LJ Idol Presents:

Based on how the votes have been going every week, I'd say the time for talking nonsense is passed us in this competition. 

Except of course that's kind of the point of this week. 

The prompt? The Scottish slang 

HAVER 


The deadline to link your entry back to this post is Friday, October 4th at 7pm ET.  Which is longer than usual because I want to give the write off people a couple days for the turn around for the new entry. So those of you who are NOT in it, are benefiting as well! Just don't lose sight of this deadline, because as we saw last week, there is no more safety net!

Have fun!

We've been on a long journey together.

But it's almost over. For this mini season at least.

The goal is in sight.

It's time for your

Nostos


Post your links to this thread by Tuesday April 16th at 8pm EDT

It's that time. Not just time for another topic.

But time for five more topics.

And yes, you are writing five entries. One for each topic. (Because I know someone is going to ask)

Those topics are:

Salad Days
Vigilance
Fatberg
My Happy Place

and, because it's the appropriate to this situation, the Lawrence Kasdan quote: 
"Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life" 



The deadline to link all of your  entries below is Tuesday March 12th at 9pm EDT. 

Have fun! 

 Congratulations to our Top 19! 

Which means we are only a few steps away from our Top 15... and our Top 10... Top 7... Top 4... our winner...  

We are on the outer edge of where greatness happens - and that's why our topic this week is 

periphery


The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Saturday Feb 9th at 8pm EST

Have fun!

 It's Week 13, and the first topic with the fully assembled group, headed toward the final Top 20!

What better time to pull out a Warren Zevon quote. 

This week's topic (and general Zevon life advice) is 

Enjoy Every Sandwich


The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Friday Jan 25th at 8pm EST. 

Have fun! 

 It's the FINAL week of Second Chance. 

Just one more time to go to the well and come out with some magic before you are competing against the rest of the field, already in progress. 

Which is why this is an 

Open Topic.  

There's no set topic, just bring your A-game and write whatever you want to write. Just make it awesome!

The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Tuesday, Jan 15th at 7pm EST.

Have fun! 

The results from Week 1 are now official, so the group trying to fight their way into the main competition gets a little smaller.

This week the topic is also kind of straight forward. But there are plenty of twists to be had, depending on how you choose to interpret the word.

What is it?

It's

Shade

The deadline to link your entries back to this thread is Tuesday Jan 8th at 8pm EST.

Have fun!

 It's the Holiday season. A time of wonder and light! A time of togetherness and love. 

A time of... oh, hey, what's this? 

It's a present!  Maybe it's a new topic! 

Oh, it says here that the only reason this topic is appropriate to this season is that Gary came up with it about this time last year, and just thought it would be funny to use right now. 

Hmmm.... now I'm really curious. What was that madman thinking about this time last year... 

let's look inside what could it be... what could... 

Owwww..... damn, that hurt. 

I guess we shouldn't be too surprised that this week's topic is a 


Sucker Punch 


The deadline to link your entries back to this thread is Sunday, December 16th at 7pm EST 

Have fun! 

The break is over and it's time to get back to business.

It's time for another topic.

It's time to see how

Steadfast

you are in your dedication to winning this thing.

The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Thursday, Nov 29th at 7pm EST

Have fun!

I know that some folks had trouble with the topic last time, but from what you saw with what ended up being created, sometimes when you have to dig a little harder for it, those are the times when you come up with something special.

So keep fighting. Keep struggling.  And create something wonderful.

I know what you're thinking, "Gary, you don't need to tell me that. I know what I'm doing! This is 

NOT MY FIRST RODEO 

It's true, but that IS your topic this week!

The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Friday Nov 16th at 7pm EST.

Have fun!