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Writing Contest #23 Discussion
Took me longer than that to come up with the theme :~/
I like to riff words so this is right up my strasse :-)
Should I shift this to the top of the group so it's more visible?Yes I think I should.
I'm going to try and produce something. Hopefully 150 wonderful words. In the right order!
I prefer writing 150 words in the wrong order :-)
I'm not sure my vocabulary runs to 150 words. Can I use the same one 150 times?
Make sure it's a good one, Pete.I like 'kumquat'
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Make sure it's a good one, Pete.I like 'kumquat'"
I prefer beer.
Beer, beer, glorious beer. Nothing quite like it for making you cheer.
Beans, beans the magical fruit.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Beans, beans the magical fruit."Ah, getting musical are we?
Better out than in, as Shrek sez.
if you can run to two words, you can make it a catechism
After considerable thought, I am finding it extremely difficult to write a story using only one word 150 times. I shall use spaces instead. Here is an example, but the final story will be much better:-"
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What do you think of it so far? (No spoilers please.)
Marc wrote: "if you can run to two words, you can make it a catechism"Or three, for a cataclysm.
I was once told to write an essay about a bathroom sponge as a punishment. I started off 'There are a lot of holes in a sponge. Let's count them. One, two, three, four' and i carried on like that until the end of the essay.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Needs commas, Pete."They're there - along with two full stops, an exclamation mark and two question marks. I coloured them white, because they distracted from the flow.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "I was once told to write an essay about a bathroom sponge as a punishment. I started off 'There are a lot of holes in a sponge. Let's count them. One, two, three, four' and i carried on like that ..."Well, don't keep us all in suspense! How many were there?
I was just wondering how a sponge could be a punishment
I can't remember how many there were. Its a very long time ago.
Rosemary (The Nosemanny) wrote: "I was just wondering how a sponge could be a punishment"No? Clearly you haven't tried to sew up all the holes!
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Needs commas, Pete."Commas? Really?
You're not expecting consistency from me, are you David?
OH dear. The writing competition is back. Does this mean summer is officially over?Great subject - I am going to compose my last place contender now.
I must tell you how pleased I am that I entered one of your writing competitions last year. I didn't win - I didn't expect to. But I extended the length of my story and posted it in a group I started elsewhere. It received such a favourable response that I started to write more. Up until now I had only written poetry. Now, thanks to your competition, I have a novelette already out and am about to publish a book of short stories. And I have people waiting to buy it. These competitions are great, whether you win or lose. Something can be learnt just by entering. But I shan't be entering any more, lol. Now I'm saving my stories for my books. Best wishes to all the competitors, though.
By the way, I have loved reading the comments here. Your wit has made me chuckle. Thanks for the entertainment.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "I was once told to write an essay about a bathroom sponge as a punishment. I started off 'There are a lot of holes in a sponge. Let's count them. One, two, three, four' and i carried on like that ..."You must have been a delight to teach!
Pete wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Needs commas, Pete."They're there - along with two full stops, an exclamation mark and two question marks. I coloured them white, because they distracted from the flow."
Lol. You guys crack me up.
YO dudes, maybe I will try this one. Surely I can manage 150 words...
Yes you can. And don't call me Shirley.
150 words is easy. Not having 151-20,000 is what's hard.
Sowhen you have 151 words, which one do you delete? Pick one at random?
Replace an 'and' with a comma. Easy.
Nah, you just join two words together to make "sowhen".
Hyphens and apostrophies come in handy too.
Will wrote: "Sent mine in. 150 words is difficult."Of course, it doesn't have to be exactly 150 words, just no more than.
I thought we were allowed a leetle leeway, either up or down?
I haven't entered one of these competitions before so apologies if this is a daft question. Does it have to be 150 words exactly or up to 150 words?
We were just discussing this, above, Diane. I thought it was up to, Rosie thinks it doesn't matter if you go over by a bit.
It used to be 200 but a word or two either side was allowed. I think under is fine but going very much over is abusing the privilege!
Cheers guys. I checked to see if it had already been mentioned but must have missed it.
It's been too long since the last one. I'm impatient to read the entries.
David wrote: "It's been too long since the last one. I'm impatient to read the entries."Are you entering?
The theme for this months contest is "Hidden Danger". 150 words based around that theme and PM your stories to me by midnight on the 13th August. Please no stories based on the hidden dangers of labour or small children ;o)