[CW] Smash 'Em Up Sunday: Mad Libs VII
Welcome back to Smash ‘Em Up Sunday!
SEUSfire
On Sunday morning at 9:30 AM Eastern in our Discord server’s voice chat, come hang out and listen to the stories that have been submitted be read. I’d love to have you there! You can be a reader and/or a listener. Plus if you wrote we can offer crit in-chat if you like!
Last Week
I’m not sure we’ve seen a more varied spread of stories. Sci-fi, animal fables, vaguely fae, and realistic contemporary pieces filled the lineup! It was a wonderful way to end the planned theme :D
Community Choice
1 /u/Zetakh - “Who Pulled the Triggerfish” - An incident at the aquarium leads an avian detective onto a new case.
2 /u/throwthisoneintrash - “Ice Planet” - Explorers come across some strange discoveries.
3 /u/nobodysgeese - “An Incowvenient Truth: Part 4: Bell for Leather ” - A wonderful end to a 4 park serial. A cow learns the truth the humans have been hiding.
Cody's Choice
/u/WorldOrphan - “May I Come Ashore?” - Bring resolution to an age.
/u/gurgilewis - “Eulogy for Pirate Captain Bly” - Remember a great hero.
/u/Say_Im_Ugly - Time Keeper - A pawn shop for everything. A beautiful otherplace.
This Week’s Challenge
A fifth weeks. This is one of my favorite accidental traditions I’ve made for this feature. Pure chaos reigns here. Unrelated constraints are thrown at writers by their peers with no rhyme or reason. The challenge to hit 14 points is never harder.
Welcome to Mad Libs VII.
Get a taste of previous editions:
How to Contribute
Write a story or poem, no more than 800 words in the comments using at least two things from the three categories below. The more you use, the more points you get. Because yes! There are points! You have until 11:59 PM EDT 04 September 2021 to submit a response.
After you are done writing please be sure to take some time to read through the stories before the next SEUS is posted and tell me which stories you liked the best. You can give me just a number one, or a top 3 and I’ll enter them in with appropriate weighting. Feel free to DM me on Reddit or Discord!
| Category | Points |
|---|---|
| Word List | 1 Point |
| Sentence Block | 2 Points |
| Defining Features | 3 Points |
Word List
Pugnacious (/u/Planet_on_the_Cob)
Zugzwang (/u/gurgilewis)
Cryptozoology (/u/Lord_Wilmore1)
Quandry (/u/Say_Im_Ugly)
Sentence Block
He took a deep breath before his leap of faith. (/u/stranger_loves)
I've never been boiled alive in a teacup before. (/u/Zetakh)
Defining Features
An object is unearthed from the ground (/u/QuiscoverFontaine)
Sports movie cliche(s) is(are) employed (/u/HSerrata)
What’s happening at /r/WritingPrompts?
Nominate your favourite WP authors or commenters for Spotlight and Hall of Fame! We count on your nominations to make our selections.
Come hang out at The Writing Prompts Discord! I apologize in advance if I kinda fanboy when you join. I love my SEUS participants <3 Heck you might influence a future month’s choices!
Want to help the community run smoothly? Try applying for a mod position. We could use some help issuing all those tattoos that count who-knows-what!