Round 013 Theme Challenge
Round 013 Themesets!!
The promised Themesets are here in anticipation of inspiration!
ROUND THIRTEEN THEME LIST
Skipping Down Memory Lane...
Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.
Austin O'Malley
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The past is never dead, it is not even past.
William Faulkner
Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Washington Irving
Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you can hardly catch it going.
Tennessee Williams
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.
George Santayana
There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.
Harold Pinter
Thus one memory follows another until the waves dash together over our heads, and a deep sigh swells the breast, which warns us that we have forgotten to breathe in the midst of these pure thoughts.
Max Muller
While Humming...
Memories by Within Temptation
All of my memories keep you near
In silent moments, imagine you'd be here
All of my memories keep you near
Your silent whispers, silent tears
lyrics, song
Pieces by L'arc~en~ciel
I want to always watch over you
But it's all right now
Because there's someone waiting for your gentle hand
Lift up your face
lyrics, song
Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles
And now we meet in an abandoned studio
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go
lyrics, song
Dreams by Siam Shade
Like those youthful days I don't want to forget
My eyes clear, I keep earnestly dreaming
lyrics, song
Turn Back the Clock!
Additionally, you may make use of any theme previously used, save for the cliché round.
Round Two Themes • Round Three Themes • Round Four Themes • Round Five Themes • Round Six Themes • Round Seven Themes • Round Ten Themes • Round Eleven Themes • Round Twelve Themes
The theme challenge is completely voluntary, intended for fun and stimulation.
For inclusion in the theme challenge, your submission must list each theme you used. Both the author that earns the most points for a single fic and the one who earns the most points overall win be eligible for a prize. However, the winner of the theme challenge will not necessarily be the person who uses the most themes, so please don't feel obliged to cram in as many themes as you can. Rather, we hope that you will take a theme or group of themes that you find interesting and use them to write a great story.
We will be judging your theme usage on the following criteria:
1. Frequency: how often is the theme explicitly (or implicitly) referenced in the story
2. Accuracy: how accurately has the theme been used
3. Purpose: how integral is the theme to the story
4. Execution: how smoothly the theme has been incorporated into the story
5. Creativity: how creatively the theme has been interpreted
For each theme you include in your submission, we will assign a point value from 1 to 5 for each of the above criteria. All the points for all the themes will be added up, and the writer with the highest number of points will be awarded a prize for their efforts. Since we realize that all of these criteria are highly subjective, all of the mods will do our evaluations independently and take the average to determine the point totals.
The promised Themesets are here in anticipation of inspiration!
ROUND THIRTEEN THEME LIST
Skipping Down Memory Lane...
Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.
Austin O'Malley
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The past is never dead, it is not even past.
William Faulkner
Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Washington Irving
Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you can hardly catch it going.
Tennessee Williams
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.
George Santayana
There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.
Harold Pinter
Thus one memory follows another until the waves dash together over our heads, and a deep sigh swells the breast, which warns us that we have forgotten to breathe in the midst of these pure thoughts.
Max Muller
While Humming...
Memories by Within Temptation
All of my memories keep you near
In silent moments, imagine you'd be here
All of my memories keep you near
Your silent whispers, silent tears
lyrics, song
Pieces by L'arc~en~ciel
I want to always watch over you
But it's all right now
Because there's someone waiting for your gentle hand
Lift up your face
lyrics, song
Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles
And now we meet in an abandoned studio
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go
lyrics, song
Dreams by Siam Shade
Like those youthful days I don't want to forget
My eyes clear, I keep earnestly dreaming
lyrics, song
Turn Back the Clock!
Additionally, you may make use of any theme previously used, save for the cliché round.
Round Two Themes • Round Three Themes • Round Four Themes • Round Five Themes • Round Six Themes • Round Seven Themes • Round Ten Themes • Round Eleven Themes • Round Twelve Themes
The theme challenge is completely voluntary, intended for fun and stimulation.
For inclusion in the theme challenge, your submission must list each theme you used. Both the author that earns the most points for a single fic and the one who earns the most points overall win be eligible for a prize. However, the winner of the theme challenge will not necessarily be the person who uses the most themes, so please don't feel obliged to cram in as many themes as you can. Rather, we hope that you will take a theme or group of themes that you find interesting and use them to write a great story.
We will be judging your theme usage on the following criteria:
1. Frequency: how often is the theme explicitly (or implicitly) referenced in the story
2. Accuracy: how accurately has the theme been used
3. Purpose: how integral is the theme to the story
4. Execution: how smoothly the theme has been incorporated into the story
5. Creativity: how creatively the theme has been interpreted
For each theme you include in your submission, we will assign a point value from 1 to 5 for each of the above criteria. All the points for all the themes will be added up, and the writer with the highest number of points will be awarded a prize for their efforts. Since we realize that all of these criteria are highly subjective, all of the mods will do our evaluations independently and take the average to determine the point totals.