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Newbie replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 5 months ago

Congratulations, Athelstone. A well deserved win. 🙂

Love your story too, Knicks. xx

Thank you Raine for organising the comp. xx

Athelstone started the topic Monthly comp – November 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 5 months ago

OK NaNoWriMo: this month I’d like you to write just 50,000 words on anything that strikes you as appropriate. No, on second thoughts, I’d like a maximum of 500 words on the topic of something difficult, a target that would take a great effort to achieve, that was either met or missed.

Kate replied 4 years, 5 months ago

🤣🤣🤣

Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 5 months ago

Awwww!!! Thank you Raine, I really enjoyed the comp.
I love the other entries. We are the best!

Raine replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 5 months ago

Hi all! Thank you so much for entering this month – sorry I’m not the actual winner of last month but I’ve had fun being undeserved organiser anyway!

@knickylaurelle, I loved the dark, shadowy atmosphere to this. Lost boys and forests and witches – *chefs kiss* Some utterly beautiful imagery in here, my favourite has got to be ‘a cackle can be…[Read more]

Sandra replied 4 years, 5 months ago

Thank you Raine for so topically filling the breach, setting and judging (always the hardest part) the monthly comp. I am making good progress after stroke + surgery so hope to be back to full-strength participation soon
- Raine replied 4 years, 5 months ago
  
  *giant hugs*
- Newbie replied 4 years, 5 months ago
  
  Oh my goodness, Sandra, I had no idea you were going through such a hard time. Pleased to hear you’re making good progress. Take it easy. Best wishes to you and yours. xxx
  - Sandra replied 4 years, 5 months ago
    
    Thanks, Newbie. I count myself lucky to have come through it with minimal side effects – and a huge warm glow from the quantity and breadth of caring messages which have come my way from friends and family.

Seagreen replied to the topic The world, her dog, memories-dot, dot, dot. in the forum Blogs 4 years, 5 months ago

On the phone so I’ll keep this short…

I’m not the same person I was ten years ago (or even five years ago) and the things that impacted me then are not the things that impact me now.
I see it as growth ☺️

Bella replied to the topic The world, her dog, memories-dot, dot, dot. in the forum Blogs 4 years, 5 months ago

Interesting. I’ve used writing as a way to process the emotions linked to some pretty unpleasant episodes in my past. I know that a lot of therapists advise one to write a letter (never meaning to send, a la Nights in White Satin). I’ve tried that, though the letter format doesn’t work for me, whereas more of a blog style recounting does.

I’ve…[Read more]

Gerry Fenge replied to the topic The world, her dog, memories-dot, dot, dot. in the forum Blogs 4 years, 5 months ago

Great! I’d love to read some blogs from ten years ago – before all the nonsenses that started in 2016, and when there were busy Writers Forums full of blogs, shallow or profound but always fascinating…

Please post an example…

Athelstone started the topic The world, her dog, memories-dot, dot, dot. in the forum Blogs 4 years, 5 months ago

Read some blogs I wrote about 10 years ago that recalled events of 30 years before that. Curiously, unable to connect directly to those events anymore, in that I remember them and can recount the details, but much of the emotional impact that was there when I wrote about them is no longer available. I can remember that there was an impact and can…[Read more]

Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

=)

Knicks replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

Ath that creepy as hell, man 😭😭

Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

Hallowed Evening

The Bakers have lived over there for nearly fifty years now. I recognise the car in the drive. They bought it just before I arrived here. Then there’s Helen Smith’s house. I know she’s still there because I saw her heading out an hour ago. She’s changed a lot over the years, but I’d recognise her anywhere. Not sure who the neigh…[Read more]

Newbie replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

Headline (397 words excluding heading)

I’ve spent the last 17 months recovering from a particularly horrific Halloween party and I’m reluctant to accept this invitation to another one.
Still, if you have to face your fears, where better to do it than with a group of thrill seekers who think nothing of taking ‘daring’ to its limit?
Yes, I know it…[Read more]

Knicks replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

All done! Lost the ending I wanted to word count woes lols, but this was very fun none the less 👻🐱‍👤

Lost

Tall pines creak in the eeriness of night, blown by a sudden, fierce gale. It tears through the forest like a spectral fox hounded by wild and ghostly dogs, and the darkness feels alive with power and invocation. Two, small boys stop running…[Read more]

Knicks replied to the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

oooOoOoooooh!! I love it. This is going to be funfunfun 🎃👻🦇

Raine replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

Done! and lol! 😀

Raine started the topic Monthly Comp – October 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

Okay, so as Sandra is offline, I’ve stepped in to set this month’s challenge. Keeping it simple, it’s Halloween month so I want <400 scary/eerie/weird words featuring one (or more) of the following:
A black cat
A skeleton (of any species)
A ghost
A small child out at night
A bag of sweets

Have at it. Entries close midnight on Halloween.…[Read more]

Knicks replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

Go for it!! I don’t need to tell you whose piece tied with hers in muh heart 😍😍 haha #mybiasisshowing

Raine replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago

@knickylaurelle just to let you know Sandra won’t be able to set a challenge as she’s offline for a wee while. Did you want to set another? Or I can invent something?

@barny