Writer's Group 9: ALIENS

Maeniel · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1052 Location: Next to Waldo

Fantastic! Smile

We'll take two days to vote--pick out the one you think is the best/the one you liked the best. Just PM me with subject "WG Vote."
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Asa · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:27 am Post subject:

I don't know that they're 'kindred spirits' so much as two people who are both young and naive, and think music can solve everything.

I'm glad you guys like it, it's a story I've been meaning to write for a while. I also can't claim rights to the song, it's off a cd called Sound Neighbors, and the singer herself is attributed in the YouTube link.
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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

But, but... love conquers all! And such.
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Maeniel · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1052 Location: Next to Waldo

And the winner is...

Asa! Very Happy

Congrats!
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Asa · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:39 pm Post subject:

Really? Thank you! ^___^
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Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
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And Robin shall restore amends.

Tinu. · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject:

Congrats Asa! ^____^
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Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

Congratulations!

Talps · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject:

I knew it! Sea myths always win!

Well done. I'll get ya next time, ya meddling kid!
(Yeah, I know I completely messed up that pop-culture reference)

EDIT: Yeah, i was using the term 'kindred spirits' rather loosely, but they were very similar people.
Sorta.
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spellingmistax · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject:

Congratulations Asa, it was well won.
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while Udina asked the usual inane civilian things that came about while under attack: "What's happening? Who is shooting at us? I'm squishy and not wearing armor and I'm a liability, get me to safety, etc.
dubbed Anthrax by Asa
Spellingmistax = mistax = ax = anthrax

Asa · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject:

THank you all. ^________^
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Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven

Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
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If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

Nem · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 2112 Location: England

I knew there was something I was forgetting about >_<

Congratulations AsA
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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

Congrats, Asa! Well earned, in my opinion.

Even though I liked the other stories (and would not mind in the least to see them progressed!), your take on "aliens" was a bit mind bending. I'm a huge sucker for anything that requires a shift of my mental or cognitive alignment. Plus, the way you merged the music and story's meanings was interesting. As an experiment in the uncommon, which the WG's are intended to push us toward, I think yours was fantastic.

Well earned, and congratulations!
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"If by chance some day you're not feeling well, and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done, and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled."
Red Skelton

Asa · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject:

Well, yes. I knew that everyone would immediately take 'aliens' to mean extraterrestrials, but 'alien' simply means 'different from me'. Originally both parties were going to be human, an aristocratic officer trying to interview and get information from stolid peasant villagers, with the officer's opinion of villager slowly changing as he learned about them. That's also alien. But that story was taking forever and going nowhere, and this one has been practically written (it's in the song, really) for a long time now, and it just flowed.

See you all in the WG10!
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Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven

Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
__________________
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

Maeniel · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1052 Location: Next to Waldo

Yeah...I was really hoping somebody would write about somebody from a different country assimilating into a new culture, though most everyone would write about space creatures. Asa came the closest to my original idea. Smile

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spellingmistax · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject:

I tried, I wanted the Alien in mine to be an 'alien' not because it was not from earth but because it had such a different out look. I liked Asa's because the similarities between the two protagonists emphasized the greater differences between them. Well written and well executed.
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"He gave you a life and you should cherish that treasure." - Benny

while Udina asked the usual inane civilian things that came about while under attack: "What's happening? Who is shooting at us? I'm squishy and not wearing armor and I'm a liability, get me to safety, etc.
dubbed Anthrax by Asa
Spellingmistax = mistax = ax = anthrax