DISCUSSION -- JULY 2018 300-word Writing Challenge (#30)

dannymcg said:
Conceding defeat this month.
I've looked again and again at that picture and theme and my thoughts are blank (tumbleweed rolling through the empty desert) so no entry this time :(
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Danny, don’t forget that you only have to be inspired by the picture. You mind has been inspired to become ‘blank’. There must be an SF story there somewhere. :)
 
Well I let myself be talked into having a go (thanks for the encouraging words all) and I'm fairly pleased with what I ended up with.

The title came first and everything just flowed after that. Twenty minutes all told.

I'm posting it right away before the curse of further edits takes place.
 
dannymcg said:
Well I let myself be talked into having a go (thanks for the encouraging words all) and I'm fairly pleased with what I ended up with.

The title came first and everything just flowed after that. Twenty minutes all told.

I'm posting it right away before the curse of further edits takes place.
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Well done mate
 
Only got one idea so far... a Dark Lord effort which I'm loathe to post as I'd promised myself to limit them on the Chrons.

End of the month is still some time away. So inspiration may hit me like a coconut dropped by an African Swallow.
 
Luiglin said:
Only got one idea so far... a Dark Lord effort which I'm loathe to post as I'd promised myself to limit them on the Chrons.

End of the month is still some time away. So inspiration may hit me like a coconut dropped by an African Swallow.
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But what is the airspeed velocity of the Swallow post droppage?

Or, what is the capital of Assyria? Your choice...
 
Cathbad -- With great intensity and compassion the author reveals how often good intentions lead to bad consequences.

Graymalkin -- The clinical realism of this medical horror story strengthens the impact of its unexpected conclusion.
 
:) Thank you, Victoria! Looking forward to reading the stories at the end of the month, CC
 
Hemingway was know for his economy. He developed his style though the early critiques of Gertrude Stein. Western author Louis L'Amour would sidetrack the entire narrative for several pages to explain how a particular gun worked or how wagon wheels were repaired mid journey.

It's always hard to edit a story down to 300 words. I think my first version of this month's challenge was around 600 words. Still, I fee that it's necessary to write the story as you imagine it and then start editing it. A lot of descriptive prose had to be sacrificed in my case, but in the end a lean story is always better. I tend to favor Hemingway's style over L'Amour's for this reason and look at these challenges as exercises toward achieving that end.
 
Stable -- Great psychological depth of characterization appears in this mixture of the familiar and the strange.

chrispenycate -- The modern and the mythic combine in this compelling tale.

Justin Swanton -- This mysterious vision of dystopia raises questions about truth and identity.

Luiglin -- This satiric comedy casts a jaundiced eye at the superficiality of the business world.
 
Vaz said:
Am I right in thinking it should be a two hour edit window?
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You may be right in thinking it should be, but you're wrong if you're thinking that's what it is! :p

The edit window on any posts for non-mods is one hour and for everyone, mods included, it's one hour in the Challenge threads.
 
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