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Short Story Competition 8 (I Spy) - VOTE HERE!

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  • #32
    Ectoplasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Ectoplasm


    VERSION 2
    Yep, well done Antilles! :)

    Mine was 5. I spent about 15 mins dithering as I knew the 'kids in car' was not really that original but nothing better appeared and that clock was really ticking. Thanks so much to all who provided feedback.


  • #33
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    VERSION 6
    EMF2010 wrote: »
    Yep, well done Antilles! :)

    Mine was 5. I spent about 15 mins dithering as I knew the 'kids in car' was not really that original but nothing better appeared and that clock was really ticking. Thanks so much to all who provided feedback.

    I know I said it before, but yours was my absolute favourite. It totally got to me.


  • #34
    Antilles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    VERSION 4
    Thanks everyone for the votes and the feedback! :D

    If anyone's interested, I spent the first ten minutes of my hour brainstorming and ended up with an A4 page filled with every "G" word I could think of. As soon as I wrote down "Google", I saw the link to "I Spy" so that's where the idea came from.

    With regards the end, I know it's the weakest part - as somebody said above, I was just looking for a reasonable ending so I could start writing the thing :)

    As a matter of fact I did consider "G-U-N" instead of "R-O-P-E", but I was worried that a) it would strain credibility for the character to have a gun if I hadn't already mentioned it, and b) it might imply he was going to kill the wife and his friend, rather than himself.


  • #35
    echo beach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭echo beach


    VERSION 7
    Well done Antilles. Anybody who hasn't done it has no idea how difficult it is. Stephen Hawkings couldn't explain what happens to time during that hour.

    I wrote no 1 and thanks to all who took the time to read it and make comments. It took me over 15 minutes to get started. I thought and thought about a road trip and could say I dismissed it as unoriginal but the truth is I couldn't come up with a single idea so I admire those who did get workable plots from it.
    When I finally decided on G for Gold it took me ages to get to the gold. By then I was struggling badly, only stubborness stopped me from giving up and I completely ran out of time at the end, as is fairly obvious.

    It was a tough challange, especially for slow typists, but I enjoyed it. Thanks again to Pickarooney and helpers who made it possible.


  • #36
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Sorry, totally missed this!

    To whoever wrote 4, I had to laugh - "Macra na Feirme Annual Convention" - the Rally? Which club are you in? :D


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