Discussion Thread - 300-word Writing Challenge #56 (January 2025)

[Ursa major]

A new year, a new quarter (if you're into that new-fangled US currency**), and a new 300-word Challenge!

To inspire (and, perhaps, baffle) you, follow the link from where your story can grow: 300 Word Writing Challenge -- #56 (January 2025) -- READ FIRST POST!

As usual, the story thread will be locked until the 10th, but you can discuss all you want here in the meantime.

Best of luck to all!



** - Bring back the groat! (Entirely coincidentally....)

 

[mosaix]

So, 'seeds' it is.

 

[The Judge]

With your fertile imagination, I'm sure a seed of inspiration will germinate!

I named it "seeds" for shorthand, since it reminded me of dandelion seeds caught in the wind, or a kind of spindrift (I love that word!) but it could be insects, or spiders' webs, or something organic -- or inorganic! -- floating in space, or christmas tree lights, or a fairy bridge, or...

There's no reason to feel yourself to be cabin'd, cribb'd and confin'd by a single word!! Grab your muse and get writing!

 

[Ursa major]

Indeed, can we be sure that it isn't a tear in spacetime?

 

[paranoid marvin]

Centre-right looks suspiciously like a half-closed eyelid. Could something be lurking behind the plant/seed/cobwebs?

And the Star Trek episode 'Space Seed' has nothing to do with plant life.

 

[Guttersnipe]

So, 'seeds' it is.

I am stuck in a similar position.

 

[Guttersnipe]

To be honest, the image makes me feel kind of sick. Maybe it'll be a horror.

 

[paranoid marvin]

For some reason, nearly all of the images in the Challenge suggest horror/ghost stories to me.

 

[THX1138]

If nothing else, look at the geometry of the challenge photo. You might see something to inspire you!

 

[Starbeast]

I agree. I'm going to study this one carefully.

@Daysman Thank you for this month's challenge.

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

I haven't been entering for a few months, but will aim to give this one a go.

 

[Elckerlyc]

It is ex-seed-ingly challenging.

 

[Swank]

It is ex-seed-ingly challenging.

That joke was already done.

 

[Swank]

If nothing else, look at the geometry of the challenge photo. You might see something to inspire you!

As long as the connection is blatantly obvious and you use the word "seed" both in text and title.

 

[Elckerlyc]

That joke was already done.

I am exseedingly sorry, than. Did it bother you much?

 

[Ursa major]

It is ex-seed-ingly challenging.

That's not a sufficient excuse to adopt the style of Kipling....

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

I haven't been entering for a few months, but will aim to give this one a go.

You may as well conseed defeat now.

 

[Culhwch]

That's a really cool picture, @Daysman! I've been out of the challenges for awhile, but I may just have a seed of a story extending its roots in my head...

 

[Swank]

I am exseedingly sorry, than. Did it bother you much?

No.

 

[paranoid marvin]

One can only hope that the image will grow on us.