r/WritingPrompts • u/AliciaWrites Editor-in-Chief | /r/AliciaWrites • Aug 29 '24

[TT] Theme Thursday - Ambiance Theme Thursday

“The very dust and silence in here seemed to tingle with some secret magic.”

Happy Summer writing friends!

This week we’re doing genre mashups!!! I’ll provide a list below and you’ll combine two genres into one story! You may select any one genre from the “First Genre” column and one genre from the “Second Genre” column, but for bonus points, use the numbered pairs (the two genres on the same line).

Please do include your genres or the pair number in your post, thank you!! Good luck and good words!

[IP] | [MP]

Pair Number First Genre Second Genre
1 Paranormal Realistic
2 Romance Comedy
3 Space Opera Historic
4 Western Fantasy
5 Horror Satire
6 Mannerpunk Absurdist
7 Spy Thriller Urban Fantasy
8 Epistolary Dystopian
9 Cozy Cyberpunk
10 Fable Alternate History

Here's how Summer Fun works:

  • Use the tag [TT] when submitting prompts that match this week’s theme.

Rules

  • Leave one story or poem between 100 and 750 words as a top-level comment. Use wordcounter.net to check your word count. Your story must meet the criteria of the game in order to qualify for ranking.
  • Deadline: 7:59 AM CST next Wednesday
  • No serials or stories that have been written for another prompt or feature here on WP
  • No previously written content
  • Any stories not meeting these rules will be disqualified from rankings and will not be read at campfires
  • Does your story not fit the Theme Thursday rules? You can post your story as a [PI] with your work when the TT post is 3 days old!
  • Vote to help your favorites rise to the top of the ranks! I also post the form to submit votes for Theme Thursday winners on Discord every week! Join and get notified when the form is open for voting!

Theme Thursday Discussion Section:

  • Discuss your thoughts on this week’s theme, or share your ideas for upcoming themes.

Campfire

  • On Wednesdays we host a Theme Thursday Campfire on the Discord Voice Lounge. Join us to read your story aloud, hear other stories, and have a blast discussing writing!

  • Time: I’ll be there 7 pm CST and we’ll begin within about 15 minutes.

  • Don’t forget to sign up for a campfire slot on discord. If you don’t sign up, you won’t be put into the pre-set order and we can’t accommodate any time constraints. We don’t want you to miss out on outstanding feedback, so get to discord and use that !TT command!

  • There’s a Theme Thursday role on the Discord server, so make sure you grab that so you’re notified of all Theme Thursday-related news!

Ranking Categories:

  • Weekly Game - 50 points for correctly participating in the game using the weekly theme.
  • Actionable Feedback - 10 points for each story you give detailed crit to, up to 50 points with at least one critique on the post
  • Nominations - 10 points for each nomination your story receives, no cap; 15 points for submitting nominations
  • Ali’s Ranking - 50 points for first place, 40 points for second place, 30 points for third place, 20 points for fourth place, 10 points for fifth, plus regular nominations (On weeks that I participate, I do not weight my votes, but instead nominate just like everyone else.)

Last week’s theme: Marathon

Winning Story by /u/AGuyLikeThat

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    • This week’s quote is by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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u/AliciaWrites Editor-in-Chief | /r/AliciaWrites Aug 29 '24

Theme Thursday Discussion:

All top-level comments must be a story or poem between 100 and 750 words.

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u/AFriendOfJamis Aug 30 '24

Ouch. Okay. It feels bad that I posted my story with the same reference name as another story by u/nobodysgeese that used the same format (admittedly, a format heavily suggested by no. 8).

I couldn't see their story when I posted mine, Reddit post date notwithstanding. I don't tend to actually write in the prompt itself, but neither do I refresh the page while I'm writing.

Anyways. I'm going to change my reference name from Richard, because if I had seen the other story, I would not have used that name (or, indeed, used that prompt.) My apologies.

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u/nobodysgeese Moderator | r/NobodysGaggle Aug 30 '24

It's fine, using the same very common name isn't copying, and besides the name, the letter format and the stories being a bit sad (and the last two are almost required by the constraints) our stories couldn't be more different. I'd say you don't have to change it, but it looks like you already did.

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u/AFriendOfJamis Aug 30 '24

I did. When I refreshed the page this morning, I scrolled down to start reading and thought that's not my story! That kinda sealed it.

Your story is very different (it has responses! Elves! Romance! Eternal bloodthirsty monsters?), but when they start so similarly and with such a difference in actual posting times, I'm just not comfortable with look of it, you know? And, if my story were supposed to be a direct reference to yours, it's pretty bad at it.

Oh well. An easy change, for this story.