Time for a new contest (Page 1 of 2)

Afternoon, Sol. What about short stories and poems about a given number of musicians? Perhaps name four. And the challenge would be to write, in maybe 500 words or less, about one musician. Something compelling, something that would make others say, "Right on!" Lol.

Or simply list only one musician, someone very controversial and talented. A picture or drawing or painting of the musician would, of course, help.

Too, genre or era wouldn't present problems. To simplify choosing, the musician could be someone you like. Chances are very good we'll all agree and even those who don't, I expect, will still be able to write something very cool!

This is just a pie hurled against the storied wall...

Mike

How about this....

Write a short story, maximum 1000 words, in any genre. The only stipulation is the story must take place entirely in one location. That can be a campsite in the woods, the coach section on an airplane, restroom in the local Wal-mart, an elderly grandmother's front porch, a porta-potty, a local bar, a kitchen, an elevator....you get the idea.

Just a thought

Bobbie

This is my first writing contest here.
But I will have no concern or fear.
So previously I suggested 3000 words
Spoken by squirrels, cats, and birds.
It might be much writing, but by heaven
Perhaps we could use something like 1127.

Very good take on it. Or in a big city. It could be fun to have a narrowly defined limitless writing contest. Did I say that right?

How about something where you must use at least X-number of creative made-up cuss words for effect and imagination. You know I get tired of the same old shit all the time, lol. Take care. Vern

Oh, and here's another idea: a gaming contest in which nationally ranked gamers battle a dragon on some ridiculous, astronomical level, and the dragon shoots fire out both ends! This is actually not my ideal, originally. Borrowed/stole from someone else who wrote a soda-spraying-the-pc funny story that featured this wild idea, lol.

Lots of interesting suggestions. Thanks, all!

How about writing stories or poems so that kids and grand kids can read it. Made up cuss words would be funny but I can see them morphing into similar renditions of current cuss words.

A word by any other name is still a word, no better or worse than it's ability to put forth your message. If you called the rose a bastard, it would still be a rose. Cuss words only become cuss words because people decide they are, not by any inherent evil. And please don't answer with some pretense of the Bible condemning them or such; you will lose that argument of taking the Lord's name in vain. But to each their own. Take care. Vern

Good points, however, if I call my boss a bastard then he interprets it badly. He's still my boss but now an upset boss. We can leave the Bible out of this if you want. I just like writing to generally be classy. Granted that talking about the Inquisition and Holocausts doesn't leave much room for class! But I like being uplifted by the words that I read. The biggest problem in what I'm saying is that most everyone swears and how realistic do I want characters in my writing to sound? But I just don't think that it takes tons of talent to sound like everyone else. It takes work to lift up, build up, elevate the the environment around you. I'm new to this website and I do find it entertaining and this discussion has been interesting as well. Thanks for your honesty, Vern. I've enjoyed this. I feel good about this discussion! George

Given what's going on in the world, seems like a good time for a dystopian contest. Or utopian, if you're optimistic and want to imagine a better future. Maybe a time traveling story where George Orwell (or a historically significant character of the writer's choice) gets stuck in the present day for twenty four hours. Oh, and I don't think TNBW has done a romance contest. The timing might be good if it's February.

All good suggestions. We're going to review and hope to have something launched by the end of the weekend. Stay tuned!