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Chris
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« on: May 04, 2007, 08:18:16 AM »
I'm making this thread to remind myself to start a game.  In fic land, we call them drabbles.  But in romancevillia, I'm gonna call them Quickies *grins*. 

The challenge:  100 words.  Tell a story.  This exercise is good for breaking up monotony, and really good for technical craft development.   It can also be a LOT of fun!

Tonight, I'll come back and write one.  Really, it's harder than it sounds...
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« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2007, 10:49:18 PM »
With steady hands, I attached the scope to my newly acquired Remington m24. According to Vicki, it is the finest long-range system available. Then again, she could have just read that off Remington's webpage. I had but one mission—a mission that would bring me five mil when completed. I scrunched down upon the balcony across from my target’s posh Manhattan condo and set the rifle onto the bipod. Peering into the scope, I scanned the premises. Dammit! Where was he? So much was riding on this. I could not—would not—fail. Jordan Richards must die, plain and simple.


Did I do this correctly?

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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2007, 10:22:40 PM »
Yep!

And I *still* didn't write one. 

Somebody else!!!
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« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2007, 11:37:12 PM »
He drifted lazily in and out of sleep, still vibrant from the long night with his golden haired beauty.  At last he had wed and bed the Wylie chit.  She could not escape him now.  He pulled the covers down from her slumbering form, intending to wake her with a kiss.  She lifted her head, bleary eyed, raven locks cascading around her.  He had not married the beauty.  He'd married her sister.

Something like that?

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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2007, 12:22:57 PM »
Yep, you got it!
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2007, 01:33:25 PM »
So where's yours, Chris?

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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2007, 01:52:15 PM »
Buried somewhere between New Orleans and New Mexico.  If I live to the weekend, I'm thinking I might snag some of the photos that *don't* win the poll and do something there.
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2007, 04:30:55 PM »
Quote from: Chris on May 09, 2007, 01:52:15 PM
Buried somewhere between New Orleans and New Mexico. If I live to the weekend, I'm thinking I might snag some of the photos that *don't* win the poll and do something there.

Now THERE'S a thought....

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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2007, 04:38:39 PM »
oh Alice that is great. You must continue.
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« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2007, 10:43:10 AM »
My name is Jennifer Stillwell and I killed my boyfriend with a banana cream cake. It just sort of happened.
I showed up at Jake’s with his favorite desert. He and the beauty queen, Miss. Mississippi, were already celebrating, straight out of the Kama Sutra.
The banana cream cake flew out of my hands making a mess on the floor. Jake slipped and hit his head against the bedpost. Miss. Mississippi screamed, no doubt a latent pageant talent. And I, seeing Jake sprawled on the floor wearing nothing but frosting and a smile, I time traveled—yeah, I’ve got connections.
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« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2007, 10:52:26 AM »
LMAO, love it. (Hey if you read this, I've got mail for you, Terri, but I can't get my email to work today. I'll try again later.)
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« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2007, 11:03:06 AM »
Love it, Terri!  Love the last line.  Cheesy
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« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2007, 03:05:59 PM »
Ditto Terri! Loved the humor!

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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2007, 07:19:43 PM »
Awesome Terri. I'm cracking up here Smiley

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