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Originally posted by jennifer.quail jennifer.quail wrote:

Originally posted by JennC JennC wrote:

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Suspense | A poultry farm | A thermostat

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A city transplant stakes out the henhouse to discover the identity of an egg thief. Will they both get more than they bargained for? 



This is my fifth straight year doing this contest--and my third time getting Suspense for the first challenge. I've never not shared my story on the forum, but this one may not see the light of day. I just never managed to connect to the prompts, and I know the story suffered because of it. Ouch 


That said, congrats to everyone for making it through the weekend and submitting a story. Great job! Clap


FINALLY a heat buddy! I was starting to feel extremely lonely out on the chicken farm. 


Are we the only two so far? I really hated the chicken farm prompt. Like, REALLY hated it. 
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Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:

Originally posted by JennC JennC wrote:

Group 85
Suspense | A poultry farm | A thermostat

Home to Roost

Synopsis:
A city transplant stakes out the henhouse to discover the identity of an egg thief. Will they both get more than they bargained for? 

This is my fifth straight year doing this contest--and my third time getting Suspense for the first challenge. I've never not shared my story on the forum, but this one may not see the light of day. I just never managed to connect to the prompts, and I know the story suffered because of it. Ouch 

That said, congrats to everyone for making it through the weekend and submitting a story. Great job! Clap.

Aw, I hope you share. We're mostly friendly and can find gems in the substrate.

But--do what works for you!

I know, Stephen. I just feel like it's just SO mortifyingly bad this time. Not to mention the whole changing the ending with 40 minutes remaining thing. I'm not a firm "not gonna happen," (although I'm close), but I'm not obsessively checking my email for the confirmation like I have in the past. As much as I hated my R1 story in last SSC, I hate this story even more. Bleh. Dead 
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Originally posted by JennC JennC wrote:

Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:


Aw, I hope you share. We're mostly friendly and can find gems in the substrate.

But--do what works for you!

I know, Stephen. I just feel like it's just SO mortifyingly bad this time. Not to mention the whole changing the ending with 40 minutes remaining thing. I'm not a firm "not gonna happen," (although I'm close), but I'm not obsessively checking my email for the confirmation like I have in the past. As much as I hated my R1 story in last SSC, I hate this story even more. Bleh. Dead 

1. What Stephen said
2. The way we make things better is by letting the folks here tell us how
3. We often find that once we put it up there, others find a lot to like in it.  That can be very affirming and help you work through the hurdles more smoothly and with a bit more enthusiasm
4. I'm Nixie.  I just want *every group to have 3-5 stories posted so everyone has at *least 2 and preferably at least 3 other stories from their group to read. 

So I am ALWAYS gonna encourage you to post - both for yourself and "because you'd hate to be that one with only your story and maybe one other posted" lol

5. What Stephen said. Do what's right for you.
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Group 55: Sci-Fi/Wine Cellar/Perfume

 

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Strange things happen at a local restaurant and a handful of survivors find refuge in a wine cellar, until one of them decides to open the door.
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Originally posted by JennC JennC wrote:

Group 85
Suspense | A poultry farm | A thermostat

Home to Roost

Synopsis:

A city transplant stakes out the henhouse to discover the identity of an egg thief. Will they both get more than they bargained for? 



This is my fifth straight year doing this contest--and my third time getting Suspense for the first challenge. I've never not shared my story on the forum, but this one may not see the light of day. I just never managed to connect to the prompts, and I know the story suffered because of it. Ouch 


That said, congrats to everyone for making it through the weekend and submitting a story. Great job! Clap


I hope you'll go ahead and post. 
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Originally posted by HR Garcia HR Garcia wrote:

Group 55: Sci-Fi/Wine Cellar/Perfume

 

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

Strange things happen at a local restaurant and a handful of survivors find refuge in a wine cellar, until one of them decides to open the door.




Hey group mate!!

Your synopsis sounds great. Why is it that a restaurant never occurred to me? 

Looking forward to the read!
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Sci fi / cable car / briefcase



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Originally posted by thewriteguy thewriteguy wrote:

Originally posted by Eggcorn Eggcorn wrote:

Originally posted by Elizabeth.Garland Elizabeth.Garland wrote:

Originally posted by LaurieH LaurieH wrote:

Originally posted by jennifer.quail jennifer.quail wrote:

STILL no one else from heat 85? Does everyone have something against poultry?

<i style="font-weight: bold;">MY heat has its own thread

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It is kinda crazy (er, scary?) that a bunch of regulars ended up in the same group. 


I suspect that they put us in groups by the order we registered in. I registered early this year and am in group 6, which is the first time in a long time I have had a number that low.


I believe very strongly that I registered the first day and am in Group 95.


And there you go lol Must be really randomized then?
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Originally posted by Witherwings Witherwings wrote:

Originally posted by stephenmatlock stephenmatlock wrote:


If you want a chance to be in the same group with your neighbors, come to Seattle which has the smallest population and the second-highest possibility. NYC has a higher possibility, but there are 8.6 million people.

* Oddly, no one from "Queens, NY" signed up.


That's because Queens is an oddball amongst the boroughs. We're the only ones to use individual neighborhoods as part of our postal addresses (e.g. Astoria, Long Island City, Flushing). 

Here is more than you ever wanted to know about this phenomenon: 


Oh! Thank you for this! I've always wondered! 
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Group 22 Romantic Comedy/Private Investigator's Office/A rowboat

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An infatuated young woman gains the attention of a handsome private investigator when she invents a missing dog for him to locate. 
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