Discussion thread -- July 2018 75-word Writing Challenge

[TheDustyZebra]

This month's Challenge brought to you by last month's winner, Ashleyne!

Theme: Twist
Genre: Open

Rules thread

Story thread

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Cool choices, Ashleyne! Open genre should encourage some really interesting work, and 'twist' is a terrific theme...should be a blast, CC

 

[Parson]

Parson considers, hm an open twist? Is that a fishing knot?

 

[chrispenycate]

Parson considers, hm an open twist? Is that a fishing knot?

Naw - it's a dance from the sixties.

 

[Cathbad]

When I saw "TWIST OPEN" I thought, "What, we're supposed to write about mason jars??"

 

[Luiglin]

When I saw "TWIST OPEN" I thought, "What, we're supposed to write about mason jars??"

Wasn't he a 1950s movie star?

 

[Joshua Jones]

Judging from the above comments, it looks like we are going to have a bunch of stories about dancing and fishing in the 50's and 60's... I guess in a flying saucer to add in the speculative element?

 

[The Judge]

I guess in a flying saucer to add in the speculative element?

Since the genre is open, no need for any kind of speculative element, of course, unless someone wants to put one in.

In case any newcomers are wondering, "open" is exactly what is seems. Choose any genre you want -- noir, romance, detective, murder mystery, weird, western, weird western, fairy tale, SFF, etc etc, even -- gawd help us -- Tudorpunk. The world of writing is your lobster!

And as far as "Twist" is concerned, for some of us it might be enough simply to have a twist-in-the-tail story, but when it comes to voting some members might require more for the twist to constitute a theme. As always, when it comes to nit-picking voters, caveat scriptor!

 

[Joshua Jones]

Since the genre is open, no need for any kind of speculative element, of course, unless someone wants to put one in.

In case any newcomers are wondering, "open" is exactly what is seems. Choose any genre you want -- noir, romance, detective, murder mystery, weird, western, weird western, fairy tale, SFF, etc etc, even -- gawd help us -- Tudorpunk. The world of writing is your lobster!

And as far as "Twist" is concerned, for some of us it might be enough simply to have a twist-in-the-tail story, but when it comes to voting some members might require more for the twist to constitute a theme. As always, when it comes to nit-picking voters, caveat scriptor!

Fair enough; although, I can almost see the 50's back and white advert now of flying saucers coming down and starting a dance party...

 

[Justin Swanton]

Come on let's twist again, like in the last saucer,
Let's twist again, for a hundred light years;
Do you remember, the hyperdrive really hummin'
Yeah, let's twist again, 'cause the bug-eyed men are here...

No, this is not my submission.

 

[Joshua Jones]

Come on let's twist again, like in the last saucer,
Let's twist again, for a hundred light years;
Do you remember, the hyperdrive really hummin'
Yeah, let's twist again, 'cause the bug-eyed men are here...

No, this is not my submission.

C'mon green men,
Let's do the twist.

 

[Parson]

After giving it some (not considerable) consideration, I think if you did your story in Tudor Punk that would be twisted enough to qualify as following the theme and of course it is a genre. Is it a genre?

 

[Justin Swanton]

Tudor punk?

You mean like this?

 

[Parson]

Yep, we had a challenge where the genre was "Tudor Punk." The best I can describe it was a "punk style" story set in the age of the Tudor dynasty in golly ole England. To say it was hard to to understate by at least half.

 

[Joshua Jones]

Yep, we had a challenge where the genre was "Tudor Punk." The best I can describe it was a "punk style" story set in the age of the Tudor dynasty in golly ole England. To say it was hard to to understate by at least half.

Then, there was "In the style of Kipling"...

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Okay, I'm in. It was fun to write one that didn't have my usual (lately, it seems) bleakness. Who's next??

 

[nixie]

Puts hand up me, not sure about the twist though.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I'm hoping mine shows through, too, nixie!

 

[Ashleyne]

My twist for this month's challange could have been that I wrote a story that doesn't make people question my mental stability.

Alas, my morbid creativity got the better of me.

 

[Parson]

Then, there was "In the style of Kipling"...

Ah, yes, there was also that challenge, and to call it a challenge is to be putting it mildly.