DISCUSSION THREAD -- August 2020 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Calliopenjo]

Thank you, Parson.

 

[Parson]

@Bren G .... You Complete Me .... Bren brings us a lovely emotion as a mechpet becomes a mechfriend.

 

[Bren G]

@Bren G .... You Complete Me .... Bren brings us a lovely emotion as a mechpet becomes a mechfriend.

Thank you for the wonderful review @Parson !

 

[Danny McG]

First draft 86 words, not too shabby!

 

[Danny McG]

I've got a nice little 74 words steampunk story, but I've just realised the proverb has been edited out to get it to that size.....aaargh!

 

[Luiglin]

I've got a nice little 74 words steampunk story, but I've just realised the proverb has been edited out to get it to that size.....aaargh!

Guess the proverb?

 

[Danny McG]

I'm in, and I really had to get it posted on this date!

 

[MikeAnderson]

I'm stepping away from this one. I don't like steampunk.

 

[Parson]

I'm stepping away from this one. I don't like steampunk.

Understandable but, I've found trying stuff I don't like sometimes comes out pretty good.

 

[Parson]

@dannymcg .... The system goes online on August 4th... .... Danny shows the disastrous problem of a proverb quoted at the wrong time and place.

 

[MikeAnderson]

Understandable but, I've found trying stuff I don't like sometimes comes out pretty good.

Nah, it's more of a personal thing. Worst girlfriend I ever had was into that stuff. Even flipped out on me when I told her I wasn't about it, though she had ZERO ISSUE with ragging on things I liked, and I kept cool about it. Since then, I've been put of by the genre.

Stans. Count on them to ruin genres for outsiders.

 

[Joshua Jones]

Nah, it's more of a personal thing. Worst girlfriend I ever had was into that stuff. Even flipped out on me when I told her I wasn't about it, though she had ZERO ISSUE with ragging on things I liked, and I kept cool about it. Since then, I've been put of by the genre.

Stans. Count on them to ruin genres for outsiders.

Sounds like a class act, that one...

 

[Parson]

I learned a new word "stans." Thanks @MikeAnderson

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Luiglin: Technology is not always without emotion.

Cat's Cradle: The quest for equal rights is an eternal struggle.

Astro Pen: Words can be twisted around to meet any situation.

chrispenycate: Commonality is all too common.

Ashleyne: Some creations are too complex for their uses.

Iwroteathing: One should consider the feelings of even the meekest individual.

BT Jones: Even the seemingly innocent can be dangerous.

Calliopenjo: Progress requires many small gestures, no matter how ineffectual they may seem.

RMetrics: Make the best of what you have; it may be your only hope.

AMB: It pays to listen to the experts.

Bren G: You have to be willing to share to achieve true friendship.

dannymcg: A profound change can be almost impossible to achieve.

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

I don't suppose we could interpret the challenge as

The proverbial steampunk

 

[Parson]

@Victoria Silverwolf .... A Technical Problem .... Victoria reminds us that even in a steam punk world there will be those whose whose proverbs will make us groan.

 

[Parson]

@Guttersnipe .... "The Victorian da Vinci" .... G. Snipe reveals that some of the best inventions are not revealed.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Guttersnipe: Sometimes the best creations are the ones nobody notices.

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

I've got a nice little 74 words steampunk story, but I've just realised the proverb has been edited out to get it to that size.....aaargh!

Use the proverb as the title

Easy - Cart horse before

 

[Astro Pen]

Use the proverb as the title

Easy - Cart horse before

That's the start of the slippery slope that leads to 100 word titles above a 75 word ending.