DISCUSSION THREAD -- NOVEMBER 2022 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

Parson said:
I agree it's very difficult to parse that out. As I reflect on it, I'm not sure there is an easy way to change history and not have it some kind of alternative history. The best I can come up with is to work with the normal timeline of a story, say the 1850's, but change one thing in it, say, the electric guitar was invented. How would that change things for classical music, or some such as that.
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My first thought on the notion of 'Speculative History' was to literally to supplant speculative motivations behind a real life event, rather than a 'what if this happened instead of that?' stance. I guess that would be my suggestion to anyone that might be struggling to come up with an idea: what event in history has fascinated you and then come up with a leftfield version why it actually happened.

i.e. Titanic only hit the iceberg because the White Star staff onboard had actually run out of ice for their whiskies, so demanded the ship alter course to intercept one!!!

Anytime the word 'speculative' appears in a challenge, my first instinct is always God conversing with someone famous, for some reason.
 
Bowler1 arrives on the thread soaked wet and dripping.

I really should get rid of that water cannon, but as it was a present I'm not sure I can. However... if there ever is any mob activity that gets out of hand it might prove useful.

Right then... pitchforks, get them here.
 
I do like history, so this will be an interesting month. I would have liked to have done one around Napoleon/Waterloo, but as I already did that in one of the recent 'Anonymous Challenges', I've gone further back in time.
 
mosaix said:
Can the 'historical time' be a fictional historical time? i.e. in an existing work of fiction that we all know?
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I don't rightly know. I looked up speculative historical fiction and quoted the article. My opinion would be that it needs to be in our timeline. But you could take my opinion and a buck to Starbucks and you're still way short of a cup of coffee.
 
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@Bren G .... That Tricky Bard .... This is a story which shows that Shakespeare was a mathematical genius.

@Stable .... Quiet Evil .... This is a story which asks a lot of questions that make me think that this is a judicial review of a slapstick comedy.
 
@mosaix .... The Influence of Alcohol .... A story which helps to understand that the secondary results of drunkenness.

@Pyan .... "Hyuuh! And lift..." .... A story which points out that small changes can result in some very heavy lifting.
 
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