DISCUSSION THREAD -- August 2019 -- 75-Word Writing Challenge

[The Judge]

The Challenge thread is up! AUGUST 2019 75-Word Story Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!

I did wonder about making all of you undertake something in the style of Gilbert & Sullivan, but I didn't think I could cope with 40-odd versions of When Challenging's a duty to be done (to be done), a Chronner's life is not an 'appy one ('appy one...)

So, enjoy gardening! (Or gardens or flowers or plants or anything else horticultural.)

 

[Danny McG]

Awwww nooooo!.
*Heart sinks in dismay at the garden thing*

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Oh, but I find it very intriguing. I'm going for a long walk now (partly through gardens!) to cultivate some ideas. CC

 

[Ursa major]

horticultural.

I'll stick to the common or garden aspects of the topic, ones where a spade is called a spade...


...and leave the haughty culture to the elite amongst us....

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[elvet]

As I scrolled the intro thread in eager anticipation I saw Garden ........... Yay!!!!!
Then Noir.......Booooooo!
Guess I’ll be using these as inspiration:
Casablanca Lily

Maltese Cross

Ingrid Bergman Rose

 

[elvet]

The Challenge thread is up! AUGUST 2019 75-Word Story Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!

I did wonder about making all of you undertake something in the style of Gilbert & Sullivan, but I didn't think I could cope with 40-odd versions of When Challenging's a duty to be done (to be done), a Chronner's life is not an 'appy one ('appy one...)

So, enjoy gardening! (Or gardens or flowers or plants or anything else horticultural.)

Has anyone ever used Dr. Seuss as a theme? If so, I’d love to read those entries.

 

[Peter V]

There we go, first entry for the first and probably the last time.

Not sure how well I fit the genre (way outside my comfort zone) but I think I nailed the theme!

I usually take a long time because I over think things, so this feels strangely liberating.

 

[Luiglin]

I've got the perfect character for this. Whether I can get him into an enjoyable, understandable and readable 75 is another matter. Not skimping on using the relevant dialogue will be the main issue for me.

 

[Ursa major]

I've got the perfect character for this.

Sam Spade...?

 

[Luiglin]

Sam Spade...?

You may jest (and the spade bit is a cracker of a bad pun) but in essence, yes. All be it a fantasy version. I've got a WiP about half way through using a Chandleresque dwarf gumshoe.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Peter V demonstrates that the most successful crime is one that is never discovered.

 

[Peter V]

Peter V demonstrates that the most successful crime is one that is never discovered.

Thanks Victoria. I enjoyed your story... a literal sting in the tale

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Cat's Cradle creates unusual characters, with which we can empathize despite our difference from them.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Thank you for the review, Victoria! Really enjoyed your, and Peter V's opening stories.

edit to @Peter V - it is kind of liberating posting on the first day, isn't it? I just find myself wishing I could write another one, in a week or so.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

nixie offers an example of the pure in heart overcoming the wicked.

 

[Karn's Return]

No acquittal here...hmm...Not a big fan of noir, but...let's see what I can do.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

I was convinced the genre would have been light operettas and the theme something like Cornish pirates or Japanese emperors

 

[Ursa major]

When insuring yourself against TJ choosing the wrong theme or genre...

...you should have asked for double indemnity....

 

[Abernovo]

Awwww nooooo!.
*Heart sinks in dismay at the garden thing*

Come on, Danny. There's a few obvious ones right away if it's Hardboiled/Noir with Gardens as a theme.

In this city, a few lived on a bed of roses. The rest of us were at the back of the stables; we might see the fancy gardens one day, right before we got trampled into the soil. Sat here, facing Chisels Jensen, I realised the cold earth was closer than I'd thought. If this went wrong, I'd be pushing up daisies by the morning.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

I've just discovered an interesting little connection between Gilbert and Sullivan and SFF.
Their operetta The Sorcerer - Wikipedia was brought up to date by none other than Isaac Asimov in The Up-to-Date Sorcerer - Wikipedia