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Originally posted by Deschain Deschain wrote:

Originally posted by halium halium wrote:

Originally posted by Sara.E.Tall Sara.E.Tall wrote:

I read through the whole thing hoping to find some heat mates, but no luck. I was hoping to find others who could share in my pain.

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I had no idea what Shellacking meant and I'm not sure I actually included it my story... guess we'll see what the judges think.

I think I might have found a heatmate for you. Wink They're called Dena Linn. The 'latecomer' rang a bell in for a post I read in another thread.

https://forums.nycmidnight.com/the-inevetable-progress-thread_topic51680_page18.html

You've got a tough set of prompts! Shellacking is such a niche word unless it has another meaning I was not aware of. All the best!

Shellacking has the literal definition of putting a coat of shellac (varnish) on something, but also it's used figuratively to describe a one-sided result in a contest. so you can say "I shellacked the deck chairs yesterday" or "The Eagles shellacked The Giants last Sunday by a score of 38-7." I see the figurative sense most often in sports, but it works for any contest, i.e. "Candidate X shellacked Candidate Y in the elections last week."

Oh! I've never seen "shellac" used in the competition sense! (non-native speaker here) Learned something new today. Thank you!
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Originally posted by awinchester awinchester wrote:

Originally posted by Sara.E.Tall Sara.E.Tall wrote:

I read through the whole thing hoping to find some heat mates, but no luck. I was hoping to find others who could share in my pain.

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A Shellacking
A latecomer

I had no idea what Shellacking meant and I'm not sure I actually included it my story... guess we'll see what the judges think.


That's a mighty tough set of prompts! All I can picture for "a shellacking" is, like, smearing mod-podge onto cocktail napkins to glue them onto rocks in summer camp as a kid. Not exactly the elements of a compelling story. I wish you luck!

Supposedly it also means decisive defeat, so I went with that. My interpretation still might be too vague though, but I've decided to risk it. Confused
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Originally posted by Sara.E.Tall Sara.E.Tall wrote:

Originally posted by awinchester awinchester wrote:

Originally posted by Sara.E.Tall Sara.E.Tall wrote:

I read through the whole thing hoping to find some heat mates, but no luck. I was hoping to find others who could share in my pain.

Group 135
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A Shellacking
A latecomer

I had no idea what Shellacking meant and I'm not sure I actually included it my story... guess we'll see what the judges think.


That's a mighty tough set of prompts! All I can picture for "a shellacking" is, like, smearing mod-podge onto cocktail napkins to glue them onto rocks in summer camp as a kid. Not exactly the elements of a compelling story. I wish you luck!

Supposedly it also means decisive defeat, so I went with that. My interpretation still might be too vague though, but I've decided to risk it. Confused



That is a mighty tricky set of prompts.
I'm Aussie and shellacking is a common but colloquial word for me. We'd use it like this:
(commonly sports, but any competition as someone else said)

"They thought they had our number but we gave them a right shellacking."
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Originally posted by Sara.E.Tall Sara.E.Tall wrote:

Originally posted by awinchester awinchester wrote:

Originally posted by Sara.E.Tall Sara.E.Tall wrote:

I read through the whole thing hoping to find some heat mates, but no luck. I was hoping to find others who could share in my pain.

Group 135
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A Shellacking
A latecomer

I had no idea what Shellacking meant and I'm not sure I actually included it my story... guess we'll see what the judges think.


That's a mighty tough set of prompts! All I can picture for "a shellacking" is, like, smearing mod-podge onto cocktail napkins to glue them onto rocks in summer camp as a kid. Not exactly the elements of a compelling story. I wish you luck!

Supposedly it also means decisive defeat, so I went with that. My interpretation still might be too vague though, but I've decided to risk it. Confused

Im Canadian and that is a common way to use that word in some areas - its definitely slang and used by older people.
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Subject - Memorabilia
Character - A substitute teacher

I had a lot of fun with this one!
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First timer here. At first the prompt filled me with dread. After staring into space for an indeterminate amount of time, things started clicking.

Now I'm just trying to convince myself that I didn't read it wrong. Once I've done that I will submit. At which time I will try to convince myself I didn't submit it wrong.
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Originally posted by Proteus Proteus wrote:

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Genre: Sci-Fi
Subject: An Infomercial
Character: A deadbeat

First timer here. At first the prompt filled me with dread. After staring into space for an indeterminate amount of time, things started clicking.

Now I'm just trying to convince myself that I didn't read it wrong. Once I've done that I will submit. At which time I will try to convince myself I didn't submit it wrong.


After 9 years of doing these contests, I've only just stopped second-guessing whether or not I read my prompt correctly in the last year. I also used to absolutely agonize over the deadline-driven contest. The only advice I can give is, just have fun with it. You're doing it right, I promise.
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Originally posted by mistressposte mistressposte wrote:

Group 159: Mystery, Urban Sprawl, A Governor

I have an idea based on my MF250 R2 story but I think it would spiral into 10k+ words very easily! 

I can't believe how many people seem to have already written something for this - I'm in awe of you all!


Hey Groupmate!

I don't know about you but I am really struggling with this one! I have a few different ideas but no idea where to even start! Wishing you all the luck!
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