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Okay, here goes. Short Story Competition Number Eighteen.
The theme is Gorland
What? I hear you say. Gorland? Yes, Gorland, a neutral word which could mean anything ... a person's name, the name of a place, a thing (big or small), anything whatsoever. You decide. I'm trying to make this as open as possible.
So the theme is Gorland, use it how ever you will. The one rule is that "Gorland" dominates your story, which, by the way, can be in any format of fiction you desire, viz. prose, poetry, play, or any other fictitious mode that I can't right now bring to mind. Even something like a fake news report or a bogus biography ...
Closing date: around Valentine's Day.
The theme is Gorland
What? I hear you say. Gorland? Yes, Gorland, a neutral word which could mean anything ... a person's name, the name of a place, a thing (big or small), anything whatsoever. You decide. I'm trying to make this as open as possible.
So the theme is Gorland, use it how ever you will. The one rule is that "Gorland" dominates your story, which, by the way, can be in any format of fiction you desire, viz. prose, poetry, play, or any other fictitious mode that I can't right now bring to mind. Even something like a fake news report or a bogus biography ...
Closing date: around Valentine's Day.
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Everpain wrote:
> So the theme is there is no theme?
It's true.
Obviously some may simply replace the Tom, Dick or Harry of an already written story with Gorland, which is fair enough, but by putting the theme into the writer's hands, so to speak, interesting results might occur ... maybe. The themes are usually only very loosely stuck to anyway.
Actually, when I think about it, I don't really know what I was thinking, but what the hell, Gorland it is, big G or little g. Let's just say extra marks for an interesting/surprising use of Gorland.
> So the theme is there is no theme?
It's true.
Obviously some may simply replace the Tom, Dick or Harry of an already written story with Gorland, which is fair enough, but by putting the theme into the writer's hands, so to speak, interesting results might occur ... maybe. The themes are usually only very loosely stuck to anyway.
Actually, when I think about it, I don't really know what I was thinking, but what the hell, Gorland it is, big G or little g. Let's just say extra marks for an interesting/surprising use of Gorland.
EDIT- Ignore this. My mouse has this strange habbit of sometimes clicking twice when I only click once...
Interesting. I'll see what I can do.
Very interesting, I've got a few ideas bubbling.
So the theme is there is no theme?
I'll be giving this one a go methinks...
Now, what can Gorland be for me...
Now, what can Gorland be for me...
Ooh, different. I likes it.
Stickied.
Nice idea, BG. Now to work on the story...
Nice idea, BG. Now to work on the story...
Okay, here goes. Short Story Competition Number Eighteen.
The theme is Gorland
What? I hear you say. Gorland? Yes, Gorland, a neutral word which could mean anything ... a person's name, the name of a place, a thing (big or small), anything whatsoever. You decide. I'm trying to make this as open as possible.
So the theme is Gorland, use it how ever you will. The one rule is that "Gorland" dominates your story, which, by the way, can be in any format of fiction you desire, viz. prose, poetry, play, or any other fictitious mode that I can't right now bring to mind. Even something like a fake news report or a bogus biography ...
Closing date: around Valentine's Day.
The theme is Gorland
What? I hear you say. Gorland? Yes, Gorland, a neutral word which could mean anything ... a person's name, the name of a place, a thing (big or small), anything whatsoever. You decide. I'm trying to make this as open as possible.
So the theme is Gorland, use it how ever you will. The one rule is that "Gorland" dominates your story, which, by the way, can be in any format of fiction you desire, viz. prose, poetry, play, or any other fictitious mode that I can't right now bring to mind. Even something like a fake news report or a bogus biography ...
Closing date: around Valentine's Day.
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