Guess the Theme for Week 3

[William Haskins]

my guess: patience. excrutiatingly oppressive patience stretched beyond the bounds of any human capacity for anguish.

[rhymegirl]

Theme: Show someone losing graciously.

[Mark Anderson]

Excessive flatulence.

[BlueTexas]

phobias?

[Cassie88]

Losing someone or something.

[dragonjax]

Open topic, but must be a Haiku.

[trumancoyote]

Open topic, but must be a Haiku.

OMG! That would rock so hardcore.

[wurdwise]

Open topic, but must be a Haiku.

That's not competition, that's torture!:Headbang:

[sgtsdaughter]

Excessive flatulence.

OMG! At least we have the "sound guard" of the computer . . . so to speak.

[Mr Underhill]

I predict that Jenna will be too stressed out to pick her own theme, and so will pick up on the theme that has been developing organically on the Idea Stealing thread.

That theme, destined to become a hot, hip new genre in its own right, is:

Gangsta Jazz

That's right baby. Some examples include:
Duke Ellington, Detective
Thelonious "the Felonious" Monk, Mobster
Elvis Goes to Quantico
The Weather Report Underground
Art Blakey and the Jazz Murderers
Wynton Marsalis Wallace
Charlie "Jailbird" Parker
Personally I don't feel the Elvis concept quite works (and besides I liked the proposal for Elvis Presley and Mr Hoover better), but we'll see where that cat takes it. Nothing wrong with pushing the envelope.

Entries will be prose first chapters of the novel, plus brief outline. 3000 words for the chapter, 500 for the outline. Due 5 May 2005.

Competition's gettin' fierce!
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Mad Props to Unca Jim for kicking off the madness!

[Cassie88]

Oh, God, Mr Underhill, I haven't laughed like that in ages...oh, damn, you're funny.
Thanks....looks like I'm following you around the forum....ahhhh.
Cassie

[Cassie88]

How about the writers choose their own theme, but they have to write it as if they were on steroids.

[BlueTexas]

How about the writers choose their own theme, but they have to write it as if they were on steroids.

How does one write as if they're on steriods?

[brokenfingers]

LIKE THIS!

[Cassie88]

Brokenfingers, the damn bold key won't work... Beginning of story told by writer on steroids

I HATE MY WHOLE DAMN FAMILY!!! EVERY LAST DAMN ONE OF THEM!!!! AND TODAY, I'M GOING TO SHOW THEM JUST HOW MUCH I HATE 'EM. I'M GONNA SNEAK INTO MY PARENT'S BEDROOM, THAT IS IF I CAN SNEAK.....AND I'M GONNA BRING A BASEBALL BAT...A BIG DAMN BASEBALL BAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

[Cassie88]

I better go to bed. I'm losing it.

[firehorse]

phobias?Oooh... I like that one! As I was falling asleep last night, a single word flashed in my mind, in large, all-caps blue letters. Won't say what it was, but I'm curious if it'll be the theme. Probably not :Shrug:

[firehorse]

OMG! At least we have the "sound guard" of the computer . . . so to speak.Not to mention "smell guard" http://bestsmileys.com/toliot/7.gif

[Birol]

Insomnia

[Paint]

If you are a male author--woman's story

If you are a female author--man's story

[jdkiggins]

Make sure I get this right, please.


I’m suppose to write about losing patience with an excessively flatulent weather predicting mobster Monk who has weird phobias that have to do with some Haiku torture aimed at Duke Ellington, Elvis, Art Blakey, Wallace & Parker. And I’m to write this in a steroidal male POV. Right?

Joanne

[Mr Underhill]

Make sure I get this right, please.


I’m suppose to write about losing patience with an excessively flatulent weather predicting mobster Monk who has weird phobias that have to do with some Haiku torture aimed at Duke Ellington, Elvis, Art Blakey, Wallace & Parker. And I’m to write this in a steroidal male POV. Right?
Precisely.

Though, I don't see why you can't be a woman on steroids. Your call whether testosterone supplementation really does make a woman think just like a man or not.

Best of luck!

[Mr Underhill]

Though, I don't see why you can't be a woman on steroids. Your call whether testosterone supplementation really does make a woman think just like a man or not.Oops. Didn't see Paint's specification. Guess you do have to work with a male POV.

[jdkiggins]

Thank you, Mr. Underhill. Good, in that case, I have this week's theme down pat. :Thumbs:

[paprikapink]

Oooh... I like that one! As I was falling asleep last night, a single word flashed in my mind, in large, all-caps blue letters. Won't say what it was, but I'm curious if it'll be the theme. Probably not :Shrug:

So? Were you close?
:banana:
-pk

[firehorse]

So? Were you close?Umm.... no.http://bestsmileys.com/sad/6.gif. Don't think I could've been more wrong if I'd predicted Jon Stewart would become the new Pope. That'll teach me to OD on cold medicine before I go to bed :gone:

And my cold has gotten worse http://bestsmileys.com/sneezing/1.gif http://bestsmileys.com/sneezing/1.gif http://bestsmileys.com/sneezing/1.gif

[Paint]

I love your cold smileys!! Yuk! Yuk! Yu-choo! I have a cold too! Must be the spring thing to do--(reaches for kleenex)

[William Haskins]

alas, it turns out there is no theme. and we are poorer for it.

[BlueTexas]

alas, it turns out there is no theme. and we are poorer for it.

I liked this week's non-theme. Change things up a bit.

[William Haskins]

no comment.

[firehorse]

I'd enjoy it more if this sludge would get out of my brain and let me have a coherent thought. I can't recall ever having a cold this bad last this long.

[William Haskins]

get well soon, sarah.