Discussion Thread -- FEBRUARY 2017 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[TheDustyZebra]

Afraid I'll have to sit this one out but I will read and vote.

You still have three hours -- I've written a 300 in less time than that, so get cracking! We will blame you if the numbers fall short.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

I've now lobbied everybody who dares to show their face on Facebook after not having written a story, so maybe we'll make it.

 

[nixie]

Lobbied and entered, feeling guilty because I haven't entered for awhile, think I forgot to vote last month as well.

 

[LittleStar]

I'm in! I'm in!

This has been my toughest month. 4-5 variations on the same moral I wanted to use, and none of them would fit into a complete story. I had the beginning and the growth, but couldnt for the life of me work out how to get back for the moral! So this is my sixth try now. Thinked up yesterday and tinked up (down) this evening.

Maybe not my best, but I'm in!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

nixie -- Never Judge a Man Until You've Walked a Mile in His Shoes, and Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover.

LittleStar -- Home is Where the Heart Is, and To Go is to Return.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Yeah, I had to leave one of mine out, when I got my idea! There wasn't any room for the Spanish Inquisition, but nobody was expecting it anyway.

 

[StormFeather]

Having been badgered by TDZ on facebook, I've entered for the first time in . . . . years. Very rushed, but was fun to do. Might possibly get back into this malarky

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Kerrybuchanan -- Be Careful What You Wish For, and The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall.

StormFeather -- Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow, and The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Step.

 

[Starbeast]

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Me again.

I see some of you have made submissions, while others have changed their socks, and a select few have done both. Good on you. For the rest of you, who's done neither, no rush. Haste makes waste. Feel free to join Lister's Lazy Club. The best part of it is, you don't have to do anything. Bye for now.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

And the day is saved! Mad Alice has kept ruin from our door.

Well, and all the others who answered the klaxon call.

 

[Ursa major]

That's all very well, but I'm not on the last page this month.

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[TheDustyZebra]

That's all very well, but I'm not on the last page this month.

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And you just got a lot more work piled on at the last minute, too. Err... sorry?

Oh, and neither am I.

 

[Ursa major]

I'm usually starting from scratch at about this time (or not much earlier), while simultaneously writing my entry.

For some reason, I seem to be ahead of the game this month. (It'll probably never happen again.)

 

[Parson]

@Ursa major .... helps us to understand that hope for the future makes the present more palatable .... like toona or cheezeburgers

@The Judge .... helps us to understand that growing is good, but growing fat, not so much. (Parson squints at Her Honor, is this some sort of fat joke?)

@nixie .... helps us to understand that a story is very different in the eyes of another character.

@LittleStar .... helps us to understand that our dreams are never really fulfilled because we long for what we cannot have.

@Kerrybuchanan .... helps us to understand that you don't always really want what you wish for.

@StormFeather .... helps us to understand that growth is constant in the giver of life. (Stormy, I thought that last was a typo until I looked it up.)

@Mad Alice .... helps us to understand that a mother's love goes beyond death. (The last word is a complete mystery to me.)

 

[Parson]

I've now lobbied everybody who dares to show their face on Facebook after not having written a story, so maybe we'll make it.

Reading back I now see who I have to blame for laying on the work at the last minute. --- But Yea! The 42 stays as a floor.

 

[StormFeather]

[B][USER=23983]@StormFeather[/B] .... helps us to understand that growth is constant in the giver of life. (Stormy, I thought that last was a typo until I looked it up.)
[/user]

Both TDZ and Perp Man have been cajoling any Chrons members they know on FB and as soon as the theme/genre was mentioned I had the image in my mind. Had to look it up myself too as couldn't remember the full details! Good to be part of this again though

 

[Parson]

(Parson grins) .... Having never studied any sort of mythology, save perhaps a bit of Greek mythology, references to them are always like walking into a dark room blindfolded.

 

[Ursa major]

This challenge is now closed to new entries.

Voting is now open at the link below:

POLL -- February 2017 75-Word Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!

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[Victoria Silverwolf]

Mad Alice -- Love Makes the World Go 'Round, and Death, Thou Shalt Die.

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Short List:

Shyrka

Hugh

Culhwch

DG Jones

VOTE

"The Warmth of Experience" by Sapheron

 

[Dave Barsby]

Vote cast. Meow.