Misunderstandings - Revision history

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Inspiration

Jonathan at 23:19, 19 June 2014

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Notes

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Inspiration

Jonathan: Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''Writers News..."

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Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''Writers News..."

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===Inspiration===
'''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''[[Writers News]]''. It didn't get anywhere. It was then revamped as a 139-word short story, now with its final title, for the ''[[SlingInk Short Shorts]]'' competition in 2008. It wasn't placed. It was then trimmed back to 50 words and temporarily re-titled ''The Misunderstood Gift'' for the same year's ''[[Charnwood Arts MiniWords Competition]]''. It duly clocked up a third and final failure.

===Publications===
The 139-word version of ''Misunderstandings'' was then trimmed back to exactly 100 words, and in this form was published by ''[[Tuesday Shorts]]'' in November 2008.

===Notes===
Here's the original tanka:

{{quote|As a token of
his love, he gave her a small
white mouse, called Benji.

Gratefully, she received the
gift, and fed it to her snake.}}

Which pretty much contains the essence of the story.

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 ===Inspiration===
-'''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''[https://www.writers-online.co.uk Writers News]''. It didn't get anywhere. It was then revamped as a 139-word short story, now with its final title, for the ''[[SlingInk Short Shorts]]'' competition in 2008. It wasn't placed. It was then hacked to 50 words and temporarily re-titled ''The Misunderstood Gift'' for the same year's ''[[Charnwood Arts MiniWords Competition]]''. It duly clocked up a third and final failure.
+'''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''[https://www.writers-online.co.uk Writers News]''. It didn't get anywhere. It was then revamped as a 139-word short story, now with its final title, for the ''[[SlingInk Short Shorts]]'' competition in 2008. It wasn't placed. It was then hacked to 50 words and temporarily re-titled ''The Misunderstood Gift'' for the same year's ''Charnwood Arts MiniWords Competition''. It duly clocked up a third and final failure.
 ===Publications===

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 ===Inspiration===
-'''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''[[Writers News]]''. It didn't get anywhere. It was then revamped as a 139-word short story, now with its final title, for the ''[[SlingInk Short Shorts]]'' competition in 2008. It wasn't placed. It was then hacked to 50 words and temporarily re-titled ''The Misunderstood Gift'' for the same year's ''[[Charnwood Arts MiniWords Competition]]''. It duly clocked up a third and final failure.
+'''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''[https://www.writers-online.co.uk Writers News]''. It didn't get anywhere. It was then revamped as a 139-word short story, now with its final title, for the ''[[SlingInk Short Shorts]]'' competition in 2008. It wasn't placed. It was then hacked to 50 words and temporarily re-titled ''The Misunderstood Gift'' for the same year's ''[[Charnwood Arts MiniWords Competition]]''. It duly clocked up a third and final failure.
 ===Publications===

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 ===Publications===
-The 139-word version of ''Misunderstandings'' was then trimmed back to exactly 100 words, and in this form was published by ''[[Tuesday Shorts]]'' in November 2008.
+The 139-word version of ''Misunderstandings'' was then trimmed back to exactly 100 words, and in this form was published by ''[http://tuesdayshorts.blogspot.co.uk Tuesday Shorts]'' in November 2008.
 ===Notes===

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 Here's the original tanka:
-{{quote|As a token of
+{{quote|<poem>As a token of
 his love, he gave her a small
 white mouse, called Benji.
 Gratefully, she received the
-gift, and fed it to her snake.}}
+gift, and fed it to her snake.</poem>}}
 Which pretty much contains the essence of the story.