Announcing our Wherefore Art Thou story competition

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Word #243 the last time was kinda suspect.

Okay, I admit it, word #243 was totally AI. But the rest of them: Pure genius!

"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

• Pablo Picasso.

😊

Hope I actually finish a story for this, great theme. Have a couple of ideas percolating....

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Dammit Kimmi!

Soooo… on to comp idea #2. It’s sexier, but someone still goes bye bye. Oops.

Vacations are always fun to write about.

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"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

• Pablo Picasso.

Well, some people try to pick up girls
And get called assholes
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and
So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole

-Jonathon Richmond.

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The earth without art is just Eh

😊

So, Canadians are taking over the world, eh?

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So, Canadians are taking over the world, eh?

Better them than us Americans, given our current state of things.

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Better them than us Americans, given our current state of things.

Why would anyone want to take over that dysfunctional thing? Just create your own in your head and live chaotically in that instead. Much more fun to do.

I'm getting somewhere on mine! I'd already figured out the type of art, the characters and the (sweeping, multi-location) setting, but it took a while to sort out the plot. Yes, there will be a plot.

And I just finished drafting the first of five scenes I have plotted out. So, progress.

AFTERNOON UPDATE: finalized the title and created cover images.

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So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole

Love that song.

"Beauty perishes in life but is immortal in art."

• Leonardo da Vinci.

Wasn't there two entries yesterday? One vanished. What happened?

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Wasn't there two entries yesterday? One vanished. What happened?

Mine was removed because I inadvertently used an entry that would have been a sequel to an already published story. Apparently that doesn't count, although it could have stood as a stand alone tale.

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Mine was removed because I inadvertently used an entry that would have been a sequel to an already published story. Apparently that doesn't count, although it could have stood as a stand alone tale.

But it was written as a sequel to a published story, it was not intended as a standalone story.

This condition has always applied to all comps.

Ohhh okay I saw that and was like did the rules change or something?! But okay, good to know.

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Mine was removed because I inadvertently used an entry that would have been a sequel to an already published story. Apparently that doesn't count, although it could have stood as a stand alone tale.

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"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

• Pablo Picasso.

“All art is quite useless”

Oscar Wilde

🙂

I might be basing my comp story around music. But I reserve the right to change my mind multiple times before the deadline.

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I might be basing my comp story around music. But I reserve the right to change my mind multiple times before the deadline.

I had a similar thought - but I think if I involved music to my story I'd need more than 5k words LOL.

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I might be basing my comp story around music. But I reserve the right to change my mind multiple times before the deadline.

Music!

Kimmi hogties WW and dumps him in a Kentucky corn maze while she runs away with his music idea

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Well, some people try to pick up girls
And get called assholes
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and
So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole

-Jonathon Richmond.

You mean Jonathan Richman, I think.

Oddly, the guy who has at least two music-themed stories on SS (and some on here, too, really) isn't really thinking of one right now. I'm toying with visual arts.

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Oddly, the guy who has at least two music-themed stories on SS (and some on here, too, really) isn't really thinking of one right now. I'm toying with visual arts.

Yeah, I thought you’d do a heavy metal chick something.

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Yeah, I thought you’d do a heavy metal chick something.

Could still happen, I guess. Right now, I'm kind of out at sea. And I've never done a heavy metal chick but it is a fantasy of mine. 😉

First throwdown of everything in my head for 'Very Naughty Tessa' done. 4.7k of absolute mayhem that I might be able to convert into something vaguely comprehensible, once it's been left to settle, Whatever happens, it was fun to let the wild horses run and see what happened...The arty crowd decides they want to create ' Five Decades Of Sex' and need someone sixty-plus to finish the set...Just your normal comp effort, I guess.😇

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You mean Jonathan Richman, I think.

Him too! lol Thanks for the correction

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3rd try is a go. There be sex in my story. And no one dies. :worship:

Needs a polish still, but me likey. It’s short like me. Did you know a violin has two f-holes? Seriously! What a fun coincidence.

Can't wait to read it, Kimmi!

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Could still happen, I guess. Right now, I'm kind of out at sea. And I've never done a heavy metal chick but it is a fantasy of mine. 😉

Did somebody say "metal chick"?

Me still not having outlined or settled my brain to map out a comp entry as yet:

I have an idea and can use a draft I had for something else as a framework. We'll see how this goes.

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Did somebody say "metal chick"?

Oo, goth or black metal from the look of them. Fun. Those tend to be very into ... sin. 😋