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Last [SciFi Flash 200 Words]

WankWank Registered User regular
in The Writer's Block
Yeah, so I've never written anything this short. It's, uh, it's fucking hard. Help?

*retracted for publication*

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    Honestly, I've got nothing. I think you accomplish what you need to, and nothing stood out as needing a fix. I might be able to find some wording to quibble over if I stare at it for an hour, but it doesn't seem necessary.

    “Hic non defectus est, sed cattus minxit desuper nocte quadam. Confundatur pessimus cattus qui minxit super librum istum in nocte Daventrie, et consimiliter omnes alii propter illum. Et cavendum valde ne permittantur libri aperti per noctem ubi cattie venire possunt.”
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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    Yeah I liked it too, and yes writing flash fiction can be hard.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    The story is pretty great. The title kinda sucks a nut, but I'm not the one to give advice on titles.

    Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
    Maddie: "I am not!"
    Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
    Maddie: "I am a placental mammal!"
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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    Oh, yeah, totally. One-word titles are reportedly a no-no.

    “Hic non defectus est, sed cattus minxit desuper nocte quadam. Confundatur pessimus cattus qui minxit super librum istum in nocte Daventrie, et consimiliter omnes alii propter illum. Et cavendum valde ne permittantur libri aperti per noctem ubi cattie venire possunt.”
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  • WankWank Registered User regular
    Someone please give me a title. I hate titles so much.

    I write speculative fiction, too.
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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    The Last Two- gives you a name drop and everything

    if you don't want a name drop, I dunno, A Star In The Sky?

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Quoth wrote: »
    Oh, yeah, totally. One-word titles are reportedly a no-no.

    Really? I did not know this. Is this specifically a written fiction thing? Because I think some of the best titles in both film and gaming are one-word. Chinatown and Inception for film, Quake and Fear and Limbo for games... all of them do a good job of summarizing the general feel of a work in a single word. Quake is especially notable because the game has nothing to do with, say, earthquakes, yet Quake just kind of fits. I'd think that given the importance given to brevity and economy of words, being able to encapsulate a tale in one word would be considered a plus.

    That said, calling your sci-fi story "Space" seems a bit like calling your swords-and-sorcery epic "Fantasy".

    Along these lines, I know it's one-word, but what about "Release"? Or something? "Scenes From an Airlock"? "Things To Do In Zero-G When You're (Imminently) Dead"?

    Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
    Maddie: "I am not!"
    Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
    Maddie: "I am a placental mammal!"
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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    It is a written fiction/poetry thing that comes from editors of small press mags, journals, zines, and the like. I think movies and games are a whole other ballpark, perhaps one in another state.

    “Hic non defectus est, sed cattus minxit desuper nocte quadam. Confundatur pessimus cattus qui minxit super librum istum in nocte Daventrie, et consimiliter omnes alii propter illum. Et cavendum valde ne permittantur libri aperti per noctem ubi cattie venire possunt.”
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  • WankWank Registered User regular
    Haha, maybe I should retitle all of my one-word title stories then.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    FWIW, "The Last" strikes me as generic though not actively bad, so it's a step up.

    Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
    Maddie: "I am not!"
    Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
    Maddie: "I am a placental mammal!"
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