GUESS CARD THREAD: The Imp chalenge

[cheerful_deviant]

1. Yui (Well obviouslly I couldn't put my own name down!)
2. Cant Correct
3. Cloudy Correct
4. Dran Correct
5. Imp Wrong
6. Lou Correct
7. Luc Correct
8. Earl Wrong
9. Neon Wrong
10. Charley Correct
11. VB Wrong
12. Colly Wrong
13. Dran Wrong
14. Alex Wrong
15. Shang Correct
16. Abs Wrong
17. BT Correct
18. Crim Wrong
19. Liar Wrong
20. Cowgirl Correct
21. Vella Wrong
22. Lucky Wrong
23. EA Wrong
24. Zoot Wrong
25. Lauren Correct

 

[Guest]

There you go.

congrats handsome...
did you know that the winner got an all expense paid trip to the colon irrigation clinic?

 

[CharleyH]

congrats handsome...
did you know that the winner got an all expense paid trip to the colon irrigation clinic?

Yours?

 

[Guest]

Yours?

;;;;;
BUTT ofcourse
a clean colon
is a happy colon
;;;;;

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Well, I can say I am extremely flattered that people thought Colly or Abs had written mine. And I am also extremely flattered that people thought I wrote Colly's, dr. M's, Belegon's, and a couple of others. It makes me realize that it is highly probably that I am too critical of my own work, lol.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Does Neon know he'll have to organise April's challenge?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Not too urprised no one actually got mine. As chrley noted, I'm poster child for the school of thought that if you can say it in 500 words, you can say it in 5000 better

 

[CharleyH]

Not too urprised no one actually got mine. As chrley noted, I'm poster child for the school of thought that if you can say it in 500 words, you can say it in 5000 better

And you say it in 5,000 so well!

 

[neonlyte]

Does Neon know he'll have to organise April's challenge?

Have to be mid April - I'm away again for 3 weeks.

Well, I can say I am extremely flattered that people thought Colly or Abs had written mine. And I am also extremely flattered that people thought I wrote Colly's, dr. M's, Belegon's, and a couple of others. It makes me realize that it is highly probably that I am too critical of my own work, lol.

Damn right! Too critical of your own work. You have a rhythm to your voice/style particularly evident in longer para's, Zoot has the same, hence my confusion - I once remember him saying he didn't see the point in these types of challenges. But neither is as pronounced as Liar - he almost cannot resist ending a para with a 5 or 6 word sentence.

Lucifer_C is one of very few authors who uses forename and surname. Likes to lead off with the name to open a story or para.

Impressive uses italics to highlight / differentiate text, plus a sharp clean cut voice.

cantdog uses solid line breakers to seperate story sections, it was the clincher though the story could only have come from a Northern spirit.

 

[cloudy]

1. CD - correct
2. Cantdog - correct
3. Just-Legal - my wild card
4. Dran - correct
5. Earl - correct
6. Lou - correct
7. Lucifer - correct
8. Impressive - wrong
9. Neon - wrong
10. Charley - correct
11. Burley - wrong
12. Colly - wrong
13. Gauche - wrong
14. Abs - wrong
15. Shanglan - correct
16. Liar - wrong
17. Lauren - wrong
18. Crim - wrong
19. Black Tulip - wrong
20. Rideme Cowgirl - correct
21. Vella - wrong
22. Lucky - wrong
23. Logophile - wrong
24. Alex - wrong
25. Dr. M. - wrong

Jeez, I really suck at this, don't I?

 

[Guest]

Jeez, I really suck at this, don't I?

You did no worse than me.

 

[Belegon]

Due to the timing of my computer emergency, I never got a chance to really guess. But I was very flattered by some of the names assigned to my piece.

 

[Alex De Kok]

So alex was the author of the one everyone was attributing to me. I'm flattered

So was I, hon, so was I!

If anyone's interested, I didn't try to change my style - not sure I could - but did deliberately change genre. I wrote about 700 words, letting them come, then chopped it back. No real editing, as such. No plans - yet - to finish it either. Too much to do in the next couple of weeks (two lots of students submitting assignments for marking, and one of my own to finish).

Congratulations to the good guessers. I think TheEarl got me, unless he changed at the last minute, and Neon should have the faith of his convictions! I need to make time for some reading now . . .

Alex

 

[Alex De Kok]

Not too urprised no one actually got mine. As chrley noted, I'm poster child for the school of thought that if you can say it in 500 words, you can say it in 5000 better

Don't know if you've ever read 'The Rivan Codex' by David and Leigh Eddings. He says it takes him 100 pages to clear his throat. You're in good company.

Alex

 

[impressive]

If anyone's interested, I didn't try to change my style - not sure I could - but did deliberately change genre.

Ditto. Switched to male POV, too.

 

[Black Tulip]

17. BT Wrong

Sweetie, you are actually one of few who guessed me right.

 

[Black Tulip]

1. wildcard I changed from CD in the last minute. Duh!!!
2. Cantdog
3. Alex De Kok
4. Imp And I said it was bitchy.
5. Dranoel
6. Lou
7. Cloudy
8. vella_ms I should have known better here.
9. Lucky
10. Belegon
11. Luc Always follow your first hunch.
12. Colly
13. Charley
14. Crim Hehehe. My twin from the Challenge Club.
15. Black Shanglan
16. cheerful_deviant
17. yui Duh...
18. The_Earl
19. neon
20. Rideme 'n stuff.
21. Lauren
22. Liar
23. EL
24. Abstruse
25. Just-Legal

 

[neonlyte]

BT - i can't believe you put me down for 19, it's got no dialogue.

On the other hand - it is Zoot so all is forgiven

 

[Black Tulip]

*bowing head in shame*

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Sweetie, you are actually one of few who guessed me right.

Doh!

Fixed it.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Not too urprised no one actually got mine. As chrley noted, I'm poster child for the school of thought that if you can say it in 500 words, you can say it in 5000 better

You tricked me! I hadn't actually recognised any of them as yours, but you admitted to having written one of the first 22, and you said elsewhere that you were writing a sci-fi piece. Alex's excerpt reminded me of "The Run".

 

[Colleen Thomas]

You tricked me! I hadn't actually recognised any of them as yours, but you admitted to having written one of the first 22, and you said elsewhere that you were writing a sci-fi piece. Alex's excerpt reminded me of "The Run".

I only wrote one because so many were guessing me. It felt kinda unfair to not have something up

I can't do this kind of challenge without disguising my writerly voice. If I were writing that snippet as a story, I would have been over the 500 word limit well before my Protag got out of the subway terminal. So much of what I do is tied to intricate, sometimes even painful description and in 500 words, there is just no room for more than a few words about any particular object, person , seting.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

You still tricked me. Until you admitted having written one, I didn't think you had, and that everyone saying you had was wrong.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

You still tricked me. Until you admitted having written one, I didn't think you had, and that everyone saying you had was wrong.

Nanner-nanner

 

[Alex De Kok]

Alex's excerpt reminded me of "The Run".

Now that I take as a compliment! Excellent story. Thanks, Lauren.

Alex

and now back to my assignment . . .