The #TwistedTournament results are complete & with 25.0 overall (8.33 Avg) I'm happy with a good showing 😎💜♥️ It is interesting though, the way stories are perceived 🤔 I thought my 1st story was my strongest (I got 7.67), my 2nd next (9.34 (6th place)) and finally my 100-word at 7.99 🤔🤗

The first 4 ideas I had for the #WhimsyFiction #WritingCompetition looked to be going well over 300 words (likely impossible to edit back without losing the essence of the planned narrative 🤔) ... I finally landed on an idea which I love 💜❤️🤔 Hopefully the judges think likewise 🤞🍀 #WritingCommunity

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I've received some good feedback on the #TwistedTounament #WritingCompetition #FeedbackFestival 😎 Just hoping that this bodes well for the results in the competition itself, which come out next week 🤞🍀😊💜❤️ (Especially for my favourite 'unhinged' story 🤔🤣🤣🤣) #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting

Although I didn't longlist in the #NotQuiteWritePodcast #WritingCompetition I'm okay with that 🤔😊 Every story provides lessons, right? 🤔 I tried something which some may consider 'normal' or 'plain' ... Maybe I should learn to just embrace my dark unhinged side from hereonin 🤔😱🤣🤣🤣 #WritingCommunity

As I'm away from home/keyboard for a few days from tomorrow, I'm glad that the #TwistedTournament team released the peer judging period early 😎 ... As per previous tournaments there are some great stories & writers/editors out there 💜❤️😎 Good luck to everyone taking part 🍀🤞 #WritingCommunity

And that's a wrap with the 3rd story (100 words) in for the #TwistedTournament 😎🍀 ... Still time to tweak it but at least it's not a DNF 😉 ... Next week will be a challenge as it's the peer judging & I'll be away from home & AFK (1st time in a while 😎💜❤️) Good luck to everyone talking part 🍀🤞

I'm not a fan of being given a 1st line as 1 of the prompts as I like to set my own story tone 🤔 ... However I think I made this work well & the 2nd story (250 words) for the #TwistedTournament is in 💜❤️😎 Good luck to everyone else talking part 🍀🤞 #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors

Meeting a friend in town today for a catch-up 💜❤️😎 so the 1st story (500 words) for the #TwistedTournament is in, ready or not 😉... I may still have time for tweaks later but otherwise it is what it is 🤔😱🤣 Good luck to everyone else taking part 🍀🤞 #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors

And we're off on another series of #TwistedTournament adventures 😎 6 days of Ideation, head-banging & narrative developments (500, 250 & 100 words successively) followed by peer judging & nail-biting waiting for results. Good luck to everyone else talking part 🍀🤞💜❤️ #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting

Chill day with minimal #writing / #creativity today ... Even Luna and Lola, the canine doorbell alerters are in recharge mode 🤔🐶🐶😉❤️💜🤣 #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors

Well, my quirky/whimsical 300-word story is in with the #WhimsyFiction #WritingCompetition 👀💜❤️😎 Hopefully the judges like my take on the prompts 🤔🤣 Good luck to anyone else taking part 🤞🍀 If anyone wants to have a go at future opportunities, head over to @Whimsy.Fiction 👀 #WritingCommunity

When you visit the local wildlife pond and there's a coot just standing posing 💜❤️ ... Then you realise its reflection is showing its alter ego 🤔😮😉🤣 ... Now there's a #StoryIdea 🤔😎 #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersThreads #WriteSky

It's an interesting question 🤔🤣🤣 ... Goes along with whether zombies are actually just really tired #WritersAndEditors 🤔🤣🤣💜❤️ #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersThreads #WriteSky

Another tricky set of prompts for the #NotQuiteWritePrize #WritingCompetition but that's what makes it fun 🤔 Right? 😱 The 1st 24 hours had me throwing proverbial jellified ideas at the wall to see what would stick 😱🤣 but eventually I landed an idea that had to be written 💜❤️😎. #WritingCommunity

The "arrive late, leave early" party tip from @akscotland.bsky.social's Write Winning #FlashFiction workshop helped with my story for the @notquitewrite.com podcast's #NotQuiteWritePrize! I've almost finished my first draft, ready for editting! ❤️ #writers #writing #writesky

Not Quite Write@notquitewrite.com · 2mo ago

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Not sure how relatable this is internationally but in the UK the Wombles are remembered fondly 🤗 .... I also don't know how true this is, but if it is, I love it 😎 ... Narrative ideation can strike at any time 🤔💜❤️😎 #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors #WritersThreads

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🤔🤣 So .. were the creator and/or editor of this sign stationary when they wrote about the bus turning into stationery or is this some kind of unique origami experiment 🤔🤣🤣💜❤️😎 #SignageErrors #SpellingAndGrammar #WritingCommunity #WritersAndEditors

Took a break from daily life stresses last night for a much-needed laugh at the #BoltonComedyFestival 👀💜❤️😎 - Ed Byrne's 'work in progress', although unfinished, was superb. For those who've seen it, I'd give it "4 out of 5 - Cannot Recommend Any More" (IYKYK) 🤣🤣🤣 #ComedicWriting #WritersAndEditors

Say hello to my new writing buddy care of #TheBoobyPrize #WritingCompetition & #TheGalapagosConservationTrust 🤗😎 ... Yet to decide on a name so if anyone has any suggestions 👀🤔🙃🤗💜❤️ ... For now it's watching me sternly alongside my skeletal writing prompter 🤣🤣🤣 #WritingCommunity #WritersAndEditors

Now .. is there a #HiddenStory behind the last paragraph? 🤔😱🤣 Or did they just decide using an #Editor wasn't for them 🤔😱🤣💜❤️😎 #WritingCommunity #WritersAndEditors #TheEnglishLanguage

Given the direction my mind goes in sometimes & my penchant for writing weird & wonderful #Narratives this, and others like it become important questions 🤔😮🤣🤣🤣💜❤️😎 #WritingCompetitions #WritingCommunity #WritersAndEditors #TheEnglishLanguage

That's pretty much how I approach my #CreativeWriting #Ideation too 🤔😉🤣 ... That and throwing ideas around like the proverbial 'Jelly against a wall and hoping some of it sticks' 🤔🤣🤣🤣💜❤️😎 #WritingCompetitions #WritingCommunity #WritersAndEditors

The Judging mat be complete for the May 2026 #TwistedTournament but it wasn't easy 🤔🙃 ... The story quality in the batches I was sent were very high and the margins between 1st and 5th were slim 🤔💜❤️ ... Good luck to everyone taking part 🍀🍀😎 #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersAndEditors

🤣🤣 I love this found #CreativeHumour 🤣 .... It could also be the start of a great story narrative ... For starters, 2B or not 2B would become a bigger question as the softer the pencil, the darker the mistakes & more effort required when erasing 🤔🙃🤣🤣💜❤️🍀 #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors

The 50 & 100 word stories I wrote for the #TwistedTournament were real head scratchers but the 1000 word's the 1st time in a long time I had #BrainFreeze 🤔😱 I eventually thought of a unique (I hope) response to the difficult prompts ... Not my usual style but I'm hoping the judges are lenient 🤔🙃🤗💜❤️🍀

🤣🤣🤣 It's amazing what phrases/dialogue stick with you... Like this one by Trigger & Nutsy from Disney's #RobinHood which comes to mind every time someone asks or is unsure what to do 🤣🤣💜❤️ ... What I'm going to have to do is stop procrastinating & finish my final story for the #TwistedTournament 🤔🤣

I loved S1 (2019) of #GoodOmens but only liked S2 (2023) so it was with some trepidation that I watched the S3 finale (2026) last night (especially after seeing some marmite-esq reviews of it). I needn't have worried 🤔 Although it started off slow, the end was both fitting & worth waiting for 🙃🎊🎉❤️💜😎

A little late to the party but I started watching the #DoomPatrol series (2019-2023) last night 👀😮 It feels like a mix of #UmbrellaAcademy #XMen #WatchMen & a bit of #TheBoys / #GenV 🤔🙃😎💜❤️ #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors