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Title: Long Time Coming
Prompt: “the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.” Ecclesiastes 7:4 in 1hr or 500 words-whatever comes first. (10-5-05)
Notes: Scripps/Posner, History Boys futurefic. PG. 479 words.
Summary: He must be a fool, feeling a laugh bubble up in his belly at Posner’s ( Read more... ) -
for Depression prompt
I needed something else to write after NaNo (stuck on completing that story atm)
Title: untitled
Author:shenyaRating: it's going somewhere adult but isn't there yet, depressive ( Read more... ) -
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title: kiss, sword, gun
author: lanyon
prompt: this quote | 50 minutes
summary: from mary renault's the charioteer; ralph is frustrated by how inarticulate he is at a pivotal moment. spoilers within.
disclaimer: ralph, laurie, alec & co are not my property. more's the pity.
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"The depressed person was in terrible and unceasing emotional pain, and the impossibility of sharing or articulating this pain was itself a component of the pain and a contributing factor in its essential horror."
- from The Depressed Person by David Foster Wallace.
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Prompt: There are so many ways to begin
Title: This is how I roll...
Author:redleathercouch
Rating: adult (not really, but just to be on the safe side)
Prompt: Starter line: "There are so many ways to begin" & an instance of indirect speech.
Notes: Just a snippet of something that came to me... this prompt kicked my ass.
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This is my first.
Title: The World That Is
Author: agirl-gonemad
Rating: PG-13 for implied violence
Prompt: There are so many ways to begin
Notes: This is from the Metalocalypse verse, but I doubt you would need to see the show (or even know what it is) to read it.
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"there are so many ways to begin" prompt.
Title: Ret-Con
Prompt: cues. “There are so many ways to begin” as the 1st line. (5/14/08)
Notes/Warnings: An intro to a project I’m beginning. Short.
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As promised, a Wednesday Challenge.
There are so many ways to begin.
You can change the tense, but, apart from that, that should be the first line of your story. Also, I'd like the story to contain an instance of indirect speech - dialogue reported, but not actually heard in the text. No " "No time limit on this one. Give me war, give me life ( Read more... ) -
That Which Water Hates
Title: That Which Water Hates
Author: gnomeofsol
Rating: PG-13 for mostly implied violence
Prompt: Unreliable witnesses | 50 mins
Notes: Taealwhyn admits the details of the night her mother was murdered to Sdholhen, who may or may not be her father. I haven't posted anything from this 'verse here, but other excerpts from it can be found here under Aelphlond ( Read more... )