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Spy / a hovercraft / a diamond

I mean, really, how can you take that prompt set and not lean straight into all the cliches? So I have.

(My sole previous attempt at spy went poorly, so fingers crossed for a better result this time!)
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fantasy/a training ground/a horn

Talk about a lay-up! Not to brag, but I was basically done in two hours.
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Crime caper. A hot spring. Counterfeit money.
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Originally posted by TeeHi TeeHi wrote:

And WHY the frick would NYCM even allow a set of prompts that are nearly identical to a previous comp?

I've seen some very similar prompts repeat as well. In Flash last year I got Hist Fic/A rainforest/A life buoy and in the first round of Short Screenplay there was Hist Fic/A creek/A life buoy, (and let me just say I would have been pissed if I had gotten that prompt again.)

My theory is there aren't a lot of people who do both the screenwriting comps and the flash/short story comps so they borrow the prompts from one to feed the other. There are a handful of us, however who do both, and it's really bad luck for you to draw such a similar prompt across two comps. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Paula Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 1:17pm
Sci-Fi...Everything under the sun seems to have been already written, so I'm a bit clueless atm. I better come up with something soon!
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Rom com / a mom and pop store / a mosquito

I love this prompt but I keep going back and forth on the idea I want to pursue! Hopefully I'll settle on something soon. Pinch
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Ghost story/a space station/a flute.

I've absolutely nothing at the moment. I keep seeing a Scooby Doo episode play out in my head. LOL
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Originally posted by Popsicle Crows Popsicle Crows wrote:

Originally posted by swilki swilki wrote:

ghost story/re-enactment/bulldozer

excited to get ghost story but not loving the other two - I have a couple of ideas but nothing that really grabs me yet.


Bulldozer kind of ruins it for the other two prompts. The first two go together nicely.

 
I don't know...maybe the bulldozer is the way they died and their eternity is to relive it over and over...there's your reenactment...

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Action/adventure - viaduct - walking stick. 
Or at least I think the object is walking stick, I forget. I haven't started thinking about it yet, but A/A on a viaduct......hmm.
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Originally posted by TeeHi TeeHi wrote:

Group 6 / Romance / Thrift Store / Boutonnière

Aside from a few hours of fretful sleep, I haven't stopped crying since I got these prompts. Objectively, they're not bad, but I had romance/flea market/onion rings for FF F1, and I got zero points, so really not relishing another go at it. And WHY the frick would NYCM even allow a set of prompts that are nearly identical to a previous comp?

I'm so upset that I'd skip this round if not for the fact that I FINALLY scrored, in R1 of SSC!

Pah, judges!  I liked your Flash story.  Looking forward to seeing what you do here  :)
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