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Thanks for the fun contest
We LIKE it when people say that!
After all, thats just what MV SSIW is all about it SHOULD be fun! Writing shouldnt be an uphill struggle okay so we often find that it IS but the idea of SSIW is to provide you with a kind of mental aerobic exercise you might feel tired at the end of it, but you should also feel a bit fitter and exhilarated! Er........... you DO, don't you???
This has been one of our famed Anonymous Rounds added to that, its also a PRIZE session and just for a change theres a slightly different look to the results. (I've been influenced by PF's great results threads)!
The results of the Guesses are already up in the Comments thread have a peek and see how accurate you were. Quite a few of you had a go at guessing well done! A special congratulations to Dreamer of the Wild for getting so many right!
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And oh! I don't know who wrote any of them.......
except mine. And I loved the challenge. Thank you for throwing it out there!!
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At least I know I got one guess right. My own! Ha!
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You guys are so devious as disguising yourselves and Im a hopeless guesser. I dont have rekirts skill, thats for sure.
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Well, I've tried my darndest to figure out who wrote what, and I am just plain bad at it. I'm not too keen on these anonymous sessions...
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Here are my votes and guesses. A feeble attempt at guessing, I might add. I kept changing them around and around like a giant jigsaw puzzle made of blue sky. I couldn't get the pieces to fit no matter how hard I tried. Oh well. It will be worth a good laugh later.
As one voter commented:
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Isn't it interesting how we can all take the same words and envision such different stories. To me it's like.....if we were to blow up balloons.....only no one would know what their balloon would be before you blew it up!! Then be surprised at "what it turned
out to be."
Indeed, yes, and this session was no different from our previous ones, in its variety of ideas. Our voters were appreciative of these and offered some great, mixed comments and critique.
POETRY
Poem 01 made me go "oooooh" because I thought it was a most innovative thought..... to dance in the middle of the room but not "awake" the big.....I'm picturing a lion or tiger.
P01: This is a good character piece. My overall impression was 'Nice'. Unfortunately, it's not one that I'm likely to remember, maybe because I don't find the subject all that interesting.
PO1: Wondering what kind of animal this wasbut dont really need to knowand it could be anything, dangerousjust dont wake it up.
PO1 - An interestingly different perspective. Almost reminds me of the end of "The Hobbit" where Bilbo has to sneak past the dragon. I'm gonna guess Worddancer.
P02 was fun....made me giggle at the tangle of arms & legs. Then it sombered. I like.
P02: This is quite lovely. The phrasing is elegant. I just wish it were daring in some way. But then, poems about romantic relationships kinda bore me.
PO2: A wander through the my favorite season enjoyed the delicate touches in this one.
PO3: Fun rambleloosely connected and disconnectedand strangely made sense.
P03 I felt like the poet was just throwing in the words or phrases called for....to use them up. Nice but not my favorite.
P03: Although I really liked the line "kiss the stars cut your lips" and the song-like feel, I thought this was an odd and nonsensical piece.
PO3- This one is nice and playful. I'm guessing Dande here.
PO4- I love the ideas in this one, it's so comfortable. The challenge words seem to weaken it, though, and pull the reader out of poem some. I'm going for Valembar here
P04 was more smooth and bubbly. I like the atmosphere
P04 Nestled. Liked the way it sounded and the pictures it created in my head.
PO4, tho it was a close thing. lots of great poetry this time.
P04: I love the first verse with its beautiful wording. I didn't entirely understand the second verse. I also didn't see how the piece related to either of the assigned topics.
PO4: Nicely surreal! Good images.
PO5: Questions we all havewhen we think about it.
For poetry, I picked P05 as I love the poignant sadness of a man reflecting on his life and whether he will be remembered after he is gone. I thought the rhythm and the flow brought just the right mood to the poem.
P05 Mmmm, I love the title and last line "It's twilight at the well of souls". I'll remember that line
P05: Somewhat depressing, but that probably wouldn't have bothered me if the piece came across as less self-obsessed. The good side is that it made me ponder some deep questions
So who do I vote for? P05 Twilight at the well of souls" because again.......it's one I want to keep & remember.
PO5- Something so many people have problems with, it's very interesting! Guessing Tellmystory on this one.
PO6- Ohh, I quite like this one! There's something so sweet about it, and so gritty. I'm guessing Rekirts here.
P06 I want to pull a sleeve and say "nooooo, no
no, don't let your love be done and sink with the sun!!"
Of course, that's the romantic in me. I NEVER want
love of any kind to end.
PO6: Ahthis made me sad.
P06: The first half is too adjective-heavy, but there is some clever imagery with "Misting the mirror" and "As earth breathes".
.and that's why I LOVE no.7.....because of the
romance......no matter the loss of teeth, eyesight
or those petty things.....Funny, cute. I just know it
was written by a female pretending to be male.
P07 - It's a very sweet poem. I can see the couple dancing. I especially like the line about her hair turning white and him losing his teeth!
My vote is for P07! Hurrah!
P07 Twilight TimeDreamy and romantic, well done w/o being mushy.
PO7 - Very cool. It's somewhat cliche, but it still works well. Similar take on things to PO2 but with enough there to keep one interested. I'm guessing Darkpool.
P07: While this poem is sentimental, its simplicity and clarity acts in its favor.
PROSE
C01 hits me like a Julia Roberts movie. cute, tongue in
cheek. don't take it seriously. Nothing in me says it
should have ended that way but I half expected it would.
Good writing. Good use of the words.
C01: The perfect wedding turned not so perfect by some great back and forth dialogue. I love the line: "What about the caterer?"
I like C01. The beginning was a little trite, but after the girl met her old boyfriend I felt it had a lot of true emotion and the conversation between the two of them was done well.
C02 Twilight. It was difficult to pick a story because they were all so interesting and well written. C02 piqued my interest because the protag actually bothered to test whether the others were killers before he killed them. Neat.
C02: This one hooked me right in with its ominous tone, and it just went darker from there. I like the way the atmosphere wrapped me into the story, though I ended it with more questions than answers.
C02 Mmmmm, good writing. I like the last line "The gun spoke one last time." Had a little surprise element though I was ready for a surprise of some kind. I like unpredictability. Has that. I enjoyed!!
My Vote: C02 - "Twilight"... although I feel it needed more fleshing out, I felt it was the best overall, considering the high quality of the writing and that it had a sense of resolution.
C03 My favorite so far. Again I like the last line. I felt the
flavor or this one. It moved me slowly so I could smell the cat litter and lemon cleaner. She was an eerie little thing...."never lived no place else". I felt safe with the big black cop, Carlis....... Good name. Really good
writing.
For prose, I picked C04. I thought this story made good use of all the optional challenges and we could feel poor Charlies plight as he tried to follow the fortune tellers warnings. It really grabbed my interest and carried me along in its breezy, bouncy style.
C04: Love the way all the challenges were used to give the poor guy the worst day of his life. Some very funny moments--and funny how you use snowflake as an endearment.
C04 Cute!! Cute!! and used the words! I liked!! Good imaginative write!
C05: My vote goes to C05--a funny story that cleverly uses all the challenges. Many funny scenes, amazingly good character development with a few words, and the ending is priceless.
CO5- I just like this one. Dunno why, it just works for me. It also incoorperates the optional challenges so fucking well!
C05 Oooooh! Good narrative. Good dialogue. Kept my interest. Used ALL the words. I liked. Surprise Martian was stretching it a little for me but....
C06 Another favorite. I like it in scenes. A fun
"twilight zone" premise. Good, good writing.
C06: This story literally took me for a ride, and by the end I had goosebumps. Where were they going? Very spooky.
C07: I liked this story and especially the Ella Mae character. Loved the way the challenge words were used, and this line made me laugh: Shes only 18 she thought to herself. I got bedroom shoes older than that!"
C07 I like this one too.
C07 Twilight, this appealed to meI love surreal, but whimsical story of how Lilian was reminded of what she really wanted to do, and how she listen to her hearts desire.
C08 is good but I'll have to penalize on the lack of length.
C08: I liked the way twilight was almost used as a character, but I would have like more of this story.
C09: This is a sweet story--everyone needs a clown like that to remind us of our hidden dreams. Sweet.
C09 mm, I think I vote for No. 9.......for the story of it. I like the awakening to a new life, the arising from the ashes, the second chance outlook......and the telling of it. Enjoyed them all, but I vote for C09.
As you can see everyone had their favourites but we had one clear winner in each category as well as Runners Up! (Or is that Runner Ups?)
WINNERS
For POETRY
We are delighted to announce that
The WONDERFUL WINNER is
DANDELIONSNDAFFODILS
We are delighted to announce that
The WONDERFUL WINNER is
DANDELIONSNDAFFODILS
We are also thrilled to tell you that
For PROSE
The Worthy WINNER is
GRENDELVS
The Worthy WINNER is
GRENDELVS
Well done, both of you!
Youve both won Amazon gift vouchers and we look forward to your choices of topic and challenge!The
Were particularly pleased to see a new member of MV doing so well! Congratulations, Tellmystory were delighted for you, and thank you for your interest in MV.
The Runner Up in PROSE is VALAMBER. Thanks to everyone who has voted for me I particularly chuckled at one of the complimentary comments I received all of them were very much appreciated.
Congratulations to all of you who took part and who took the time and trouble to vote, guess and comment.
