*spins the wheel of prompts* 


OH.  This is fun.  This has been the cutting room floor of every season for the last few years, just waiting to show up!

It's less of a "prompt" and more of an exercise. 

"Re-imagine another contestant's entry" 

You have 5 weeks worth of material from your fellow contestants.  Find something you want to use as your springboard!!!! Twist it. Turn it inside out! Make it your own!!

You have until next Friday August 8th at 7pm ET to submit your entry.  So I little extra time. 

Have fun!!!

 When I announced that there would be 3 people eliminated this week, people thought "Oh no, another write off!"  I figured there was a decent chance of that happening regardless of how many people were leaving. That's just how close this mini season is. 

There is some bad news though, because not everyone is making that Write Off. 

Leaving us this week is  tamara_in_jakarta 
and off_fleek_geek 

They may have different names, but they are dear friends to Idol and I'm so happy that they came out for this mini season. Thank you for being here!


drippedonpaper  has decided to sacrifice, in order to save the rest of you from having to write another entry.  It's a noble gesture, and very in character.  Still quite sad though.


Those who should be sending drippedonpaper  a "Thank You"  note are:  

adoptedwriter 
aggienaut 
erulissedances 
reidharriscooper 
roina_arwen 
static_abyss 
tonithegreat 

A few words from clauderainsrm:

It was only a matter of time before we hit a week with multiple bye-outs again. It makes sense that it happened when we had an afternoon deadline. It still sucks, but it makes sense.

This means we are saying goodbye to
favoritebean_writes
hangedkay
n3m3sis43
thephantomq

4 talented writers and people that I know we all have enjoyed having around this mini season. Thank you to all of you! Hope to see you in the Home Game!

As for the rest of you, things are getting more and more real every week as the numbers dwindle. The temperature dial is being turned just a little more this week!

This week the voters will be making a path toward the finale, and we are losing the 3 contestants with the fewest votes this week.

The poll will close Wednesday August 21st at 8pm ET.

Good luck to everyone!

 Week 5 isn't really over yet, with a Sudden Death Write-off happening therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1153321.html

The new prompt is up for Week 6 therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1154191.html

We also have a 100 weeks celebration   therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1153880.html   and our FIRST EVER 200 weeks celebration! therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1153706.html

Spoiler - I've found ANOTHER 100 Week mark has been hit a couple weeks ago, but unfortunately I'm running out of time tonight so it will have to wait to be posted. (I have another that might be close, where the number has been requested, but I haven't had the chance to look yet) 

We are also very close to our second 200 weeks, if that person makes it... (not mentioning who, because I don't want to jinx it! There's an outside shot of a 3rd, but I don't see us having that many weeks left to accomplish it. But who knows!!!) 

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How was YOUR week been going? What are you celebrating in your life? 

A few words from clauderainsrm:

We’re engaged in a pursuit of our own, and not the trivial kind. A pursuit of excellence. A pursuit of something cool to read. A pursuit just to stay in one piece, and maybe, just maybe, to end up winning this whole thing!

But that’s still a way off. Right now, that pursuit has led us here, to this poll. Fortunately, there are a lot of good things to read here. So you can check that off your list of goals.

Unfortunately, there are no entries from a few people, who received their final strike, and have been eliminated.
Goodbye to

baxaphobia
Beldarzfixon
copyright1983
Tsundokua

I hope that we will see them in the home game! (and to continue to hang out!)

As for the rest of you, the 2 entries with the fewest votes are going to earn you a strike.

The poll closes Tuesday, May 3rd at 7pm ET.

Good luck to everyone!

Note: static_abyss has any entry - https://static-abyss.dreamwidth.org/54719.html  Obviously, the strike will not count.

bleodswean's entry is located at  https://bleodswean.dreamwidth.org/456359.html

and yes, joyfulfeather had an extra strike that I missed on my spreadsheet. 

My mistake = their benefit. 

 What is going to inspire you this week? 

Pursuit 

The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Thursday April 28th at 7pm ET. 

Have fun! 

 Last night I finished the novel "64" by Hideo Yokoyama.  Maybe it's just the mood that I'm in - but you know how sometimes the right book finds you at just the right moment? Yeah. This was that book and that was the moment.   The ratings seem to be all over the place on Goodreads, but I really loved it, which is the only important thing that you need to know. 

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What are some of the books that YOU have loved where other people had an "uh, it was OK..." or even "that was awful" reaction?  

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Something that NO ONE will have a negative reaction to is that the new prompt was posted - therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1109440.html

I'm pretty sure this is going to be the next to last prompt for this event. So if you've been waiting around... now would be the time to start writing! 

 Good Morning. Hope everyone had/is having a nice holiday!  (Happy Hanukkah!) 

The new prompt will be up later today, but until then, here is the link to the current one. Make sure you are taking some time to read and comment on other people's entries! There might be a quiz later.  ;) 

therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1108602.html

Who isn't getting enough love this week? https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1013689.html

I know that you are looking at some of the current results going "Why is ____ not getting more votes?" So now is your chance to bring it up so that other people, who haven't voted yet, can make sure to go check it out!

After all, the poll closes TONIGHT. So this is your "speak now" moment - one last chance to give someone a chance to be thankful for *you*!

The Steelers played the Jaguars this afternoon and it was a horrible game. Nothing seemed to be going right, and even when the Steelers (my team for those who don't know) were moving the ball, something would happen - like an interception and any momentum would be immediately quashed.

The Steelers were about to make a touchdown and the ball was picked off *in the end zone*. The Jaguars ended up marching down the field and scoring,

All hope was pretty much lost.

But then the Steelers drove down the field to score the game winning touchdown... the quarterback passed the ball -and it was intercepted. Again.

The game was basically over... except that one of the Jaguars committed a severe penalty (facemask) before the interception. So the play didn't count. The Jaguars stopped the Steelers from scoring again... but another player from the Jaguars committed *another* penalty, that got the Steelers within inches of winning the game... finally, the quarterback was able to get into the end zone, with 3 seconds to go, clenching the win in dramatic fashion.

I'm not recapping this just because I'm excited. I'm using this example of why you never give up. Even if you think you've lost... why you keep doing your best, because you never know what might end up happening. You could catch a break.

So make sure to get out there and VOTE for your favorites: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1013689.html and let everyone know about them, you could be that break that someone needs to keep their game alive!