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Your Plot In Twenty Words Or Fewer

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alienatedduck
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Seen this in other genre lounges. (I'm not cheating on you, I promise.)

Simply describe your entire plot using twenty words or fewer!

My attempt:

Quirky girl gets time machine, has adventures where she starts to meet versions of herself. Insanity ensues.

Kirsten Mortensen
50281 words so far Winner!

Oh my -- ask me when it's over! LOL

Here's the closest I can come for now --

Is cutting a deal with Mephistopheles really the best way to win a golf tournament? Really? Really?

bk42189
1761 words so far

I just watched Faust last night!

Casper352
0 words so far

Life and its topics according to a 16 year old girl (me).

(Filled with sarcasm, blatent honesty, and heartfelt rants.)

GeoffreyWood
52424 words so far Winner!

"amish" roller derby chick runs afoul with vampires plotting to take over the world.

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mlavoie8
50369 words so far

Oh dear, this is my first time so

Bold, assertive woman meets assortment of bizarro people in corporate-ville. Dilbert, no. Superwoman, yes!

RockLobstah
2666 words so far



Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus discovers time machine with talking penguin named Leonard. Hilarity ensues. Rap battle with Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

DTgringo
16841 words so far

Guy gets a job and finds his coworkers are the makings of a good story.

That's about as short as I can make it.

augebine
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2 teens get Ondine's Curse and try to complete their bucket list. They also meet an author: John Blue.
Good enough?

jollyjilly
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That sounds awesome!


An administrative error causes Christ's descendant to end up in Hell, fall for a demon, and save it's failing economy.

emmanatrix
26515 words so far

That sounds fantastic.

starlitdown
10031 words so far

Completely agree! Lol

Mutive
71871 words so far Winner!

I want to read this once it's done...

augebine
0 words so far

Upload it somewhere when it's done. It sounds awesome! :D

Gerry Kuhn
1674 words so far

Here I go!

A group of friends begin to die in strange ways, could their combined lottery win be the cause of it?

Going to try for more dark humor. Thus why I'm in here and not mystery/thriller.
:D

finny
50326 words so far Winner!

Suddenly I feel I've found my Forum. Sounds awesome.

CarolinaWriter
50002 words so far Winner!

A researcher discovers clues to the location of Blackbeard's treasure on an island whose residents are hiding something besides gold.

That was an interesting exercise. :)

laundrylint
16712 words so far

Two dumb people attempt to rob a bank to pay back their insane landlady. Hilarity ensues.

Mariana OConnor
202500 words so far Winner!

Young man gets job as henchman. He survives when the evil overlords don't. Unlike the hero, he gets the girl.

Stormin Mormon
63457 words so far Winner!

Young lady accidentally wins lottery for ruler of darkness title; she and friends defend her against former ruler.

the atraxi
3385 words so far

An assassin who is discouraged because no one respects his occupation anymore tries to redeem himself.

onthewire
13000 words so far

Pop culture blogger is accidentally recruited by a deep cover government intelligence arm experimenting with mind to mind/body connection.

(Math is hard!!!!)

Kamu
50082 words so far Winner!

As a pop culture blogger myself, I'd love to read this!

PixieSailor
13001 words so far

an academic risk game set to be played at a scholarship camp turns into all out anarchic warfare after the students hear the prize - a literal million dollars.

ShirleyCouts
50136 words so far Winner!

The prize might be more for that to happen.

einalemyennek
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this sounds really awesome, actually =D

Kamu
50082 words so far Winner!

Sounds great! What students wouldn't do for 20 bucks let alone a cool million.

jkhunt
50749 words so far Winner!

girl accidentally ends up in other crazy world which turns out to be ours.

ClockworkQuill
5197 words so far

Twin girls, who grew up on a Homestead, move into town for their last year of high school.

That's nineteen words and doesn't really explain the satire bit... Oh well.

rachum_05
50130 words so far Winner!

"Twin girls, who grew up on a Homestead, move into town for their last year of high school -- satiracally"?

In all seriousness, it sounds like a good story!

Michael Master
22386 words so far

Two enemy soldiers attempt to decipher the mysteries and paradoxes of parallel dimensions, God and nuclear war. Uniquely weird.

Galvane
34117 words so far

The first-person account of a sarcastic waiter navigating a zombie apocalypse.

PartEPooper
15012 words so far

I must read this.

Farls
33582 words so far

That sounds amazing.

FamilyFriendlyComedy
56501 words so far Winner!

Typo leads to craziness - rumors of Viking attacks, a car arrested for bank robbery, and much more silliness.

soretudaaa
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Priest tries to solve a crime and there is cake involved.

nefferduat
4760 words so far

No their isn't- the cake it a lie!

Sorry sorry- sounds interesting though.

Mistress_of_Magic
7611 words so far

A detective has to catch a psychotic killer - all while planning her sister's wedding to a powerful wizard.

Eighteen words. It was fourteen, but I thought I should mention that this is actually a fantasy/comedy/mystery.... thing.

Hermit Witch
40007 words so far

Girl meets Death. Death becomes her lodger and falls in love with girl's brother-in-law. (Death is female btw).

Ok so using btw is cheating a bit...but it does keep it down to 20.

franniebernath
61579 words so far Winner!

Bob (because I still don't have a name) meets "God". "God" makes a deal with Bob. Bob has to take over unless he helps 10 random people.

There! The best I can do. :D It's much funnier but it's to the point.

RaeMarie
50856 words so far Winner!

I feel like this genre is full of really interesting, awesome people.

Side note: My novel is actually a collection of short stories that intertwine eventually. Anyway, here we go.

A man meets different arrays of characters through speech, cigars, and gin and ends up discovering how to behave normally.

Kirsten Mortensen
50281 words so far Winner!

I feel like this genre is full of really interesting, awesome people.

I thought the same thing when I read this thread :-)

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