RHP Prose Competition

@wolfgang59: My goodness! You must have a superhuman renal system. 😉

@Ghost-of-a-Duke: Sir, I believe I have recently seen your pinkie in the air -- spotted in the airspace over Atlanta -- in case it has wandered without your consent.

@Ponderable and others: Thank you for this opportunity and the encouragement. Recent family matters have left me a little subdued, especially re: the particular subject matter of the competition, but on the other hand I have been stimulated to look at mind-mapping/concept-mapping apps for exploring notions (one could also resort to bubble-mapping on paper, of course), as well as some Plot Genie books from decades past by Wycliffe A. Hill and another book on writing photoplays by the screenwriter Anita Loos, which has additional introductory material by William Martell. I'm probably over-preparing, aren't I? 😉 Don't worry, though -- I am also scattered and lazy.

I found an 800-word story by R. J. Ellory on the internet, which gives me an idea of what 800 words looks like "on the page" so to speak. I have both Notepad++ and VSCode (with a nice color theme) installed.

The three keywords to be included might be somewhat of a challenge -- I wish it had been something like "a food item, an animal, an occupation" -- but that's what creative limitations are for, eh what?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
😲

You drink tea out of a mug?!?

@divegeester said
Perhaps he’s a builder?

I get at least one mug every Christmas and Birthday but no one ever gets me a nice cup, Royal Doulton would be nice, no pressure.

@kevcvs57 said
Time to go to your ‘happy place’ ghost

@caesar-salad said

The three keywords to be included might be somewhat of a challenge -- I wish it had been something like "a food item, an animal, an occupation" -- but that's what creative limitations are for, eh what?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Agreed sir. Am heading to Buckingham Palace as I type.

@kevcvs57 said
Ahh I think we may have shared a train carriage on more than one occasion.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Ah, were you the chap who stamped my ticket?

@kevcvs57 said
Yes in fact I was that man, and I meant to say how impressive it was that you never spilt even a drop your tea.

@great-big-stees said
Was he the phantom who, at twilight, mentioned that he didn't believe in superstition?

@torunn said
The very man - now get on with your writing. 🙂

@great-big-stees said
What are you...my mother? I'll damn well get to it when I'm ready. 😠 😉

@torunn said
Do as you please. 🙂

@great-big-stees said
I always do. 😲