Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 658 Location: Washington (not DC) May Challenge Apr 16th, 2011 at 6:22pm Print Post For May - choose a minor (even an unnamed character) and tell us their story or version of events. Suggestions - Rutland, Jo Frazer, the divers in SubSmash, the bomb experts in Long Sleep, the captain in Destruction. Try to limit it to 5000 words or less. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: May Challenge Reply #1 - Apr 16th, 2011 at 6:33pm Print Post I have a great idea for this one! What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Yuchtar Lieutenant Offline Where are my glasses? Posts: 82 Location: Earth Re: May Challenge Reply #2 - Apr 17th, 2011 at 3:27am Print Post I haven't done the April challenge yet!! Yeah, I'm a smutty-minded perv - what of it? WWW IP Logged
Write Rat MajorSHADO Research Offline Straker and his coffee. Posts: 356 Location: United States Re: May Challenge Reply #3 - Apr 17th, 2011 at 5:08am Print Post Quote:Try to limit it to 5000 words or less. Darn. (grabs Josephine Frasier, runs away with her) I'm almost done with Paw, then I'll start in on the challenge. IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 658 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: May Challenge Reply #4 - Apr 17th, 2011 at 6:07am Print Post Quote:I haven't done the April challenge yet!! Well, unlike other places, we don't have a deadline for these. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: May Challenge Reply #5 - Apr 17th, 2011 at 2:56pm Print Post I might have May done before April. I can't get my muse to stay focused. She's stubborn, that one! What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: May Challenge Reply #6 - Apr 17th, 2011 at 11:49pm Print Post Well I'm almost done with May's challenge, I should have the first draft posted tonight. It was an idea I got last week and my stubborn muse said, "Hey boy, write!" Then she started cracking the whip. So there you have it, she does rule the roost. What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: May Challenge Reply #7 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 8:34pm Print Post I absolutely loved the seacaptain in the episode Destruction! Madoc played him so very well. And he was much more likable than the other role Madoc played in the show: Rutland. But I don't know if I want to do a story around him, much as I liked him. I'll have to think about this some more. The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: May Challenge Reply #8 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 10:11pm Print Post Let me think, Jane Carson, from The Dalotek Affair, Anne, from The Sound of Silence, Nina in Subsmash, Andy Conroy in Mindbender, Captain Craig, in Kill Straker Captain Bill Johnson in Identified. All sorts of good plot bunnies. What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: May Challenge Reply #9 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 10:38pm Print Post See, the problem is that all the women who were incidental characters in the show tended to be the kind I don't identify with. Either they're grasping b*tches like Jo or they're stupid enough to get involved with Foster. Yuck! I think I need to rewatch a few episodes. The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: May Challenge Reply #10 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 10:45pm Print Post I don't know, Nina was pretty cool. : I do like her character. What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Normandie Captain Offline UFO Rocks! Posts: 132 Location: In the veg patch... Re: May Challenge Reply #11 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 10:48pm Print Post I liked Ayshea and Gay - but I also warmed to Joan. She seemed to have quite a wicked side to her character. Didn't you write a Joan story in your Conover saga, Denise? IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: May Challenge Reply #12 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 11:16pm Print Post I did, and I have to tell you, it was hard getting that girl to accept her fate! It took way too long to marry her off to her drummer. She just wouldn't cooperate. The problem with using one of the Moonbase girls is that I've seen them with Straker -- and there was no spark. Even in SubSmash, the heat was all on Nina's side (which is why the scene in the hospital was so pathetic!) Kill the writer! Kill the writer! The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: May Challenge Reply #13 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 11:25pm Print Post Sometimes (even in our favorites) the writer just missed it. I was surprised how well Nina and Ginny get along in my stories, they just took too each other, in fact Nina knows things about Ginny that Gay doesn't. That surprised be as they are both strong willed. (I loved having Nina prep Ginny for her meeting with Ed at the airport. ) But like you, I find that the characters work best when you let them do what's natural. Now here would be a tough one, Qof P from Mary's POV. I could have some fun with that! What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
MkIXHawk Captain Offline We need to defend ourselves... Posts: 175 Location: Kent Re: May Challenge Reply #14 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 7:17am Print Post Librarian wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 6:22pm:For May - choose a minor (even an unnamed character) and tell us their story or version of events. Suggestions - Rutland, Jo Frazer, the divers in SubSmash, the bomb experts in Long Sleep, the captain in Destruction. Try to limit it to 5000 words or less. Apart from the word count (41,000 and rising), this is precisely what Edge of armageddon is, telling the story of Keith Ford, the beginnings of Lew Waterman's story, Tim Redman, Catherine Frazer and the 'gentleman' who picks her up WWW IP Logged
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