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Rumple_deWriter
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The challenge is simple: Using the prompt as a guideline, describe in 100 words or less, the singer as if she was a character in your short story.

Prompt: With no fanfare, the singer steppes onto the small, dimly lighted stage and slips through the band members until she reaches the microphone stand. The moment she taps on the mike's grill, a bright spotlight illuminates her from head to toe. "Hi," she says, "waving to the suddenly hushed audience. "I'm Linda Ronstadt," and begins to sing.

That's the challenge: describe Linda Ronstadt at some point in her career facing an unknown audience in an undefined setting, and do this in 100 words or less not counting the prompt which need not be included.

Submit your response to Story Space Microfiction with the title, "Challenge: Name the singer -- along with your handle

Post any questions, reprimands or words of wisdom here.

Enjoy.



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Linda Ronstadt Challenge participants:

• AnnaMayZing
• Survivor
• Dreamcatcher
• Gypsy
• CuriousAnnie
• RuNe
• Steffanie
• Rumple_deWriter
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Just making sure I understood correctly.

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Title; Challenge: Linda Ronstadt Impossible Task

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Rumple_deWriter
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Hi ya, Fate, and welcome back!

Sorry about muddying the waters. My thought was to have each challenge response have a similar title so they'd be easy to find but with a unique tag to make it, well, unique. The first thing to occur to me was the writer's SS name (handle). However, dang near anything else will do the job.

Since you're a caffine addict, be sure to stop by the 'Inspiration Coffee Shop' in 'The Break Room' forum.

note: I'll swear on a stack of Strunk & White's 'Elements of Style' that I posted a similar reply a few minutes ago. Just mentioning that in case you get two heading your way.

AnnaMayZing
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I have to ask, why Linda Ronstadt? Why not just a singer?
Or are you just using Linda Ronstadt as an example?

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Rumple_deWriter
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Anna, there are no hard and fast rules to that challenge, mainly because I couldn't find any guidelines for challenges. Ronstadt was picked because she had a long career and because she is one of those individuals who, while not classically beautiful or handsome are sexy and I wondered how other writers might describe that condition.

If you have more questions or ideas for improving the challenge, pass 'em along.

henrietta_fielding
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Hi Rumps!

Great idea and I'd love to join in, but I'm just not terribly familiar with Linda Ronstadt's career. There's always one... ;)
Rumple_deWriter
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Curvy, there's no need to know anything about her. Just use Google Images to pull up a lot of photos and take it from there.

What I was most interested in was how folks would describe a fictional character who, like her, might not be a classic 'beauty' but is considered cute and sexy in an appealing non-threatening way.

Whether you give it a try or not, I'd really appreciate your input.

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Curvy, there's no need to know anything about her. Just use Google Images to pull up a lot of photos and take it from there.

What I was most interested in was how folks would describe a fictional character who, like her, might not be a classic 'beauty' but is considered cute and sexy in an appealing non-threatening way.

Whether you give it a try or not, I'd really appreciate your input.



I do believe I will be the first entry into this little challenge. Just awaiting the approval of a mod back behind the curtain.
henrietta_fielding
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I do believe I will be the first entry into this little challenge. Just awaiting the approval of a mod back behind the curtain.


Excellent! Go, Larry!
Survivor
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I do believe I will be the first entry into this little challenge. Just awaiting the approval of a mod back behind the curtain.


Excellent! Go, Larry!


Thanks, dear Cynthia.

Now I'd like to see a few others play along with the challenge.
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Mine is up, thank you muchly Uncle Rumple, for both the challenge, (it was a tricky one), and the quick verification.



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I'm not familiar with Linda Ronstadt but I just read the stories submitted so far so I'm beginning to know her. Well done, everyone. This is a great set of 'micros' smile
steffanie
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I'm not familiar with Linda Ronstadt.


Same here - so I stretched the brief a bit.

I can't post a link but it's up and the video is on my profile.

Tiger
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I remember Linda so very well as I saw her when she was very young and the warm up act for Neil Diamond. She came out in a pair of tight jeans and a cotton shirt with a small cowgirl hat. I remember she was a "doll," or someone you just wanted to hug! She sang from her heart, and every song made your quickly developing crush on her deepen. By the end of her performance, I was ready to go home like I had seen the feature artist already.

Some years later I caught her doing her "torch singer" act, where her looks had matured and gotten sexy; where her gown was more revealing; and her voice was sort of like Julie London,
or Dianna Krall. That time I wanted to go home with her.

In between I saw her doing her songs in Spanish with some Mariachi and rocked us all!!

My point is: Linda was so talented, and had such good looks that no matter what she performed at what time in her life, she always got and held your attention in concert.