Comments on: A hundred words of awesome

A hundred words of awesome

dersins — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:02:49 -0800

Name Your Tale. Submit a title, and and one of the authors of Name Your Tale will write a 100-word short story based on the submitted title. For example, "Andrew Received Cancer."[via mefi projects]

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:02:27 -0800

Wow this looks like fun!

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:04:06 -0800

I'm just going to hang out here until missjenny writes my story...

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:07:02 -0800

Ooh! Update! Still not done.

By: technically yours

technically yours — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:26:13 -0800

This is an interesting project....in this age of immediate gratification, does anyone have the patience to wait for an actual human to complete a task?

By: missjenny

missjenny — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:38:47 -0800

I sure hope they do, technically yours! But I think having an actual human write you a story is worth the wait. Of course, I might be biased :) Submit your story and you'll get an e-mail as soon as it's posted. And, yeah, it might be a while, but when you do get that e-mail, we hope it'll kind of be like when you find $5 in the pocket of some jeans you haven't worn in some time.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:44:32 -0800

I have suggested a title for a short tail. We shall see.

By: birdsquared

birdsquared — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:46:50 -0800

I just tried to submit this title: Achooo: The tale of the hyperallergic man and the woman he loves who owns a breed of cat so allergen rich that scientists do allergy research with them, their desperate attempts to live together, and the ridiculous lengths (like this title) they go to in order to maximize the amount of time they spend together, while allowing the man to breathe and the woman to spend enough time with her cherished cat so that she doesn't feel like she is giving up on her cat to be with the man she loves because she is an egalitarian in that way. but it wouldn't let me, since there is a 100 character limit on titles. Dang!

By: missjenny

missjenny — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:49:51 -0800

I would've loved to write the story to this: "Achooo: The tale of the hyperallergic man and the woman he loves "

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:02:50 -0800

Hi missjenny, this looks like a lot of fun for youse as well as us. A couple of question: Do you count hyphenated words as one word or two? Also, I don't remember if I put my name to my title submission! Zoinks! Is there any way to check? IRFH–tell me more about this tail of yours.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:23:38 -0800

"It's very hard living in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play the violin". That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.

By: adipocere

adipocere — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:35:46 -0800

"Exploding Dog Works Best When It Doesn't Drabble."

By: missjenny

missjenny — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:03:22 -0800

Birdsquared -- Your title is in the queue and already been claimed. Keep an eye out for your e-mail!

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:10:43 -0800

No one's mentioned the quality of the writing -- it's surprisingly engrossing for the length. Neat idea, too.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:22:17 -0800

IRFH–tell me more about this tail of yours. It's very short. Hence, my suggested title was, "Manx." Thanks for playing.

By: TimeTravelSpeed

TimeTravelSpeed — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:38:40 -0800

My submission: "The Savant Cleaned Up Good". I'm impatient to see if they use it. Someone else write it.

By: Creosote

Creosote — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:01:36 -0800

How about... "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote". Or maybe... "The Mayonnaise Chapter". [yes, I'm feeling metafictional today]

By: TimeTravelSpeed

TimeTravelSpeed — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:23:54 -0800

By the way, adorable.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:38:43 -0800

My submission: "No One Thinks They're a Hipster." This is such a great idea. Kudos missjenny et al.

By: TimeTravelSpeed

TimeTravelSpeed — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:41:30 -0800

I'm already unhealthily addicted to this. Thanks missjenny (and friends)!

By: joannemerriam

joannemerriam — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:25:40 -0800

This is great! I'm hoping they'll write my story, "The Pomegranate Experiment."

By: birdsquared

birdsquared — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:36:29 -0800

Thanks missjenny - I await with bated breath.

By: misha

misha — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:40:16 -0800

I really like this idea. We used to do something similar, only with erotic stories--give us a fantasy and we'd create a custom erotic story for you.