tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post4980752200927671009..comments2023-11-03T08:54:30.252+00:00Comments on The Inner Minx: Endless Hour competitionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-66818997238443684132007-04-25T19:11:00.000+01:002007-04-25T19:11:00.000+01:00Twas a liddle mean skinny goose, Atyllah - thank y...Twas a liddle mean skinny goose, Atyllah - thank you for yer lovely words.<BR/><BR/>DBA - that is very flattering, thank you, but there are some quality entries this time. I am always amazed at the different ideas people come up with just from one picture.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-76801599547966750642007-04-25T16:45:00.000+01:002007-04-25T16:45:00.000+01:00Yours was the first entry I read when I got pointe...Yours was the first entry I read when I got pointed to the competition just the other day. I almost gave up at that point, because I thought there's no way I was going to better it. I still don't think I have - but therein lies the beauty of these competitions, they drive you on and stop you from becoming lazy!DBA Lehanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902739256082564278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-51416669506334588022007-04-25T16:31:00.000+01:002007-04-25T16:31:00.000+01:00Wow! Brilliant Minx - a very potent piece of writi...Wow! Brilliant Minx - a very potent piece of writing - and well done to getting that 250 word limit - no mean goose, I mean, feat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-59066246665556192772007-04-25T13:08:00.000+01:002007-04-25T13:08:00.000+01:00Jan, nothing is ever finished, is it? My eye has a...Jan, nothing is ever finished, is it? My eye has already spotted a couple things I would change and I would now make a small adjustment to the end.<BR/>I only started writing short stories about 18 months ago. They are still not my first love but they are a useful tool. These blog competitions are also a great way of getting your stuff out there and in turn meeting up with writers from around the world. As writing is rather a solitary occupation/hobby it is good to compare ideas and styles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-43386498974083751822007-04-25T08:56:00.000+01:002007-04-25T08:56:00.000+01:00This IS pretty well polished, I think in my 'umble...This IS pretty well polished, I think in my 'umble opinion, , whatever you say. <BR/>I really felt the narrator's fear. And you certainly use the right vocab, which is 1/2 the battle in the modern short story, I guess..<BR/>Chilling.<BR/>I love writing shortshort stories..it's really weird but there's a funny kind of freedom IN the brevity...the initial flow, then the gentle stemming, the polishing, as you say. All very contradictory.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-6967148320140252372007-04-25T06:45:00.000+01:002007-04-25T06:45:00.000+01:00Yes, this is a great story, told in so few words. ...Yes, this is a great story, told in so few words. I know I like to write very short stories like this because it forces me to think about every word, and perhaps that will have some effect on the rest of my writing.The Wandering Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404559867270050616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-40002708875177488502007-04-24T20:18:00.000+01:002007-04-24T20:18:00.000+01:00With a huge pair of shears and a ruthless glint in...With a huge pair of shears and a ruthless glint in my eye!<BR/><BR/>Chop, chop!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-39453881054403066822007-04-24T19:52:00.000+01:002007-04-24T19:52:00.000+01:00But you did good Minx, this is really moving, you'...But you did good Minx, this is really moving, you've really got your reader emotionally involved. How the hell did you get from a 1000 to this? Amazing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533913253403252799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-73348847827581398462007-04-24T12:51:00.000+01:002007-04-24T12:51:00.000+01:00Thank you, Cailleach. I thought that I had wrung t...Thank you, Cailleach. I thought that I had wrung this particular piece dry but in looking at it again I know that I could polish it up further. I think making every word count in a piece this short is unavoidable - there is nothing to play with.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-77393747325510155422007-04-24T12:44:00.000+01:002007-04-24T12:44:00.000+01:00Mistress Minx of the Metaphor, hmm. It has a ring,...Mistress Minx of the Metaphor, hmm. It has a ring, don't you think? And yes GB, this is based on experience, although thankfully not my own. Friends of my parents searched for years for their daughter, in squats all over the country. They were not so lucky. She died in squalor aged 26.<BR/><BR/>Mutley, you forgot the Helsbane and getting nekkid.<BR/>250 words is like being squeezed into a teensy-weensy box. I am not good at restraining myself wordwise and it always feels like some horrific chinese torture. Not sure why I do it really.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-44755206485860500142007-04-24T12:40:00.000+01:002007-04-24T12:40:00.000+01:00I love this minx, so much squeezed out of every wo...I love this minx, so much squeezed out of every word. I will have a go later on when the house gets quiet. I loved the picture to start with.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-80840126838512040202007-04-24T12:28:00.000+01:002007-04-24T12:28:00.000+01:00You are very silly Mr Bananas - even I know that c...You are very silly Mr Bananas - even I know that crack does not do that. To turn into a goose you need radioactive magic mushrooms and a Elvish chant at Mid night in January - on a gibbous moon....<BR/><BR/>I agree that 250 words is not many - especially when one is used to much more than that in a thoughtless blogpost!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24425707.post-31814927429447019602007-04-24T11:08:00.000+01:002007-04-24T11:08:00.000+01:00Intially, I thought their child had been turned in...Intially, I thought their child had been turned into a goose, but then I realised that serious writers are masters (and mistresses) of metaphor. I hope this isn't based on personal experience.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.com