Weekly Wrap-Up -- Catch-Up Edition

Hey folks, things have been busy around both the Shockah and Grymz homesteads, which means things are gonna be real slow here at Spitball!. I'm pretty sure things are going to get more active here in the next few weeks, but until then, here's what's been happening:

Towards the Spitball! Tourney of Story Ideas, Shockah presented character sketches for the two story ideas under consideration, Terminal Connection and Little Black Stray. Little Black Stray so caught Shockah's imagination, that he proceeded to write not one, but two more posts about his vision for the story, including details of a shocking and depressing ending that one reader was driven to state in the forums that she "liked it".

Poor Terminal Connection, however, has not received the same kind of attention. However, it did lead to a brief discussion of whether precognition is involved or not. The Magic 8-Ball says, Outlook not so good.

On other fronts, Burley asked that we, and he, remember the sounds, and Shockah, hepped on goofballs (which is Mountain Dew and chocolate cake) started writing rants, in the Signal vs. Noise style, about screenwriting technique. Something about Loose Ends and Letting the Audience Do the Work. Yes, there will be more.

And there will be more genuine Spitballing! as well. In the next few weeks, we'll be hearing Burley's take on some characters from the Terminal Connection and Little Black Stray universes, as well as getting to the last two stories in this heat, La Commune Planet and The Scabs. And from there, it's just a hop, skip and a jump to the final heat, where the winner of the First Spitball! Tourney of Story Ideas will be crowned.

Be there, or be octagonal.