Challenge - How Distinctive Is Your Writing?

[drksideofthemoon]

Okay! V-Day's a wrap.

I think I'll join the party.

500 words, check.

Transportation theme, check.

PM to Min by Monday night, check.

(begins frantic scribbling).

Jeeze, I hope it's not 500 words....I read it as 500 to 1000 words...(and I was a hair over 1000) I dont think I can sign a check (or cheque for our Canadian and English readers) in 500 words...

 

[minsue]

Transport? what about...'stations' are they included? ?

and, *ahem* does it have to be sexual? (yes yes i KNOW it's a porn board!)

~~ im in if theanswer to those q's are yes and no respectively.

*sniffles* fi-...FIVE hundred words... right...that's gonna be difficult!

Wherever the word takes you, sweets.

Do I remember correctly that the stories were in a separate thread with some sort of poll for guesses, or was it all a wonderful dream?

Separate thread for guesses, but no poll. I think the polls were when we had contests for the best story. (either that, or it was a wonderful dream )

Jeeze, I hope it's not 500 words....I read it as 500 to 1000 words...(and I was a hair over 1000) I dont think I can sign a check (or cheque for our Canadian and English readers) in 500 words...

I'd rap your knuckles with a ruler, but I seem to recall you wear heavy gloves and wouldn't feel it anyway.

 

[Fallenfromgrace]

Wherever the word takes you, sweets.

Wooo! perfect, got one in mind already

people wil lguess mine from the excessive floweryness

Thanks for doin this min

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Jeeze, I hope it's not 500 words....I read it as 500 to 1000 words...(and I was a hair over 1000) I dont think I can sign a check (or cheque for our Canadian and English readers) in 500 words...

Hey, here's an idea! Why don't we all post our final word counts? Or, we could just sign the freaking anonymous thing!

 

[Guest]

i hate it when a thread takes off like wild fire and i have to catch up.


yes.
me.
in.

 

[damppanties]

yes.
me.
in.

Yes?
How does it feel?

 

[minsue]

Can I just say how fun it is to have people PMing me porn all day?

 

[Guest]

Yes?
How does it feel?

repeated with several moans injected, it feels rather exhilerating.

these are due by sunday night?

 

[minsue]

repeated with several moans injected, it feels rather exhilerating.

these are due by sunday night?

Write about it.


Monday night.

 

[Guest]

does it have to be porn?

 

[minsue]

does it have to be porn?

Nope.

 

[angelicminx]

I'm gonna play too... I think.

 

[amicus]

Damn...I am already at 385 and know I can not bring it home under 500. Would you consider a 1,000 word max instead? Even that will require pruning...how the hell can you tell a story in 500 words and have it mean anything?

sighs....sorry...but you tickled me fancy with ur thread...


amicus...

 

[minsue]

It doesn't have to be a whole story. It can be a vignette. It can be a scene or excerpt snipped out of an existing story (though I wouldn't recommend one you've posted on Lit ).

I picked 500 words because, if there are a lot of entries, it's easier to read them all. I'm lazy and I know I'm not the only one. Shorter entries tend to bring more guesses.

I'm not a teacher grading your papers. I won't mark anyone off for going over the word limit. (or simply cut them off as was done in one of the previous contests, if I remember right...) I'm just collecting entries and posting them at the end. If you all want to make some of them longer, it's up to you as a group. I don't really have strong feelings either way.

 

[amicus]

That's good to know, thank you cuz I am at 498 and she hasn't even chewed on his ear yet.

amicus...

 

[Skip1934a]

It doesn't have to be a whole story. It can be a vignette. It can be a scene or excerpt snipped out of an existing story (though I wouldn't recommend one you've posted on Lit ).

I picked 500 words because, if there are a lot of entries, it's easier to read them all. I'm lazy and I know I'm not the only one. Shorter entries tend to bring more guesses.

I'm not a teacher grading your papers. I won't mark anyone off for going over the word limit. (or simply cut them off as was done in one of the previous contests, if I remember right...) I'm just collecting entries and posting them at the end. If you all want to make some of them longer, it's up to you as a group. I don't really have strong feelings either way.

I agree that if there are a lot of entries, they need to be short, or people won't have time to read them all. 1000 words would be the max, IMHO.

 

[impressive]

Hey, here's an idea! Why don't we all post our final word counts? Or, we could just sign the freaking anonymous thing!

PMS?

 

[Lauren Hynde]

PMS?

Bite me!

Here's another idea. When you get to 500 words, STOP WRITING. It's supposed to be a sample of your writing, a scene, a snipped. Not a story.

 

[amicus]

"Bite me" she says, bite me and with that avatar?

shut up amicus.... my friends have shortened that to SUA! as I seem often to have that problem...sighs...


ahem...

 

[minsue]

Bite me!

Form an orderly queue, people...

Here's another idea. When you get to 500 words, STOP WRITING.

You're my hero.

 

[gauchecritic]

If you can't edit down to 500 without keeping voice, you're not as good as you think you are.

 

[minsue]

If you can't edit down to 500 without keeping voice, you're not as good as you think you are.

Them's fightin' words.


*settles in to watch* http://addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/essen/popcorn.gif

 

[cantdog]

Damn...I am already at 385 and know I can not bring it home under 500. Would you consider a 1,000 word max instead? Even that will require pruning...how the hell can you tell a story in 500 words and have it mean anything?

sighs....sorry...but you tickled me fancy with ur thread...


amicus...

It's not a story, just a vignette having something to do with transportation. One CAN write a story that short, but we have a pretty stiff deadline, here.

 

[champagne1982]

Well, I just wrote my first stroke vignette in about 2 years and sent it out to Min. It's good to finally finish a prose piece, even if it's only 500 words.

 

[Guest]

i'm lazy