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LyndaD
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I have HistFic, and neither of my prompts lend themselves to a specific era. I think I've settled in the 1980's, but it's disconcerting to think of historical fiction being set while I was in college.
I have an idea and have written a couple hundred words. Time to research.
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SumFemina
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From the inimitable @zoelou @Reasonably_Crazy placed first with a flash spy story about an Amish man who discovers a secret: https://forums.nycmidnight.com/ch2-gr38-the-lords-bounty_topic35804_page1.html. Goodbye James Bond - there's no crazy spy gadgets or government intrigue here.
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justmel
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I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, and for your loss. I would happily take an Irish setter (might be my favorite breed, used to have one) but at 13 he might not be up to traveling to the US and learning a new language. Wishing him (her?) the best new furever home. Is there any chance you could write your story in your friend's memory?
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justmel
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Spent the first 20 hours or so hating my prompts and being completely uninspired. Then a few random thoughts occurred . . then gelled . . and now I have something I kind of can't wait to write. I just hope it doesn't wind up being one of those "perfect in my head, perfectly awful in the execution" kind of things . . .
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justmel
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Isn't the deadline on Saturday (11:59 pm NYC time) for this one? Not to wreck your plans, but . . .
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Random
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Oh, sweet! That means I can kick the self-loathing into high gear a day early! It also means Sunday is free to do other things.
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RoaringK
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147 Horror/Royalty/Opportunist
Regurgitated the ideas into a slop of a partial draft.
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RoaringK
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That is my fear as well!
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crez
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I have the first 409 words of the story, which is weird because I usually write the middle or the end first. I have an outline for the rest.
I think my plot is solid, but somehow the story itself is looking pretty blah. I think my main character could use a personality injection.
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WhistlerCrowe
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I've got Mystery, Summer School, and A boyfriend.
From midnight to 2ish last night, I wandered aimlessly through the forum. At 2 am I wrote the first two sentences in an insomnia-induced fever dream. At noon I re-read what I wrote and somehow realized the who and what of the story. The where is half-formed (I at least have the vague shape of the two settings), and the how and why are alluding me. I need to do some in-depth research on some specific mythologies and rituals, and then tomorrow night I'm going to start writing the story in earnest.
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