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uselessness's DESPERATE MONOLOGUES Challenge!

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It seems like only last week that I was hosting my first Ficlets challenge. Oh wait, it was last week. How quickly the time races by; one minute you’re trying on a new pair of shoes, and the next you’re replacing the insoles and spraying them down with a can of strong disinfectant. Yeesh!

For the record, my SHOCKING DIALOGUES challenge was meant to be the one that occurs at Ficlet #50, but I was kind of running late and it ended up being #85 instead. Sue me.

Numerical foibles aside, I’ve had a very prolific week and I’m proud to announce that #100 has arrived at long last. It’s time for another challenge!

This time around, your task is to put us (that is, your readers) in the head of a captive. The last challenge was for dialogues; this one is for internal monologues.

You’ll be creating a character who is trapped somewhere. The story should be told in first-person perspective, and consist only of the character’s thoughts.

I’ll judge entries on December 17. Remember, spelling and grammar count!

Prequels

Write a prequel

Sequels

Write a sequel

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Fyora Cartagan
Posted 9 months ago

I’d love to this, but sadly I’m not too good at first-person. Anything longer than two sentences and I’m into third person, usually.
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Nouvelle Bardot
Posted 9 months ago

sound like fun!
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uselessness
Posted 9 months ago

Fyora, I’d like to encourage you to give it a try! One of the things I like about Ficlets is the opportunity to stretch myself in new ways. :-)
LoA
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Melia
Posted 9 months ago

I have a stupid question, being semi-new still to ficlets so please don’t laugh at me :) but I’ve seen a lot of comments signed with ‘LoA’ – what’s that an acronym for? Told you it was stupid.

Topic? Great challenge. I can’t wait to try it.
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uselessness
Posted 9 months ago

Ahh, you speak of that which must not be spoken of, a secret society, if you will… just kidding, it’s not so secret, but it is a “society.” It’s the League of Awesomeness! I was puzzled too until I did some digging and found out that anybody can join. So I joined, a couple days ago. I hope I don’t get my membership revoked for talking about it in public! ;-) Check out TXH 0477 ’s biography text for more info…
http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477
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Melia
Posted 9 months ago

OOoooohhhhhhHHhhh. Duh. I feel silly now because I had already seen his bio. I just didn’t grok the initials. sigh Thanks for the explanation and I hope you don’t get booted too :)
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Sophia D'Soleil
Posted 9 months ago

ooo, participating…...........NOW! :::runs off to go write::::
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THX 0477
Posted 9 months ago

Heehee, my mysteriously placing LoA all over the place is starting to pay off. I’m so devious, aren’t I? And another challenge, uselessness? Stupendous! I love how these things draw people out and get them to try new things and think it different ways, responding creatively to someone else’s idea. Woohoo! Long live awesomeness!

Oh, and I don’t think I’ll be revoking anyone’s membership in the League. That would be very not awesome.

LoA
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insomniac
Posted 9 months ago

I’ll try.
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Alexa ♥
Posted 8 months ago

If I only had my own Internet . . .
~
I intend to get it; it’s on a list somewhere.
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Saint Chuck
Posted 8 months ago

This is a pretty convenient challenge for me, seeing as I conversations in my head with myself.
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Saint Chuck
Posted 8 months ago

But maybe everybody doesn’t need to know what I’m thinking…
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FlirtingWithaBrickWall
Posted 8 months ago

hm… im definitely interested in seeing your entry….
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uselessness
Posted 8 months ago

Haha, I guess I have to write one now, don’t I? ;-)
LoA
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Dreamer
Posted 8 months ago

haha, I think I shall do this…
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llamaluvsmenotu
Posted 8 months ago

I GET IT !!!
the LoA at the end of every comment is part of a secret underground cult caled the League of Awesomeness….
hmm….scratches chinhmmm indeed….
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uselessness
Posted 8 months ago

Shh, llama, we’re not supposed to talk about it! ;-)
In other news, I am now officially judging the entries to this challenge. I hope to get them all done tonight; if I can’t, I’ll finish up tomorrow. Either way, I’ll post the results here afterwards. Thanks to everyone who participated! You guys are great!
LoA
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Eternal♥
Posted 8 months ago

okay,
I am definitely doing this one.
First person is my thing =]
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MeAndTheMoon
Posted 8 months ago

i can’t wait for the results!
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uselessness
Posted 8 months ago

Oh yes, unfortunately I’m having an unexpectedly busy week (grown-up responsibility and all that) and the judging keeps getting delayed. I’ll post here as soon as I can get all the stories read and decide on my favorites… on the bright side, it gave SpontaniousCombustion a chance to enter after the “deadline,” and the same goes for anyone else who wants to contribute at the last minute! :-)
LoA
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uselessness
Posted 8 months ago

I am sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry. You see, I had no idea this challenge would generate so many entries, and I had a very difficult time motivating myself to read through them all and pick my favorites. But I’ve finally done it.
And so, without further ado, my picks!
Third place goes to… Theseus Had It Easy, by Russell Ruffino!
Second place goes to… Random Thoughts, by Melia!
And first place goes to… Through the Cage, by pie_is_good!
Thanks to everyone, and congratulations to our winners!
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Melia
Posted 8 months ago

Neat! Thanks uselessness! I’m all kinds of chuffed :) Congrats to all – it was fun reading everyone’s ficlets in this challenge.
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Russell Ruffino
Posted 8 months ago

Thanks for 3rd place, not bad considering the amount of entries.

Coongrats Melia and Pie, and indeed everyone who entered.
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pie_is_good
Posted 8 months ago

Thanks so much for the first place!! :)