Discussion Thread -- APRIL 2020 -- 300-Worder Writing Challenge (#37)

[nixie]

I'm glad someone's known Karn long enough to feel comfortable with that.

You'll soon realise Karn regularly needs a slap.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Okay, then: Longlist, Shortlist, Vote.

Bren G
Cats Cradle
Victoria Silverwolf
Peeling
Jo
AMB
Aber
Mosiax
Elvet
Cul
Mr orange
Chrispy
Judge
Teresa

 

[Abernovo]

Wow! A vote from Chrispy, and a mention from Phyrebrat! Thank you both!

 

[LittleStar]

Good day everyone. I didn’t enter a story this month, my time is so precious at the minute, and unless I have a story jump out at me, my brain is better spent on the WIP... alas, a story did jump out at me just a few days ago, but that’s just the way of things sometimes.

Anyway, I have read and enjoyed all the entries, and come up with a shortlist and votes.

Mentions for
AstroPen
Victoria
BigJ
Starbeast

With my votes going to
CC
AMB
Elvet


And I ll give a special mention to @BT Jones for a tale set in the IoM. I was born there, and had I not left 20 years ago, I likely would have gone to Castle Rushen high school.
The three legged coin got me thinking, but I didn’t know what was written on them so I carried on. And you mentioned Castle Rushen, but still I thought it must be coincidence, after all no one knows the IoM, it’s so teeny.
So it’s nice to see my homeland brought to life in word

 

[BT Jones]

Good day everyone. I didn’t enter a story this month, my time is so precious at the minute, and unless I have a story jump out at me, my brain is better spent on the WIP... alas, a story did jump out at me just a few days ago, but that’s just the way of things sometimes.

Anyway, I have read and enjoyed all the entries, and come up with a shortlist and votes.

Mentions for
AstroPen
Victoria
BigJ
Starbeast

With my votes going to
CC
AMB
Elvet


And I ll give a special mention to @BT Jones for a tale set in the IoM. I was born there, and had I not left 20 years ago, I likely would have gone to Castle Rushen high school.
The three legged coin got me thinking, but I didn’t know what was written on them so I carried on. And you mentioned Castle Rushen, but still I thought it must be coincidence, after all no one knows the IoM, it’s so teeny.
So it’s nice to see my homeland brought to life in word

Thanks @LittleStar. I've never actually been there (FRAUD!!!!!). It's just a place I happened to pick because of what I wanted the story to be. Google is such a good substitute for actually going somewhere. Of course, at the same time, it's also NO substitute for actually going somewhere.

I guess if we all had to actually go to these places to be permitted to write about them, there are probably quite a few places in the world that would never get a mention (Murmansk, for instance)!

 

[Karn's Return]

You'll soon realise Karn regularly needs a slap.

Now, now, Nixie, I'm nothing if not honest about things, is all. Write for one's own enjoyment, for it is truly a lonely activity that for most, and I do believe myself included, will not otherwise pay off in time.

That and I really can't compete with anyone on this site, that was made abundantly clear the first couple weeks I had originally joined, back then...

Well, maybe I do need slaps, I don't know...but I really don't see my own work as anything worth attention, outside these challenges. There's reasons I don't ever post any of my work here... XD

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I think your story in this 300 worder is very good, @Karn's Return . A vote-contender, for me.

Apologies that I haven't voted, or sent out 'Thanks!' yet. It's been a rough May for my wife and I, with the loss of an aunt, and a pet kitty. But I hope to pull it together in time to vote.

@Starbeast, I hope you are okay, buddy. CC

 

[nixie]

I think your story in this 300 worder is very good, @Karn's Return . A vote-contender, for me.

Apologies that I haven't voted, or sent out 'Thanks!' yet. It's been a rough May for my wife and I, with the loss of an aunt, and a pet kitty. But I hope to pull it together in time to vote.

@Starbeast, I hope you are okay, buddy. CC

My condolences CC.

 

[scarpelius]

Here are my votes and likes:

+++ @Astro Pen - Retrospective
+++ @Cat's Cradle - Scenese from a Bucharest Museum
+++ @Victoria Silverwolf - Spectra
++ @Peeling - Timepiece
++ @dannymcg - You can't always get... (isn't karma a bitch?)
++ @mosaix - When Can You Start?
+ @Karn's Return - Late For Tea
+ @Peter V - A Tale of Two Sisters
+ @Abernovo - A Reflection of the Monster.

Unfortunately the covid crisis put our business on hold, which was a perfect opportunity for the IT department to shovel the dirt out of the servers. I could not focus enough to come up with an idea and my muse was no were to be found.

 

[Karn's Return]

Thanks for the mentions. Like I said before, the challenges are perhaps my best snippets.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Thanks for the mentions. Like I said before, the challenges are perhaps my best snippets.

Karn I’m not just going to slap you but wallop you with a dead fish.

 

[Karn's Return]

Honest there. A lot of my stuff is really...yeah...

 

[Celine_Brace]

I

Honest there. A lot of my stuff is really...yeah...

Well, if you change your mind and decide to post for feedback I'm sure we would all be happy to read it! We are always our own harshest critics.

Sometimes I have to force myself to keep writing through my own dry heaving at the terrible nonsense I am writing, but editing is the the magic pixy dust that makes it all come together. Some of my stuff that I am now most proud of would still be utter crap to this day if I hadn't sent it out to other people for help. It's the most terrifying thing for me to send/post my work but I am always glad I did, even when the feedback is negative, because it always leads to a better version of a scene or a smaller piece. Anyway, blah blah blah, I'm sure I'm not saying anything you don't already know. We support you!

 

[Karn's Return]

The thing is, I'm no editor either. XD That's my weakest point, getting anything past any real drafts...

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Thank you for your stealth vote @Ray Zdybrow .

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Well done, everyone - terrific stories. Big thanks to ChrisG for a photo that inspired so many unique tales.

Okay, here are my lists:

Honorable Mentions:
Peeling, Jo Zebedee, AMB, Abernovo, elvet, Culhwch, Simbelmynë, Ursa major

Shortlist:
Karn's Return, Victoria Silverwolf, chrispenycate, Teresa Edgerton

Votes:
Menolly, Phyrebrat, The Judge

Big thanks to BT Jones, Celine_Brace, Daysman, elvet and Phyrebrat for the listings.
I'm very grateful to LittleStar, Abernovo, johnnyjet, AMB, Calliopenjo, scarpelius, Elckerlyc and sule for the votes. Wow!

Best of luck to all in the voting, the rest of the way. Thank you, nixie, for the kind words, CC

 

[AMB]

Wow. A number of mentions for this one so far.

Thank you BT Jones, M. Robert Gibson, johnnyjet, and Cat's Cradle for the mentions and/or short-listings.

And thank you Peter V, Phyrebrat, LittleStar, and Elckerlyc for the votes.

 

[Astro Pen]

Luckily for me there were a standout three

Cats Cradle Despite a slight concern about introducing "schlooping" to an unprepared world.
Victoria Silverwolf That's my kind of imagination.
AMB Resolution - yet without answers.

 

[Starbeast]

Apologies that I haven't voted, or sent out 'Thanks!' yet. It's been a rough May for my wife and I, with the loss of an aunt, and a pet kitty. But I hope to pull it together in time to vote.

@Starbeast, I hope you are okay, buddy. CC

Hi Cat's. My condolences to you and yours my friend. It's been a rough few years for me as well. But I'm doing my best to keep my sunny-side up.

Thanks again for the mentions. I'll be back with a list hopefully soon.

 

[Ray Zdybrow]

Thank you for your stealth vote @Ray Zdybrow .

You're welcome, thanks for the pome!