Thread: LM Coffee Shop

I also agree.

Now that it seems that we've just about come to an agreement, allow me to try to create more confusion.

Could we compromise a bit more by having a historical fiction piece that has a starting sentence? I agree with the earlier comment that historical fiction would be a bit too broad. Here are some suggestions:

The Emperor, once the most powerful man in China, rose as silence fell upon his remaining followers.

The young villager watched in awe as the boiling black cloud poured from the top of the Great Mountain.

A billowing thunderstorm covered the sky as the entirety of the Viking horde ran toward the walls of Paris, stumbling and screaming Thor’s name.

Twas a dark and stormy night.

Many a truth found in jest.

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

Only the lonely.

Call me .

Rubber is not the only .

I like the theme okay but upon reflection I think I'd rather throw my hat in the judges' ring if that's doable.

I think we should keep it simple; a piece on any historical event, with everything except the result that the event produced left to fiction. For example, did you know that the Irish potatoe famine occurred as a result of rather ambitious Irish farmers trying to build a potatoe landbridge to America?

You little clever dick, the potato famine is starting a whole new brew of indefinables inside my head, if it comes to anything it will be your fault.

Originally Posted by Like a Fox

white
rose
button
rebel
invalid
upset
cool
clear
run
ship


Looking forward to hearing some feedback. I also need judges, of course.

The only ones I'd consider changing would be invalid (cripple) and ship (vessel). I'd be happy to judge, especially as I like history and would even google the historical themes.

Right. So a starting sentence or random words are clearly too difficult to come to any sort of agreement on, and I'm not going to force that down anyone's throats, though I disagree it's more restricting. A sentence sets the whole tone and voice for a piece. Maybe that's better for the writer but if we get 18 entries again, chances are that more than a few of them will come off really similar.

Flapjack, those starting sentences of yours would hold the same issue for me. If everyone's writing about the emperor of China, well, it's gonna be a pretty boring ride for the judges.

Anyway- let's keep it simple. Moderan, I believe you offered to judge. So did someone else, but I'm on my iPhone so it's hard for me to go back and check. You're both in though. And that means we just need one more judge.

Judging for the previous challenge is almost complete.

Originally Posted by Like a Fox

And maybe we make a compromise on the opening line thing, and have this instead:
The opening paragraph must use 5 of the following words:

white
rose
button
rebel
invalid
upset
cool
clear
run
ship

I just thought of something fun with this, so I'm personally hoping for this challenge.

If you need another judge, I'll do it.

As for LM suggestions. I just did a tour around the site and noticed a lot of recipes. So what about that? Not a recipe, per say, but a character or characters making some sort of foodstuff/dish that's important to them for their own personal reasons.

Originally Posted by Like a Fox

If everyone's writing about the emperor of China, well, it's gonna be a pretty boring ride for the judges.

LOL! Your 100% right there. Guess my idea was shot down.

I'm excited about participating this time around so I'm up for anything.

Originally Posted by Hawke

If you need another judge, I'll do it.As for LM suggestions. I just did a tour around the site and noticed a lot of recipes. So what about that? Not a recipe, per say, but a character or characters making some sort of foodstuff/dish that's important to them for their own personal reasons.

Awesome Hawke- you're in .
And I've always wanted to do the 'food' challenge. Maybe next time.

I'll post the judging for the flying challenge and the new thread for the history challenge in the next day or so.

As for LM suggestions. I just did a tour around the site and noticed a lot of recipes. So what about that? Not a recipe, per say, but a character or characters making some sort of foodstuff/dish that's important to them for their own personal reasons.

Hawke, this is great! I was going to start writing a short piece about something like this. I hope we do this one.

Me too, Dreamy! And I already have an idea for it. (Nope, I won't cheat and get a jump start, though.)

Right. I have to get of the computer now. They just issued a severe thunderstorm warning: high winds (we already have), lightning (have), large hail (not yet), risk of tornadoes (one or two have already touched down, though still far from us). The cell is supposed to move right over us. Lovely. Have a great night, all.

Hi Hawke,
Please don't get blown away.

I have wandered back and forth through this thread and have confused myself, what is the theme for the next challenge?