RHP Prose Contest 2021

@torunn said
It's about being read and appreciated.

You have your opinion and I have mine.

In a perfect world that would be the case.

As you know it the world we live in, it is mostly about winning and losing that is most important to many people.

-VR

@very-rusty said
You have your opinion and I have mine.

As you know it the world we live in, it is mostly about winning

To some people, perhaps.

To you, it appears, it's mostly about whining.

@shallow-blue said
To some people, perhaps.

To you, it appears, it's mostly about whining.

What do you in fact thing I am whining about, or are you saying it for the sake of something to say and staying with little group?

-VR

@very-rusty said
What do you in fact thing I am whining about, or are you saying it for the sake of something to say and staying with little group?

-VR

At the moment you are whining about whining.

@relentless-red said
Saxophonists stick to their own reeds so this could work. But what music would you need to play your intended victim to make them want to take up saxophone??

Edit: What if after all that waiting they played it well so you didn't want them dead anymore? Methods that potentially make you reconsider should be promoted in my opinion. Is that still a murder mystery if they change their mind?

The edit is an interesting thought.

So what constitutes a murder mystery. I think a murder was committed (or believed to have been committed). To step bak in the last minute is more of a psychological study.

In fact Crime and Punishment would be a psychological study not a mystery (we know who murdere why very early in the novel)

@ghost-of-a-duke said
At the moment you are whining about whining.

The question wasn't directed to you goad, and obvious answer you would make.

I was looking for the answer to come from the poster I quoted it to, got it?

-VR

The murder in the band could be also a relationship problem. Lets wait for Sherlock Holmes.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I think separating the two competitions makes sense.

Perhaps we're ready now for a poll on theme/genre?

I rewarm this thread for a poll:

@Ponderable

Private, please, but allow readers and voters to participate.

@Ponderable

Combination. Show the entries in a public thread with the option of PM vote available to all. Run a private thread for voting within the thread and post-result discussion. Gives you the option of just ignoring everything that follows the entries in the public thread whilst joining in the private thread at the discretion of the person running it.

I would think it feasible to have temporary memberships to the host club be handed out to contest entrants

@ponderable said
I rewarm this thread for a poll:

[poll]B5C430E7AE80000C4539A0293A99E4B3[/poll]

PRIVATE of course would be best, then you just have the people who are really interested in it.

-VR

@very-rusty said
PRIVATE of course would be best, then you just have the people who are really interested in it.

-VR

That of course excludes the people who come across it casually in the public forum. Not everybody would want to join a defined club in order to read the stories.

Relentless red makes a good suggestion.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
That of course excludes the people who come across it casually in the public forum. Not everybody would want to join a defined club in order to read the stories.

Relentless red makes a good suggestion.

No actually an excellent suggestion surprised someone didn't think of that a long time ago! 🙂

-VR

@very-rusty said
No actually an excellent suggestion surprised someone didn't think of that a long time ago!

Anything that bars Rusty and his half-wit pals from sabotaging the thread is a welcome suggestion.