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    Posted: 18 Nov 2023 at 1:54am
This year's prompts:

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A private club
A mosquito net

How are you feeling? What does your day ahead look like? Celebration, commiseration? Anyone else from the Cold Places like me running to google for specifics and research?

I just got a BIG boost of dopamine because I misremembered this final being 24 hours and now I don't have to wonder how I'll fit it into a busy Saturday while sick :)
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I also have never used a mosquito net before! I’ve got dozens of ideas floating around. Think I’ll spend some time exploring them before settling on one. Good luck! 

This weekend is like an unexpected bonus to me. I really didn’t plan to get through - i wasn’t expecting a HM/ to place at all and so I didn’t even bother to share my story in the forums. To get through with a third place was the biggest shock, so now - just being in the final is a huge privilege! 


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Not a huge fan of the "private club". Not a world I have ever partaken in.
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Excited! My brain was initially trying to go dystopian Sci-Fi, but I couldn't quite get the story to square. A better idea has popped in so I'm going with that!

Good luck to everyone else!
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Originally posted by Ben Daggers Ben Daggers wrote:

Excited! My brain was initially trying to go dystopian Sci-Fi, but I couldn't quite get the story to square. A better idea has popped in so I'm going with that!

Good luck to everyone else!
Hopefully not mosquito porn.
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Yeah, I'm struggling a bit with this one. The prompts seem very.........American.
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Originally posted by Zero11 Zero11 wrote:

Originally posted by Ben Daggers Ben Daggers wrote:

Excited! My brain was initially trying to go dystopian Sci-Fi, but I couldn't quite get the story to square. A better idea has popped in so I'm going with that!

Good luck to everyone else!
Hopefully not mosquito porn.

Please don't copy my idea! Tongue
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I’m excited! An idea popped in mind pretty quickly, and I’m crossing my fingers it won’t be too big of an idea for 1k words. 
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My first thought when I saw these was "it was fun while it lasted."

I think I've narrowed to two possible ideas. Not sure if they're just bad or too big. But gotta start somewhere.

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I was drawing a blank last night on specifics when the prompts came in--just had vibes and aesthetics of a smoky, darkly-lit private club floating around, but absolutely no thoughts as to theme/plot. But this morning I landed on an idea I really like, so hopefully that feeling lasts through actually writing the thing! 

And although I was scared to write it last round, I actually think I'm going to land on a horror story again. So excited to see what everyone comes up with and good luck!!! Heart
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