(Thanks also for thinking of our rights
)Now I'm familiar with the idea there are really only so many plots, but watching these two movies in such immediate juxtaposition with each other still hammered home that there are myriad ways to tell a tale. Cliched is only that if we mishandle our material.
Just some food for thought.
Has anyone created an edited anthology of retellings of the same story?
Let's say we challenged OSC, Charles deLint, Tanith Lee and Stephen King to all retell >>place your favorite tale here<<. If they all agreed (unlikely, but fun to think about)it would make for an interesting evenings reading.
This whole story thing is becoming apparent to me too. Several times I come up with something very cool and then a friend said, oh yeah that's like in <insert book here>. Sometimes I'll go pick up that book and it is sorta the same story except, not. On the way back from a friends house (two hour drive) this weekend I thought of this interesting vampire-esque thing where they feed on your soul too, which all ties in very neatly with some of the things I've already planned. Fifteen minutes later I realized that sounded exactly like what the dementors from Harry Potter do. (What can I say, they're interesting) When I first tried to explain it that's what it seemed like, but then I realized that that element would be totally different in my story. I think it's sort of like cooking, we've been using basically the same ingredients since the beginning of civilization but we keep coming up with interesting and yummy things to eat. Same with writing, maybe.
Ok, enough blabbering. Surely, nobody actually reads these posts.
Jon
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Surely, nobody actually reads these posts.
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I actually read these posts. And stop calling me Shirley!
LOL It works fine written, EricJamesStone.
Back to the topic, this makes me think of the history of inventing. You discover that many people had the same idea, a few really worked hard at it, but only one person got credited with it because they'd either put in the most effort or just got lucky.
What made me think of this is that I noticed one of the posters here (was it Lorien?) was toying around with a story about a vampire who was once a priest. I was working on a story like that a year ago, but gave it up because it was too dark for me.
This makes me wonder if there are "muses" whispering stories in our ears and the writers are the ones who bother putting them on paper. And maybe the reason there are so many writers nowadays is because the muses are getting more insistent about the stories that need to be written.
Ah, the ramblings of a sleep-deprived mind.
I participated in a theater workshop where teams were handed the same one page script and sent away for a week. The ten different shows that resulted were radically different, and yet each supported an aspect of the script. It was very exciting. It's one of the reasons I don't get upset about the platitude that there are only 'x' number of plots. It's the telling of the story, and the details that make it interesting.
What's that other one..."God is in the details?" I think that's where the good books are too.
I was speaking in reference to my posts in particular, Shirley. :-) Maybe somebody bothers to read even mine sometimes.
Jon
Blade - I love that bit about the recipes, mind if I quote you?
Keeley - That idea about the muses would make for an awesome story!
Hey, if anyone really wants to do the fairy tale thing, count me in!
It is a great collection of short stories based on faerie tales, just retold from a different POV. i.e. Is the "big-bad-wolf" really the villian in Little Red Riding Hood? Is there a connection between the Princess and the Pea and Rapunzel?
Some good reading.
p.s. I'm intrigued with the writing assignment. Maybe we should ask Kathleen if we can create the assignment and post the responses in the writing class.
So who made the initial suggestion? I think it was Mike. So, Mike, you wanna choose a story for us? And how do we want to handle it? A new post?
The best re-telling of a fairy tale I read was a chilling re-make of Puss in Boots called "Puss". If I remember right, it was in the anthology Snow White, Blood Red and was by Esther M. Friesner. The cat isn't a cat at all, the boy is more than stupid, and the princess...if I say anything more, I'll give away the story. It was a fantastic read and I absolutely loved it.
I don't think anyone's done those yet.
Hopefully Kathleen will stumble across this thread soon and we can talk turn it into a writing assignment, somebody would just need to pick a new story, one without too many details probably.
Has anybody ever read/seen "Wicked" (I haven't but I have several friends who are obsessed with it). It's a retelling/expounding of the story of the Wizard of Oz in which Glenda isn't such a good which and the Wicked Witch of the West isn't so bad (they were once friends according to it.)
Jon
Also, what time frame are we talking about for this assignment?
Y'all know I have this thing about more than 13 lines, dontcha?
How about if we keep the assignment right here, and just have you brainstorm (along the lines of OSC's 1000 ideas in an hour sessions, for those who know what those are) all the different ways you can reinterpret a story.
To make it more interesting, we could add the rule that you have to come up with a description of how you think some famous writer would reinterpret a story, instead of giving away how you'd do it (in case you want to write it up and try selling it someday).
For example, for a high school English assignment (umpty-ump years ago), I wrote a version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" the way I thought F. Scott Fitzgerald would have written it (after having read THE GREAT GATSBY).
You could make your own choice of what story to retell and use the working title to show what you're combining: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears meet the Great Gatsby," anyone?
Maybe someone ought to begin a new post to see who wants to participate. Ask anyone interested to read this thread before jumping in and also to suggest a story to rewrite. Then we can exchange by email on or before a given assigned date. Anyone not meeting the deadline is SOL. And anyone else interested in 'reading only' can sign in too if they want.
As far as posting on "Writing Assignments," that's a bit of a problem. Posting all our stories would seriously overburden Kathleen. So, maybe we could, at a later date, start a discussion on how it all went and what we learned, or each post thirteen lines from our stories or...???
Kolona, since you started us in on this, I defer to you the first rights of authorship for a new post and to set the rules.
I agree with MaryRobinette.
However, if you guys want forum capability, I have a private bulletin board on my (perpetually unfinished) personal website and I can easily create a forum for us all there. You have to register and be approved by me etc, so there would be some emails flying around for a bit, but it would work very much like this forum does. To see it, go to http://www.munsil.net and click on Forums.
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I also like Kathleen's suggestion about writing as we think a famous author would.
(Thanks also for thinking of our rights )
When whomever starts the rules and sign-up thread, I'm in.
Hmmm, Robyn Hood does Shakespeare doing Robin Hood 
Here's a direct link:
http://www.quantummuse.com/aug04_red.html
Those who sign up can choose from the list and do one of three things:
1) Re-write the story with your own twists
2) Re-write the story the way you think a famous author would have told it
3) Combine two of the tales into something new
When you finish your story, post the first 13 for people to read and reference "Retold" in the heading.
Those who want to read the whole can have it e-mailed to them.
As most faerie tales are fairly short anyways, maybe we could limit it to 3000 words or so. Not too long to write, small attachments and quick reads.
We could set a deadline for the end of August. Plenty of time in case "life" happens. If you have something to post sooner, power to you! Just reference it as a "Retold" story.
Feel free to take issue now
I thought of:
The Odyssey
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Bremen Town Musicians
King Midas
Deadalus and Icharus
The Gift of the Magi
Johnny Appleseed (as suggested by NewsBys)
Any of those sound interesting? And since this whole discussion started out as Kolona pondering on the different ways the same story can be told, I think we should concentrate on a single story--two or three at the VERY most.
I also like Robyn HOod's idea of choosing how you want to do it--twisting, copying the style of someone else, or combining two.
I'd be willing to spearhead this thing, but we need to decide on the story(ies) and how we want to proceed.
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How about including a more femanine story line as well i.e. Echo & Narcisus or "The Princess and the Pea"?
I'm not familliar with The Odyssey and I'll have to brush up on The Bremen Town Musicians. Guess I have some homework
Looking back I think I like Johnny Appleseed. It leaves all sorts of possibilities open, I mean it's basically just a creation story type of thing. Are we going to try and have any other similarities between the stories than just inspiration?
I wouldn't mind helping organize this if dj needs help or isn't interested. I think it's a good idea to make just one thread or to get our own forum, personally I like having our own forum so that we can all share thoughts on the stories.
Jon
Haha, everybody is just like, "yeah I'll do it if you want." Sooner or later somebody is just gonna have to do it.
I think "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" has some interesting potential, especially if you don't restrict yourselves to billy goats.
So that's the assignment.
Write on!
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May I suggest that we all use the 1st of the 3 variants posted in this page http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0122e.html
as our starting point?
Mike
So, thank you. I'll be putting that idea in my file.
August 31 for "Three Billy Goats Gruff"? I'm in.
I think it's also important to post an introduction/invitation that establishes the rules.
Something like:
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The First Annual Hatrack Re-Write Challenge!
Welcome! This thread is the brain child of a discussion that began in the Open Discussions section of this forum. There Kolona began a discussion concerning how essentially the same tale can be told in so many different ways.
And the Re-Write challenge was born.
Here is the challenge:
1. Re-Write the story, Three Billy Goats Gruff, (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0122e.html) in one of three ways:
*Twist the story to suit your own creative bent. And, as Kathleen suggested, don't restrict yourselves to goats and ogres.
*Write the story in the style of another well-known author.
*Combine the tale with another tale of your choosing.
2. Submit the first 13 lines to this thread.
3. Anyone wanting to read a submitted story may contact the writer by email.
Do NOT post the request on this thread.
Do NOT post comments of any kind on this thread.
A separate thread will be opened in Open Discussions after the deadline for discussing the submitted stories.
4. 3000 word limit.
5. August 31, 2004 deadline.
6. It is suggested that anyone participating read the original thread in Open Discussions titled Same Old Same New, by Kolona.
***
How's that? Did I leave anything out?
(Okay, okay, my journalism instructors pounded that into my head and I just can't shake it. I'll be quiet now )
So, I'm going to take the initiative and post it.
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Sounds good but this is the "first ever" challenge, not "first annual". You can't have a first annual, it isn't annual until the second one
(Okay, okay, my journalism instructors pounded that into my head and I just can't shake it. I'll be quiet now )
I'm going to propose (hypothetically) six writing challenges (collectively known as the Eric James Stone writing challenges) with periodic deadlines.
One challenge will have a deadline every day at 5:00pm Mountain Time.
One challenge will have a deadline of 6:30pm Mountain Time every Saturday.
One challenge will have a deadline of 11:59pm Mountain Time on the last day of each month.
One challenge will have a deadline of 5:00pm Mountain Time on the last weekday of March, June, September, and December.
One challenge will have a deadline of 8:00pm Mountain Time on every June 30 and December 31.
One challenge will have a deadline of 12 noon Mountain Time every August 15.
You will notice that the deadlines for these six challenges recur on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual basis.
Now, it would be very messy if I had to refer to each of the first instances of these challenges as the "first ever," without making reference to their expected recurrences: I would have six indistinguishable "first ever" challenges.
If something is expected to recur on a regular basis, then information about its expected recurrence is relevant. "First ever" is less informative than "first annual," "first weekly," or "first quadrennial." In fact, in most cases "first ever" is redundant, because the fact of being first, without further qualification, necessarily means that there was not something before.
Now in the example of six different challenges... Well essentially you do have six "first" challenges. However if you are issuing the same challenge with six different due dates that recur, then you actually have one challenge with six submission options. If each deadline group represents a different challenge subject then you would change your title to i.e. The First EricJamesStone Fantasy Challenge, The First EricJamesStone Sci-Fi Challenge, The First EricJamesStone Spec-Fic Challenge, etc.
Does it any of it really matter? No. Do I really care? No. Do I like discussing semantics ? Absolutely .
The word "ever" can be edited out as, yes, it is redundant. I only included it because it provides the same poetic lilt in the sentence as "annual".
WP
Of course, I did it purely for a laugh and it does amuse me (and my wife, too). I used our back garden for the scenario I created; seemed a good place at the time. Good fun. And a good idea to rework an old story like this. I hope others take up the challenge.
Readers wanted.
HSO
And THIS time, I'll try to actually *finish* my review before I send it off! Though I understand this is more for fun than an in-depth crit. 
I'm still trying to decide which permutation I want to write, and if I want to do it in any particular style. A number of ideas have come to mind, just a matter of choosing one! Or ah.. can we do more than one?
Susan
Cheers,
HSO
Robyn Hood, I would hazard to say that you have a future in analytic philosophy
Everyone, maybe we should just stick with email requests for the stories we've written, rather than requesting in this topic.
Additionally, in my case, be sure to put "hatrack" in your email subject so it will always bypass my spam filter. In fact, that's a good idea for all email communications between all of us here on Hatrack -- it makes it really easy to see where an email is coming from if we don't recognize an address.
Just a thought.
And yes, as HSO says, please make requests for reads by emailing the submitter directly through their email link.
Thanks.
What?
No, if we are to pretend to be British, then our best and wisest course of action would be to head down to the pub for a few pints -- or sodas if you don't drink -- to celebrate. Then, it would be off to the curry house (Indian restaurant) for a Vindaloo (if you're game for something hot and spicy), and then out to a different pub or seven; eventually staggering in sometime before midnight, because most pubs close around 11pm. That is, of course, if you survived the Tube ride home... or the curry.
HSO, what's with the billboards in London that say, "Butter my bottom and call me a bisuit?" I love the phrase and have no idea what it means.
Strangely, biscuits are the equivalent of American cookies, but they can also be a type of cracker. And a common thing to do here is butter your crackers (biscuits) when having cheese and crackers. I suspect the ad is referring to that much, but as for its true meaning: no idea.
Anyway, I also suspect that many people are holding out on reading others' stories until they've first written their own. That could be one explanation for the few requests I've received...
To answer your question, mikemunsill, at the end of the month, once everyone has submitted, I'm planning on starting a thread on Open Discussions for everyone to talk about what we've accomplished and for non-participating readers to let us know what they thought. We can chat for a while, then hit the pubs (or ice cream parlors here in Utah where we get fat instead of drunk) to celebrate.
I've done my best to be a proper missionary: I've converted many a soul to the wonders of Ranch on pizza... I fear this will be a life-long mission.
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This sure is fun and really quite challenging.
I don't know about monthly re-writes but every couple of months this would be a good exercise. Re-write one month, discussion the following month.
And to HSO:
Ah, to be thin framed. Alas, after three babies and genetics against me, I've put on some extra padding that DOES NOT wish to leave me. I try. How I try. I'm fit--I bike, I lift, I hike, I walk. I TRY to eat right. But my fat loves me too much. So I still have to feel guilty over that ranch on my pizza. 
Dakota: Unfortunately, childbearing can and often does change a woman's metabolism and body such as you described. Coupled with the fact that women do store fat more easily than men (for the reason of having children) as you suggested [genetics], it's often unavoidable to put on extra weight. You're body is readying itself for a fourth, I suspect. But rest assured in the knowledge that you've had 3 miracles...
Well, depending on one's perspective, miracles may be the wrong word.
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http://www.brandrepublic.com/digitalbulletin/news_story.cfm?articleID=212234&Origin=DB28052004
And I've got to ask now ... what _is_ Ranch dressing?
That's when Texas corporate executives butter their buttocks with a particular type of salad dressing, mistakenly thinking that it will make them more palatable to each other as they proceed on their interminable rounds of butt-kissing. At their self-congratulatory rodeos (Vietnam vets insert the appropriate pithy phrase here) they can even end up in a daisy-chain with their heads all inserted and all loudly proclaiming that they can see light at the end of the tunnel.
Unfortunately, that behavior has also spread to the rest of corporate America.
In the UK, I've only found one maker of ranch, and that's Cardini's -- it even has a little US flag on it. Sainsbury's carries it.
I fear what I will have to quit next.
Actually, I would have had six or seven little miracles by now. Unfortunately, my body not only doesn't know how to lose weight, it also doesn't know how to have a healthy pregnancy. I was in bed for a month with # 3. A number four could mean the end of me. Literally.
Ah, well. I can enjoy the three I have with greater energy.
I think the anthology thing is a GREAT idea.
Sure, it's not being published, but it's worthwhile, in my opinion. You'll be able to link your family and friends to your story -- those that have internet access, that is; most probably do these days. [How much has changed in ten years? Makes me think back to when I first read Ender's Game in '90 and I thought: Wow, what a novel concept OSC has come up with... little did I know then that it was already happening. Now look at us? We're nearly there, if not already.]
Basically, there's no reason why we can't compile our stories into some sort of website if everyone agrees. 'Course that could be the hard part... but let's cross that bridge when we get to it.
[Earth to Kathleen! Earth to Kathleen! Houston calling!]
That said, I have a largely unused website parked at www.munsil.net that I'll offer up, complete with a forum. We can either modify the index page completely, or put a link to the anthology on that page, as people want, OR if nobody wants to do that, I'll pay for a year for a hosted site, if other folks will compensate me with website maintenance, continued good humor, advice and or salacious stories...
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Anyway, I'd have to check with OSC about you all using the Hatrack name--it's the name of his publishing company, and I don't think he'd appreciate you doing any publishing in its name without his permission.
You could call it a writers workshop publication, if you like. I think that's generic enough not to be a problem.
figured that would get her attention
that works for me
Guess we'll just have to wait till the 31st, then. Next time, maybe we'll just give ourselves 2 weeks?
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The story is set in Bridgetown, which is reached by taking the 3rd way off a major bridge located near a mid-sized human town, somewhere in the countryside. That is, in a world sideways to ours. The occupants of Bridgetown are just your ordinary fantastical creatures, trolls, wereanimals, vampires, etc. who are mostly active at night, and sleep during the day. Although, they have their own who prefer daylight, their daywalkers are strictly in the minority. Also, the inhabitants of Bridgetown are not averse to plying their wares and services, and slaking their appetites, on each other, as the occasion suits their individual temperaments.The Gruff family includes Billie, a late teenage adrenaline-addicted female who makes money as a gravedigger, her older brother Willy, by occupation a 'perverse' strangler, and their oldest brother William, a bartender and poisoner. None of which makes them fantastical creatures, except that their family also runs to weregoats. It's a family trait.
The bridge is very important, because it is the only 'official' path from their world to ours, and they cannot exist without the trade (mostly in services and exotics) with humans, and of course, the occasional snack or two of human flesh that some of the more 'savage' were indulge in. There are other paths, but they are smuggler's routes and are dangerous, difficult, and what is worse, expensive routes to and from the human world.
At the start of the story, Willie has been approached by a stranger while sitting in the Gruff family bar, indulging in a mid-morning quaff of brew before hitting the sack. The stranger has heard that the Bridge is temporarily closed and the Gruffs had something to do with it, and wanted to know the whole story. Willy has yet once again been sucked into trying to clear up one of Billie's messes, and eventual William is drawn into the fray to defend the family name. No one EVER wants William involved, as his solutions tend to be somewhat drastic, and in any case, he's the bartender at the most popular bar in town, not to mention a poisoner. Wisest to stay on his good side.
Now, once I figure out how to get all that worked in, the story will read better.
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Good luck. Let us know when you have it ready, I'd enjoy seeing how it comes together.
One thing that stuck in my craw was that they keep trade routes open with the humans but still snack on them occasionally. So why don't the humans all cut off trade with these horrid creatures who are using them for their steaks and chops and ground...well, ground human, I suppose? Doesn't seem all that smart, let alone good business, to me. Maybe if there were a few unscrupulous humans who managed the trade with this world and maybe even provided the odd tasty morsel for the beasts? I just don't think I buy that these things leave their world for trade--hunting, sure, at night, under cover.
Geez, I'm rambling. But I guess the picture I'm getting from your outline is that these critters head on out to the human world on market day to sell their wares. And it doesn't seem to put any kind of damper on that activity when they creatures once in a while bung off with a tender juicy child or two once in a while.
I'm sure that's not what you intended--so hard to tell from outlines. But just in case it was a hole you hadn't noticed, I thought I'd put in my totally worthless half-pence.
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HSO, what's with the billboards in London that say, "Butter my bottom and call me a bisuit?" I love the phrase and have no idea what it means.
I was just reading back through the thread and came upon this. I didn't think much of it at the time but my interpretation would be that it is an exclaimation of disbelief like:
Something like that anyways.
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Mikemunsil,
Would it only be the were-animals who participate in commerce between the two worlds as they can pass for human? This could also be great hunting stratgy, however, I'm not sure how much of that will play into your story.
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One thing that stuck in my craw was that they keep trade routes open with the humans but still snack on them occasionally. So why don't the humans all cut off trade with these horrid creatures who are using them for their steaks and chops and ground...well, ground human, I suppose? Doesn't seem all that smart, let alone good business, to me. Maybe if there were a few unscrupulous humans who managed the trade with this world and maybe even provided the odd tasty morsel for the beasts? I just don't think I buy that these things leave their world for trade--hunting, sure, at night, under cover.
I figured that mostly human appearing Bridgetowners used the trading route (main bridge) to trade and sell their skills. But, as among us, there are also predators, and they sneak across when they can, to prey upon the humans. This gives rise to the human tales of werewolves, etc. The Bridgetowners know about the 3rd way onto and off the bridge, but keep it secret, as that way they can collect all the tolls. The only humans that cross are those who wander over by accident, which is a one-way trip. The troll is there to enforce the bridge policies, and act as backup to the dreaded 'accountants' (a distinct and unsavory subspecies) as they collect the tolls.
Robyn_Hood
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Would it only be the were-animals who participate in commerce between the two worlds as they can pass for human? This could also be great hunting stratgy, however, I'm not sure how much of that will play into your story.
No, I figure that the humans that wandered over and stayed, also trade. And I thought that some obviously non-humans would also cross, but not at the main bridge, which is patrolled and taxed. I hadn’t intended for the predation to play a part in this story, but it will in future stories set in this mini-verse.
All
You are hereby invited to ‘play’ in Bridgetown, if you so desire.
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And huge!
How hard is it shaping up to be to keep this under 3000 words?
Phew! I'm sweating for you!
Anybody who has suffered through reading some of my 'writing' knows that too many words is the LAST thing I need to worry about. Unless it's a prologue, of course.
I will find a way, because, I have a Hatrack Utility Belt!!
ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS!!
AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS STORY IS AVAILABLE
Revisions should probably be completed as close to the deadline as possible. If it takes a couple of days longer it won't be the end of the world, as long as we have a version to begin discussion.
What does everyone else think?
If someone is planning on trying to publish their story, or expanding their work into a longer, possibly novel-length work, should that one offer their tale for inclusion into the anthology?
I know at least one person indicated their story was the beginning of their WIP, and I have some ideas for expanding mine.
Susan
Yes, I think all revisions should be finished by the 31st, because some of us (me for one) might be more interested in moving on to another challenge rather than spending another MINUTE revising this one. But we'll have to make it clearer in future challenge rules that stories and revisions will be due by the deadline.
(My sister gave me a great idea for a new challenge--I'll reveal it in later discussions.) Or would that make me an unreliable narrator?
About the anthology... I Like the idea but I've had a few thoughts about possibly submitting mine to a few markets. I guess those who want to could opt out. If we're even thinking about doing it still
(I wish I could make the letters bigger)
ONE MORE DAY!!!!
I'll plan on opening the discussion area tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning.
so I decided to leave well enough alone .I'm definitely looking forward to the discussion. This is almost like Christmas!
No, no, it can't be time already! I haven't finished my revision yet. I was working so hard on my other stuff and celebrating my first rejection with a handwritten note and - NO!
*curls up into a fetal position and sucks her thumb*
Seriously, though. I don't have much to change, just the beginning. I can have it done tomorrow and available tomorrow evening.
Edit: It looks like I can have it up on Hatrack early this afternoon. I know, I know, it's not enough time for everyone to read. It's the principle of the thing.
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- When living in Hawaii, a lovely girl from Australia intro'd me to thousand island dressing on fries. I preferred Ranch, and loved it. I had sailing class every week (from age 8-18) and we had a lunch break. When the orders came out, I always requested some ranch dressing to go with my fries. My friends tried it, and pretty soon the servers were bringing a bowl of dressing every time without us asking. TWENTY-FIVE years later, I returned, and was at the club during the sailing class lunch break. Their lunches came out, complete with a bowl of Ranch dressing! The kids don't even know why - it's a tradition. Guess I've done my bit for obesity in America...
- Ok, now to the real stuff. AUGH! I'm guessing we were SUPPOSED to offer critiques after reading each other's work? I wasn't sure, so perhaps I shortchanged some people who didn't specifically ask for comments (for those who did, I provided them). So I apologize in advance, and will happily do so even at this late date... I'll recheck my e-mail to see who I owe
Any reason we can't keep revising past the deadline? Are we supposed to submit completed stories somewhere, or are we just discussing what we did?
I am significantly sleep-deprived - thanks for putting up with me!
Tomorrow!!!!! Dakota's going to set up a discussion thread so we can talk about the different angles we used, inspirations, the variety of interpretation, etc.
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♫Tomorrow, tomorrow. ♪I love ya, tomorrow.♪ You're only a day away!♫♪
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quote:
No one has written a '3 Billy Goats Gruff' story yet, about the trials and tribulations of an email as it attempts to get past my spamblocker.
I was going to ask you about that, mikemunsil. Should I have clicked the link I was sent to get added to your list of trustworthies?
I will always see the email anyway because I routinely check the "suspects" list, but clicking that link just makes it a LOT easier.
You're in good company, however. Various authors I do research for have also had to "click the link", to get through.