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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry April 27, 2012 - 4:41pm

Wow, this place is dead today.

I'll do the honors.

Prompt:  It arrived on the current.

Go!

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks April 27, 2012 - 4:42pm

That's going to be a hell of a lot easier than any prompt I've done before. Fuck yeah.

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Bill Tucker from the Upper East Side of Manhattan is reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs April 27, 2012 - 5:24pm

Look at you, all Courtney Confident.  And I soooo wanted to supply the prompt for you two.  No matter!  Another time...good luck!

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks April 27, 2012 - 5:27pm

Thanks! Also, you should be biased and root only for me since I'm your Duo Competition/Team Slayer partner. (Kidding.) (Maybe.)

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner April 27, 2012 - 5:54pm

Not a bad a prompt, also, chicks with balls would have been acceptable. Also, stop complaining about my prompts, they're brilliant! 

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks April 27, 2012 - 6:04pm

Matt. I am eighteen years old. Bar fight? Really?

Okay, that story turned out well. I will concede that. But still! Be nice to me. I'm a poor young female with lots and lots of tumultuous emotions, goddamnit. I am feminine as fuck. I will cry.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner April 27, 2012 - 6:06pm

Sad face. Perhaps I didn't take your.....wait..ARE YOU SERIOUS! Bar fight you complain about, but talking fucking birds is ok!? LOL

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks April 27, 2012 - 6:12pm

I still don't know why you hated the birds so much! I wrote 4,900 fucking words without a problem. Are you more of a woman than me, is that it? Do you have to find something to complain about?! (Kidding.) (Maybe.)

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Typewriter Demigod from London is reading "White Noise" by DeLilo, "Moby-Dick" by Hermann Mellivile and "Uylsses" by Joyce April 27, 2012 - 6:15pm

@Courtney, by eighteen, here, you'd be a fucking sensei in the way of  the beer bottle club,

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks April 27, 2012 - 6:19pm

@Type I've done my fair share of drinking, but always at home/at parties/in the hotel at which I work (big mistake mixing work and intoxication, by the way. Stole a trash can from my own hotel.) My boyfriend's on probation now, so I haven't gotten fucked up in three months, anyway.

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Typewriter Demigod from London is reading "White Noise" by DeLilo, "Moby-Dick" by Hermann Mellivile and "Uylsses" by Joyce April 27, 2012 - 6:53pm

heh, fair enough

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Batflower from Stillwater, Oklahoma is reading A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin April 27, 2012 - 8:26pm

There are a lot of possibilities with that prompt. This is going to be fun. I have seven days to prepare for the beatdown, correct?

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Bill Tucker from the Upper East Side of Manhattan is reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs April 27, 2012 - 11:34pm

@Batflower: You have seven days to prepare a rough draft and post it in the workshop. After that, you have an additional week to tune that story into a final and, again, post it up in the workshop. Then, a poll is created with the finals of both of you. The people of LR vote for a week, winner take all. If you're not a paying workshop member, I'm sure you and Courtney can work out something. I'd be happy to post up a poll if you guys need assistance or a third party.

@Courtney: Just because I'm well aware of your literary chops, doesn't mean my vote will sway in your favor. In the Battledome, partnerships must be ignored for the integrity of the battle.

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks April 28, 2012 - 12:35pm

Fine, Bill. How do you phonetically denote a quick burst of air through your nose? Humph? Well, humph.

I'm writing something completely unlike anything I usually write. God, I'm a teenage girl. It certainly shows in this piece... I'm almost a little embarrassed. I have a rough 2,400 words down already. I'm going to polish the fuck out of it, though, and hopefully make it a little less... girly.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner April 29, 2012 - 7:50am

Are you more of a woman than me, is that it? Do you have to find something to complain about?! (Kidding.) (Maybe.)

 

How dare you! That is a medical problem and I can't help it. LOL 

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks May 1, 2012 - 6:38pm

Matt, you crack me the fuck up. Intentional verb phrase split. Don't you dare correct my grammar.

In other news, I uploaded my rough draft. It has a sex scene. It is a sex scene, really, with a tiny portion added in to be considered in line with the prompt. Feel free to dog me for straying so far from the prompt.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry May 3, 2012 - 11:27am

When is the rough due, Courtney?

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks May 3, 2012 - 12:38pm

Not until midnight tomorrow. I shot Batflower a message to let her know I was in way early and she could relax.

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Batflower from Stillwater, Oklahoma is reading A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin May 3, 2012 - 3:36pm

I have all the way til midnight? Sweet! I usually can't do much til the deadline is almost up anyway.

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Bill Tucker from the Upper East Side of Manhattan is reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs May 3, 2012 - 4:58pm

Not sure why, but this midnight deadline reminds me of the following song:

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Batflower from Stillwater, Oklahoma is reading A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin May 4, 2012 - 9:38pm

Story is posted. Feelings are being firmly stuffed into a box until such a time as they are actually useful.

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks May 5, 2012 - 1:13pm

Guys, I've had one review. And I asked Type to review it for me. Help. Please.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry May 12, 2012 - 9:23pm

I see that Batflower and Courtney are supposed to be having a polled battle up right now.  Anybody going to post this poll so we can all see what is the what?

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks May 12, 2012 - 9:32pm

I asked in the Whoring thread if someone could, I forgot to ask on here. I'm at work and can't save files, only download them -- would someone else mind posting that for us? I won't be able to do it tonight, either, because I work until 11pm and come back in at 7am.

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Bill Tucker from the Upper East Side of Manhattan is reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs May 18, 2012 - 3:08pm

This thread has gone quiet and dusty.  I ask you all, all who are brave enough to continue battling:

 

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner May 18, 2012 - 3:25pm

Bill challenge Dwayne. He seems to have some time on his hands. 

Off to lupper! 

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Bill Tucker from the Upper East Side of Manhattan is reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs May 21, 2012 - 3:38pm

Fine!  I challenge thee, Dwyane, to a battle!  Here's hoping you actually read this thread.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry May 21, 2012 - 3:39pm

If he doesn't respond, you'll just have to pm him.

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Bill Tucker from the Upper East Side of Manhattan is reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs May 21, 2012 - 3:41pm

Yeah, that's what I figured.  Hmmm, I wonder if doing so would be like dragging a reluctant gladiator into the Colosseum.  Whatever works!

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner May 31, 2012 - 8:00pm

I'm sad no one does this anymore

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Bill Tucker from the Upper East Side of Manhattan is reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs June 1, 2012 - 11:39am

Shit, I completely forgot to PM Dwayne.  I thought after WAR settled down, this would resurrect itself, but no such luck.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry June 1, 2012 - 11:42am

Everybody got all caught up in soap operatic bullshit.  Some people just need to be goaded into performance.

 

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averydoll from Kentucky is reading Lisey's Story by Stephen King June 1, 2012 - 11:46am

Now I'm so depressed about waiting for the June announcement that I can't even incite a battle.  What a world. 

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jyh from the center of the universe is reading Cyclonopedia FTW June 1, 2012 - 11:49am

I need another point. 

One measly point. 

1.  

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averydoll from Kentucky is reading Lisey's Story by Stephen King June 1, 2012 - 11:50am

Go earn one, hippie!

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jyh from the center of the universe is reading Cyclonopedia FTW June 1, 2012 - 11:54am

Hippie?

Hippy?

Hoppy?

Hippity-hoppity?

Hip-hoppery?

Is that a play on my name, or are you mistaking me for someone else?

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry June 1, 2012 - 12:00pm

I think she's referring to the flowers in your hair and the fact that you always smell like patchouli.

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jyh from the center of the universe is reading Cyclonopedia FTW June 1, 2012 - 12:03pm

That's not patchouli you're smelling; it's the blood of a thousand dead hippies. 

Those flowers are for their graves. 

I'm a gentleman after all.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry June 1, 2012 - 12:07pm

If I had known you were a hippie exterminator I would have invited you to join my club.  See, we're this secret organization dedicated to, well, killing hippies.  Primarily to use their hair to create wigs for children with leukemia.  So you see, what you do for fun can also be for a greater good.

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jyh from the center of the universe is reading Cyclonopedia FTW June 1, 2012 - 12:09pm

You think wigs are fun?

...

Hippy.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry June 1, 2012 - 12:23pm

Careful.  I'll have to swat you with my edit-stick.  I am powerful.  Like Christopher Walken, but my hair isn't as nice and I'm not a millionaire.

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Dwayne from Lexington, Ky. is reading Strangers in the Land by Stant Litore. June 1, 2012 - 4:09pm

Yeah, that's what I figured.  Hmmm, I wonder if doing so would be like dragging a reluctant gladiator into the Colosseum.  Whatever works!

Bill, not so much. Long video, but the first 90 seconds shows my reply. We'll post a week from today.

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averydoll from Kentucky is reading Lisey's Story by Stephen King June 1, 2012 - 4:08pm

Are you breaking up with Bill? 

But he seems so nice.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner June 1, 2012 - 5:56pm

Wait, are you accepting his challenge, did someone formally challenge the other? Was there a prompt?

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Dwayne from Lexington, Ky. is reading Strangers in the Land by Stant Litore. June 1, 2012 - 6:02pm

Yeah I'm accepting. He put it up weeks ago and just PMed me today.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner June 1, 2012 - 6:08pm

He or you need to formally challenge and someone needs to give you a prompt

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry June 1, 2012 - 6:36pm

Bill laid down a formal challenge already.  Dwayne accepted.

Prompt: Stop touching that.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner June 1, 2012 - 6:51pm

Nice prompt. 

I don't think I have time to litbattle, however if I did, there could be only one challenger. The LitQueen herself. 

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Batflower from Stillwater, Oklahoma is reading A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin June 2, 2012 - 12:03pm

I'd like to do this again, I just need to earn more points. And have more time when I'm not exhausted.