DISCUSSION THREAD -- August 2019 -- 75-Word Writing Challenge

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Artoriarius offers evidence that seemingly ordinary professions can be glamorous in their own way in this lighthearted tale.

 

[Parson]

@Artoriarius .... The Maltese Magnolias .... Artor writes a story that makes me think there will be a Pistil involved.

 

[Stable]

I had some free time! Look at that. Researching for this one was very fun. Some of the entries so far are outstanding in their field.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Stable takes a new look at aspects of fantasy fiction, with a touch of wordplay.

 

[Cathbad]

I had some free time! Look at that. Researching for this one was very fun. Some of the entries so far are outstanding in their field.

I usually sit in my field...

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(Which might explain why I never win these things...)

 

[nixie]

Never give up @Cathbad, I've been entering since long before you joined and have only won once. It will come.

 

[Parson]

@Stable .... Urban Agri-Fantasy .... Writes a story which gives us the chilling news that "There's a fungus among us."

@Tywin .... A Man’s Word .... Tells a tale of good intentions verses necessities.

 

[Starbeast]

@Cathbad Strangely. I came up with some of my best horror stories while sitting in a park, with people having fun there too. Especially the Lovecraftian tales that would pop into my mind as I stared at empty notebook pages that are now being flooded by a new story I thunk up.

Most of the time, I'm here for the fun of hanging with other authors. But, there have been days were I felt an epic story taking root in my mind, growing quickly into a powerful plant monster, ready to do my bidding.

Then, like others here, I try to squish an idea into 75 words. Hacksaw, or wood chipper, you decide. I've axed stories too, that were too large to shave down. I would settle for another choice, which is usually simpler to write.

Mark NIXIE's words, "It will come."

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Tywin portrays a character caught between two incompatible needs in this moving story.

 

[Danny McG]

Ashleyne makes the inner lives of flora relate to our own.

I'll tell you all something, I was astonished and confused at Ashleyne's story.

I couldn't get all the smelly genital stuff and was thinking "this is a bit rude, isn't it?"

Then I finally went online to Google plant genitalia and I was like "aha!"

 

[Marvin]

I'll tell you all something, I was astonished and confused at Ashleyne's story.

I couldn't get all the smelly genital stuff and was thinking "this is a bit rude, isn't it?"

Then I finally went online to Google plant genitalia and I was like "aha!"

Thanks for clearing that up
Back to a PG rating

 

[Danny McG]

Thanks for clearing that up
Back to a PG rating

I knew it!
I knew there couldn't just be me who was bewildered

 

[nixie]

Don't forget to vote in 300

 

[Parson]

@Hugh .... Turf Wars .... Hugh leads us down the garden path away from slime and into the clutches of a fast and hard mob.


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I don't think I've ever been so bereft of a story idea. This may be one of the few times the Parson does not make an appearance.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Hugh portrays a common conflict that goes mostly unnoticed right under our feet.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I don't think I've ever been so bereft of a story idea. This may be one of the few times the Parson does not make an appearance.

I am very sorry to hear that. I hope you will change your mind and come up with something, even if it's just off the top of your head.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

AstroZon portrays, with a gentle touch, how we most value those things we have lost.

Bruce MacLean offers a wry look at a new type of cloak-and-dagger affair.

 

[Parson]

@astrodan .... The Greenhouse .... Dan gives us a view of a life after tragedy.

@Bruce MacLean .... The Swiss .... Bruce shows how even the most deadly can still work to be carbon neutral.

 

[Bruce MacLean]

Thanks for the comments. Think I may have been skirting the edges of the theme, but as my first entry here, I enjoyed the challenge of trying to distill the elements of the story I wanted to include down to 75 words.

 

[AstroZon]

Thanks Victoria and Parson. I know my story isn't hard-boiled as per the rules, but it is in a greenhouse (and on a another planet.) Take Care.