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    Posted: 04 Oct 2025 at 4:23am
Gobsmacked but grateful to be competing this weekend. I got:

Group 11
Sci-fi
Spraying
A bulldozer

They feel workable, if I can just think past the opening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...


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I got:

Group 13
Ghost story
Preventing
A handbook

Ghost story is probably my favourite genre, and I was inspired enough by this that I ended up writing something in about 40 minutes total. Hoping that means it's good, though it could mean quite the opposite.
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Feeling nervous and excited! I got:

Group 6
Romance
Snooping
A board game

Hope I can work some magic with those. Best of luck to all!
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I got the same! Going to have to let this percolate a bit but I’m excited for the challenge of a new (to me) genre!
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Got something completely different! Last round I had romantic comedy. This time I have:

Group: 18
Ghost story
Parallel parking
A greeting card

Appropriately spooky given the season LOL Excited to get plotting!  
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Group 12:

Romantic Comedy
Auditioning
A vacuum cleaner

It practically wrote itself. 🤷🏻
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Group 5

Suspense/thriller 
Ironing
Sketchbook. 

I really like my story, but feel it's 50/50 if I make it to round 3. 
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Group 10 / Drama / disobeying / a newspaper clipping

I had a weekend away to write and catch up with friends. Feeling a little bit delicate today but happy with my story.

Good luck everyone!
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I spent the end of the week just hoping “not Rom Com for a third time in a row.” 

I’m sitting here with the same sci fi prompts as OP and wishing I could’ve just had romantic comedy again lol 
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Group 10 - Drama, disobeying, a newspaper clipping

Happy to have gotten prompts I can work with! Drama is less "fun" than some others, but absolutely workable. 
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