DISCUSSION THREAD -- January 2024 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

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New year, new month, new 75-word Challenge, brought to you by last month's winner, M. Robert Gibson (just the Challenge theme/genre, not the whole year -- nobody wants THAT kind of responsibility!) -- we present:

Theme: Beginnings
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror

Challenge thread here: JANUARY 2024 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!


Good luck to one and all!
 
Considering how much writers struggle with beginnings, this could be a very fruitful and creative month - lots of real world experience to draw on. Excellent choice @M. Robert Gibson - and it looks like @Guttersnipe thinks it’s a hot topic too!

Quick question: does a ghost story automatically count as fantasy or horror? I just finished reading “A Delicious Life, Briefly” which reads more like a comedy of manners at times.
 
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Hi folks, I got here as soon as I could after last night's shenanigans :sick::giggle: so thanks to @TheDustyZebra for doing the threads (y)

As to the theme, I thought, since it's a new year, it's a time for fresh starts and keep the genre fairly straightforward.

Who knew winning was so stressful? :unsure: Certainly not me, since that was my first win in nearly six years of trying.

That is all

Happy New Year
 
Provincial said:
Considering how much writers struggle with beginnings, this could be a very fruitful and creative month - lots of real world experience to draw on. Excellent choice @M. Robert Gibson - and it looks like @Guttersnipe thinks it’s a hot topic too!

Quick question: does a ghost story automatically count as fantasy or horror? I just finished reading “A Delicious Life, Briefly” which reads more like a comedy of manners at times.
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Ghosts are supernatural; supernatural is a sub-genre of fantasy. So (in my opinion) I would class a story with a ghost (if it isn't intended to be frightening) as fantasy rather than horror.
 
I got my tale in this early because I thought it was a pretty obvious take on the theme and genres, and wanted to get it in before anybody else submitted theirs.
 
@Guttersnipe .... Deathcycle .... A story where we have a cycle but not the one we expect.

@Victoria Silverwolf .... The Start of a New Era .... What's a new life to do anyway?

@Provincial .... First Contact - Nostromo style .... Revenge makes for a fearful beginning.

@AnRoinnUltra .... A land for no story to take place in .... Is there really no story?

@Yozh .... Memorable Weather .... A writer must have something dependable to fall back upon.
 
@THX1138 .... Initium Novum .... To begin anew, one must begin at the beginning.

@Culhwch .... So How Does The Sequel Start? .... Maybe what seems new isn't what it seems.

@BigJ .... Intellectually Robust Information System .... Every great movement starts with the same word.
 
@Astro Pen .... Descartes Redux .... It's always interesting when a maxim is flipped but still seems true.
 
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