Weekly Writing Topics?

[Mihailo]

Soo what's our topic for this week?

[amberleadavis]

I sent a message to C-Town to remind him, but until he suggests a topic, we will press forward.

 

You find yourself on the corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Fremont street.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/N+Las+Vegas+Blvd+%26+S+Las+Vegas+Blvd+%26+Fremont+St,+Las+Vegas,+NV+89101/@36.1691991,-115.1405892,3a,75y,301.88h,94.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8Dp266_ONiuHxPi1oEIkzA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c8c3756f9a2be7:0xcbe1b6c4e5f510ef!8m2!3d36.1692002!4d-115.1405976

 

Why are you there, who are going to meet, and what will you see?

[amberleadavis]

No one has started?

[clickred]

Hi,

 

My first attempt at writing any story. Shall try my best to chip in every once in a while, if time permits and the topic gets me thinking. Love the thread by the way. Here is the attempt.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/40rw9ias0jfcmol/Mihircopyright2017.jpeg?dl=0

 

[Martini25]

Late to the party. I just decided to write whatever came to mind, no matter what direction it took me.

 

Post.pdf

[LizEF]

As it turns out, it's really hard for me to come up with a story given someone else's starting point, and also hard for me to write something short (I write fantasy-length novels, not short stories...) Nonetheless, I finally had an idea for this one, so here goes (hopefully legible). Apologies if it's too long. The second ink (I ran out of the first) is KWZ Azure #5 in a Pilot Falcon SEF.

 

http://paradoxcommunity.com/vps/TheSearch1.jpg

 

http://paradoxcommunity.com/vps/TheSearch2.jpg

 

http://paradoxcommunity.com/vps/TheSearch3.jpg

[amberleadavis]

I love what you all are doing!!!!!

 

I uploaded the images since the links can disappear.

[clickred]

As it turns out, it's really hard for me to come up with a story given someone else's starting point, and also hard for me to write something short (I write fantasy-length novels, not short stories...) Nonetheless, I finally had an idea for this one, so here goes (hopefully legible). Apologies if it's too long. The second ink (I ran out of the first) is KWZ Azure #5 in a Pilot Falcon SEF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liz, thats a super story. I wish I could report you for excellence.

[LizEF]

Liz, thats a super story. I wish I could report you for excellence.

 

Thanks, Mihir! I enjoyed the twist at the end of your story - never saw it coming.

[george c]

Thanks for the invite, Amber. Yes, this is the bus stop.

I write fifty-word stories. The story part is 55-words. OK, this ain't all that great but I surprised myself as this only took about five minutes. Sorry, no scanner.

 

Best regards,

 

George

 

 

 

Newspaper Headlines: Police Manhunt for Serial Killer

Waiting for the bus for Seattle, he couldn’t help grinning when she sat across from him and smiled.

He got up, “Getting coffee, would you like some?”

Soon they were chatting like old friends as they headed to the bus.

This is perfect he thought, as he knew they were searching for a single male.

 

 

[amberleadavis]

George, that's creepy, I like it.

[LizEF]

I had an idea for our topic, but it's weird, and even I am having a hard time thinking up a plot... It starts with a sniglet:

 

 

Hozone (ho' zohn) - n. The place where one sock in every laundry load disappears to.

http://bertc.com/subfour/truth/sniglets.htm

 

Your character (or you, if you prefer 1st person) is a sock which has had it up to here with the whole wash-dry-get-stuck-in-that-smelly-shoe cycle, so he decides to travel through the secret portal in the dryer that takes him to "The Hozone", where he can be with his fellow liberated socks.

 

...you can tell the story of his departure, his arrival, his exploration of The Hozone, meeting old friends, his recounting of the story for his grand-socks (who grew up in a world without laundry, or feet for that matter), or whatever aspect you wish...

 

What do you think? Too weird? I know it would be hard for me to write less than a novel's worth, assuming I can come up with a plot at all...

[richila]

Weekly writing - S. Las Vegas Blvd & Fremont by Richila, on Flickr

Edited September 11, 2017 by richila

[Carrau]

I just stumbled on to this topic, and it reminded me of one of my favorite scenes in a movie: the storytelling scene in OUT OF AFRICA.

 

 

The ability to do this I always found remarkable, and I applaud those of you who can do it.

[george c]

A Few Too Many: Somewhat Dazed

Street signs, Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street.

How did I get to Las Vegas?

 

Lady approached, “Let’s have a drink, honey.”

Woke in a motel room with her next to him.

Called friend, “Fred, help me.”

“Where are you?”

“Las Vegas. Oh, no. It can’t be!”

“What?”

“A marriage license. I think I’m married.”

 

 

 

Well, yes this one might be a little silly. But, stranger things have happened.

 

Regards,

 

George

 

PS. BTW, some things don't stay in Vegas....

Edited September 11, 2017 by george c

[LizEF]

Your character (or you, if you prefer 1st person) is a sock which has had it up to here with the whole wash-dry-get-stuck-in-that-smelly-shoe cycle, so he decides to travel through the secret portal in the dryer that takes him to "The Hozone", where he can be with his fellow liberated socks.

 

OK, here it is, in Noodler's Purple Martin, in an EF Nemosine Singularity, on a Made in Columbia NorCom notebook... The story of Nog (like "No" with a g on the end, not like egg nog) arriving in the Hozone. Feel free to continue the story, if you wish...

 

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/Nog1.jpg

 

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/Nog2.jpg

 

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/Nog3.jpg

[george c]

Hi, Folks,

 

LizEF, interesting story. Thanks.

 

What happened to the prompts?

 

Here's another bus stop story in 55-words.

 

Regards,

 

George

 

They Gathered Outside Waiting for the Bus….

It pulled up on time, driver greeted them with a smile.

After boarding, the door closed.

Immediately, the bus was enveloped as in a cloud and the bus started moving upward.

“What’s going on?” a woman screamed.

“Oh, you didn’t know, you folks are all dead,” the driver said. “We’re on our way to purgatory.”

[LizEF]

Thanks, George! Yours was quite funny (probably not for the dead folk in it, but I got a chuckle).

 

Not sure where the prompts went. Hope my sock idea didn't put a damper on things...

[Mihailo]

I think when it comes down to it (we) a bunch of busy lived folks all wanted to do something that we haven't had a lot of time to devote to doing. I know I have been busy with my university study's and haven't had time to answer any of the prompts.

[sandy101]

Ok, I've robbed one of classic for this one, but I guess you can do this with writing exercises.

 

Yiur character is at their normal day's tasks and character receives the message ​Recalled to Life. How do they react to this message?​