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11:40 am - Writer in a Drawer -- Week 1
Survived the first round, thank heavens. I've been debating posting this story -- it did reasonably well, but I don't know. In retrospect, I should never have tried to squeeze this down to 250 words. But in the end, I thought I'd just post this here, along with the original version, which was just over 400 words, in case anyone feels like reading them.
The prompt for this was "Girls' Night In" -- female characters only, and it had to take place in the Hub. Somehow, I wound up writing Suzie monologuing about Catholicism, and then topped it off with a Dostoevsky quote. And I didn't stand out all that much, either. I was pretty proud of Team Weevil -- we took the prompt and ran off in all kinds of cool directions. Makes the competition pretty tense, though.
Anyway, story time. Comments/queries are always welcome. And yes, "What were you thinking?" is a perfectly valid query.
Title: Little Souls
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: None.
( The first draft )
( And the final cut )
You never really know how short 250 words is until you've tried it, believe me. Four hundred words seems such a luxury now...
The prompt for this was "Girls' Night In" -- female characters only, and it had to take place in the Hub. Somehow, I wound up writing Suzie monologuing about Catholicism, and then topped it off with a Dostoevsky quote. And I didn't stand out all that much, either. I was pretty proud of Team Weevil -- we took the prompt and ran off in all kinds of cool directions. Makes the competition pretty tense, though.
Anyway, story time. Comments/queries are always welcome. And yes, "What were you thinking?" is a perfectly valid query.
Title: Little Souls
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: None.
( The first draft )
( And the final cut )
You never really know how short 250 words is until you've tried it, believe me. Four hundred words seems such a luxury now...