The Discovered Out of Context challenge.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

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Hello! byslantedlight was insane kind enough to invite me to be discoveredinalj’s guest challenger for June.

So, welcome to the Discovered Out of Context challenge.

Today, and on the next two Sundays, I will be posting lists of quotations from 1970s films, television programmes and songs, that will hopefully inspire you to write some wonderful stories. How to play and the first set of quotations are under the cut.

My heartfelt thanks to the lovely schnuffi for taking my rudimentary banner, inserting the lovely lads and polishing the whole thing up. ♥




How to play


1) Read the quotations.

2) Curse my name.

3) Get a brilliant story idea despite my best efforts.

4) Write!


Although I will be posting three lists of quotations over the course of the month you’re welcome to respond to any of the quotations at any time.

You may choose to write only one story… or perhaps to write a drabble for every quotation. There is no limitation on how many prompts you may choose to answer.

Length: No set requirement. Drabbles and epic tomes equally welcome!

Posting date: Fire when ready! As I'm really hoping that some of you, particularly the drabble!meisters, will pick up more than one prompt, let's start enjoying the ficcage as soon as we can.

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Header information: Or rather "footer" information. As there are a lot of Pros fans who prefer their stories to be spoiler free, discoveredinalj asks that you put the following information at the end of your story, under the cut, rather than at the top. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Title:
Author:
Slash or Gen:
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit:
Author's Name for Archiving (if different to above):
Disclaimer:
Notes: Including warnings if you really wish to - these are not compulsory.

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The challenge will remain open for the entire month of June. It will close at midnight 30th June, 2008 in whatever time zone you happen to be in... with the usual quick trips to Pago Pago allowed as always.

If you have any further questions, please comment.




Quotations from films of the 1970s


A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. Harold and Maude


Never kick a man when he's down, he may get back up again. Royal Flash


I am a fake god by occupation, and a magician by inclination. Zardoz


You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow. Get Carter.


I'm a man who would rather be known as a cuckold than a fool. Barry Lyndon


It's like an army batman, only without the uniform. I make sure there's enough beer, chips and rubbers to go round. I supply the birds, the pills and the pot. And anything else that might be required to satisfy their lust...carnal, or otherwise. Stardust


I hereby consent to lease the Millar Research Clinic all physical experimental rights in my body for one week for the sum of one hundred pounds. O Lucky Man!


Presumably I'm the condemned man and obviously you're the hearty breakfast. Diamonds are Forever


Let me see if I've got this straight: in order to be grounded, I've got to be crazy and I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I'm not crazy any more and I have to keep flying. Catch-22


You know I love listening to you talk. I hate living with you but your conversation is first class. The Goodbye Girl


Let's just say we're taking a flying fuck at a rolling donut. Last Tango in Paris


You need me. You need me badly, because I'm your last contact with human reality. I love you. And that painful, decaying love is the only thing between you and the shrieking nothingness you live the rest of the day. Network


The shortest way to a man's heart is through humiliation. Sleuth


Anything found in the desert of a frustrated life can bring hope. With hope comes love. With love comes hate. The Devils


I could always tell the buttered side from the dry. The Molly Maguires


Gordon Bennett, they're having a phonographic orgy. Carry On Emmannuelle


The only time this plan makes any sense to me is when I'm drunk. The Eagle Has Landed


Clever fellow, Death is. I've tried to find him on my terms, and God knows I've tried. Robin and Marion


Don't worry, old chap. Been handling this stuff ever since I blew up the nursery with my first chemistry set. Poor old Nanny. Force 10 from Navarone


I don't dislike women, I merely distrust them. The twinkle in the eye and the arsenic in the soup... The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Comments

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Ok, I've done no.1, and no.2 is done on a daily basis anyway, so no change there *g*

3 & 4 may prove to be a bit more elusive, but I've printed off the quotes and I'll give it a go!

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Fabulous idea. When I'm caught up, I shall have a think.. well done you for all of these!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Ah, no. 2, why I *have* an alias... *nods sagely*

Ah, c'mon Hambel, my money's on you! ♥

*for now keeps pokey stick hidden behind back*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Well a (strange) mind is a terrible thing to waste... *whistles*

There will be two more lists, one from '70s telly and one from '70s song lyrics. I just wanted to spread them out a bit over the month.

Please, fondle take as many prompts as you would like. :D

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Ah, Drayce, you know when I say that 'I'll give it a go' I actually mean 'I will suspend RL until the deadline and God help anyone who gets in my way'.... right? Just so you know ;)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

obviously I should have invested in the titanium pokey stick months ago Well of course I knew that was what you meant, I would expect no less... particularly as there will be another two lists of quotes so, busy, busy, busy, right? right!

RL is over-rated...

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Cool idea. And you're very welcome *G*

[sytaxia.livejournal.com]

Oooh - fantastic idea! I'll try and get something worked out for this!

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Great idea, thanks! Darn, I've already done one with Catch-22 but it's under wraps, possible zine-type story. Loads of possibilities here ... brilliant to have so many to choose from (and more to come, yay!)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Thanks again.

I hope you find something here to play with. *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I'm so glad you want to play. :D

[sytaxia.livejournal.com]

How could I not want to play? Sounds a fantastic game :)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit of a freak for quotations anyway, and I wanted to try and include something for a range of tastes.

I'm hoping some writers might be tempted to write more than one story, particularly as some of these would be very well suited to drabbles.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*inserts tongue firmly in cheek* Well of course, you want to write lots of drabbles, right? *bows to the Queen of word count*

[sytaxia.livejournal.com]

Drabbles! *hides from the drabbles*

Not sure if I can manage either longfic or drabbles for this (shorter fics take me more time because I think and revise so much), but an average 10,000 word shortfic I would definitely love to do. I've penciled it into my itinerary! *JK. I have no itinerary.*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Tax, my dearest Petal, when you refer to 10,000 words as shortfic, I'm pretty sure you've now found your spiritual home. *g*

[sytaxia.livejournal.com]

Yeahs! But now that I've found my spiritual home, will I be able to afford the mortgage payments? (I have also been told by several people that I have a very old soul. I got it at a rummage sale, you see).

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

The payments are very reasonable, I assure you. 10,000 words will do for starters.

[sytaxia.livejournal.com]

Yayes!!

[probodie.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I've done it, I decided to write *something* at least for one of the quotes. There may be more, depending!

curses draycevixen loudly and longly What a great idea!

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Just to let you know I'm in full-on pondering mode *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Yeah! And of course there will be more. *restrains self from using the titanium pokey stick on the sick person* I hope you're feeling better.

Well if there's no cursing of my name, I probably haven't done it right!... erm... *looks back at sentence* *sniggers*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Ah, Halo, you don't fool me, you just fear the titanium pokey stick... always knew you were smart! ♥

If nothing here takes your fancy, there will be two more lists... However, if you go ahead and write something, perhaps you'll feel the urge to write more than one story. *flexes pokey stick*

[bistokids.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you. I'm now backed up against the wall trying to fight off a marauding mass of rampant bunnies with a chicken leg (which they can strip to the bone in milliseconds, it turns out).

Seriously, what a completely fab idea for a challenge this is! Thinking cap is now firmly in place.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*pets her eeevil bunnies in a Blofeld-esque kind of way* Bwahahahahahahaha!

Thank you. I was a little worried that people would just think I'm the idea is strange.

Well I know you're busy so if you only pick up 10 or so prompts from *each* list I'll deem that acceptable. *whistles* *flexes pokey stick*

[mikes-grrl.livejournal.com]

Beats me all to hell. I thought short fic meant 5,000 words. Hunh.

Bows before WordCount Queen!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

See, I thought it meant around 3000 words. *bows to WordCount Princess*