


Excellent job to everyone!



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My Story: For a long time, I had an idea for a mythical hero story featuring Hercules. But then I thought about it for while, and decided to use Thor instead. When I saw the plant, I thought, "What if Thor needed to save his father's life with a mystical thistle." It sounded good to me, but I needed to brush up on my "thee's and thou's", for Thor's lines. I knew using too many "thou's" would sound lame, so I tried to get the lingo down by researching the way Thor spoke by viewing a few 1966 Marvel cartoons. That helped, and, I got my finished product which I am very happy with. After reading it, I got emotional for my tale of two brothers, who put their personal differences aside because they both loved their father. (sigh)

 

[Calliopenjo]

CONGRATULATIONS PERPETUAL MAN!

Behind The Story-My mind had started going through a potential story for another picture. When the milkweed was chosen I got stuck. Lucky for me, Wall-E was on. That gave me enough of an idea to write my story. Not original, no, but I got something. lol.

 

[Vaz]

Congrats Perp!

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[Teresa Edgerton]

Congratulations, Perp!!
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Thank you SPoots for the vote!

Reading through the stories before I voted confirmed to me that there is no image so innocent and innocuous that our community here can't make something sinister of it. Given a picture of a useful plant, so many minds turned to war and invasion. I shudder to think what we all might have made of a morning glory or a daisy.

 

[Luiglin]

Congrats @Perpetual Man

Thanks for the votes and comments @johnnyjet @farntfar and @Mr Orange plus the mentions folks.

I wrote a short piece years ago about a dying soldier watching his last sunrise which I've since lost. This was like a cousin to that piece.

 

[Peter V]

Congratulations Perpetual Man, an excellent and truly imaginative entry.

Thank you johnnyjet for the vote and chrispenycate, crystal haven, Teresa, The Judge and Ursa major for the mentions and listings.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Oh my, where to begin.

Here I am sitting at the table thinking about the day ahead and scalding my mouth on the too hot porridge, open Chrons and find this.

I am, overwhelmed and delighted. Thanks to everyone who shortlisted the story and to the dirty dozen (

• Ursa major
• Starbeast
• Phyrebrat
• Jo Zebedee
• johnnyjet
• Luiglin
• farntfar
• TitaniumTi
• Shyrka
• dannymcg
• Peter V
• Joshua Jones)

who were kind enough to vote for it.

And a very big thanks for all the congratulations.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Behind my story was utter desperation. Numbers were low. I like the 300. My mind could see nothing other than a sheep’s arse, missing some fluff, on a bleak hillside. So that’s what I wrote

 

[Danny McG]

My mind could see nothing other than a sheep’s arse

Typical day in my life

 

[Dan Jones]

Congratulations, Perp! That's a great win

For my story I didn't see the wood for the trees; I completely missed the cotton and in my fleeting glimpse mistook it for birds' feathers. The midwestern setting made the stick look a little like a shamanistic totem, and after reading up on some Native American folklore, I was off. Thanks to all the fine chaps and chapettes who listed me, while bird-brained, feathery fanks go to Phyrebrat, Luiglin, Teresa and Hoops for the votes!

 

[Ursa major]

I completely missed the cotton

That's the beauty of the 300: it doesn't matter what you see, or don't see, in the picture; it's what it inspires you to write that's important.