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Making this a fic2pic event. Will revisit the schedule based on everyone's feedback.
Current thoughts are
- simul events suck (less fun, people have to choose between drawing and writing with their time)
- not sure what fic2pic or pic2fic looks like with minifics
- people get burnt out quick on pic2fic events
Current thoughts are
- simul events suck (less fun, people have to choose between drawing and writing with their time)
- not sure what fic2pic or pic2fic looks like with minifics
- people get burnt out quick on pic2fic events
>>RogerDodger
Nice. My only suggestion would be to extend the drawing period a little bit. In the last round I had to read quite fast to find a story which inspired me enough to draw something, two days into the event, I'd only read a third of the entries, and had to choose one to start drawing. More time would let the artists read more entries, thus increasing the chances of finding a story which will get the juices flowing.
Nice. My only suggestion would be to extend the drawing period a little bit. In the last round I had to read quite fast to find a story which inspired me enough to draw something, two days into the event, I'd only read a third of the entries, and had to choose one to start drawing. More time would let the artists read more entries, thus increasing the chances of finding a story which will get the juices flowing.
For once I'm going to have to bow out of a short story round, sadly! I've set aside the weekend for finishing my entry to Aragon's comedy contest.
There's a large part of me that would rather be doing this, but, well, first prize $200 is a real head-turner.
(And if any of y'all want to try to do both, Aragon just pushed the deadline back to Feb. 9. I just know that my writing speed won't let me wedge in two stories in that timeframe. If I get my writing done over the weekend, though, I'll read and review here next week.)
There's a large part of me that would rather be doing this, but, well, first prize $200 is a real head-turner.
(And if any of y'all want to try to do both, Aragon just pushed the deadline back to Feb. 9. I just know that my writing speed won't let me wedge in two stories in that timeframe. If I get my writing done over the weekend, though, I'll read and review here next week.)
>>horizon
That sounds interesting, why is this the first I hear of it? I wish I didn't suck at comedy, though.
That sounds interesting, why is this the first I hear of it? I wish I didn't suck at comedy, though.
Ashes of Civilization, Falling With Style. Snake Swallowing Tail Among the Clouds At the Edge, Skyflight. Blue Blood Supermoon; The Lunar Trifecta.
“Superhero? Slayer of Giants…?”
“Weekend Warrior. I Tried to Save Them.”
“When Everyone’s Special, No One Is. Glory is Fleeting but Obscurity is Forever.” We’re Still Submitting. Prompts Don’t Try to Vote, You Idiot.
“Freedom of Choice, Into the Unknown with Both Feet.” Don’t Quote Me On That.
“The fox guarding the henhouse… The One who sees His shadow.”
“We Have Met the Enemy, and They are Us. Final Feast.”
“This Broken Fence, Between Past and Present Tense…”
“Fuck Binaries! Break Time! Ask not for whom the bone bones, it bones for thee.”
“Innuendo?”
“Serendipity. Picture This… Writing on the Wall.”
“Whatever You Would Do, Do It Now.”
Under the Surface… Doomed.
Everything Is Perfect. Heaven Is in the Sky.
Loved to Death, Pain is Game.
“Superhero? Slayer of Giants…?”
“Weekend Warrior. I Tried to Save Them.”
“When Everyone’s Special, No One Is. Glory is Fleeting but Obscurity is Forever.” We’re Still Submitting. Prompts Don’t Try to Vote, You Idiot.
“Freedom of Choice, Into the Unknown with Both Feet.” Don’t Quote Me On That.
“The fox guarding the henhouse… The One who sees His shadow.”
“We Have Met the Enemy, and They are Us. Final Feast.”
“This Broken Fence, Between Past and Present Tense…”
“Fuck Binaries! Break Time! Ask not for whom the bone bones, it bones for thee.”
“Innuendo?”
“Serendipity. Picture This… Writing on the Wall.”
“Whatever You Would Do, Do It Now.”
***
Under the Surface… Doomed.
Everything Is Perfect. Heaven Is in the Sky.
Loved to Death, Pain is Game.
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Why do I look forward to this part of prompts the most... how long does it even take you to make these?
Why do I look forward to this part of prompts the most... how long does it even take you to make these?
Also, @ the person who made "were still submitting prompts don't try to vote you idiot"
I feel attacked and personally offended. This was a callout post directed at me and I am appalled smh.
I feel attacked and personally offended. This was a callout post directed at me and I am appalled smh.
>>MLPmatthewl419
I can’t answer that, but thank you. It usually takes me under a half hour. I had a stretch of down time at work today and I did it then.
My thanks to everyone who contributes the prompts. Arranging things isn’t as hard as creating them.
I can’t answer that, but thank you. It usually takes me under a half hour. I had a stretch of down time at work today and I did it then.
My thanks to everyone who contributes the prompts. Arranging things isn’t as hard as creating them.
>>Zaid Val'Roa
Yeah, I think the time constraint on pic events is a lot more flexible, since most people only spend a day or two on their entries anyway. And fic2pic needs to allow time for people to read the fics first.
Will do this soon.
Yeah, I think the time constraint on pic events is a lot more flexible, since most people only spend a day or two on their entries anyway. And fic2pic needs to allow time for people to read the fics first.
Will do this soon.
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Oh, and before I forget. This kept playing in my head all evening because of the prompt
Unfortunately, work and existential crisis will prevent me from sublitting anything for this round. However, I'll try to still review the entries.
Good luck for those who are still writing, let's meet at the end of the deadline.
Good luck for those who are still writing, let's meet at the end of the deadline.
Breathe and I'll carry you away into the velvet sky
And we'll stir the stars around
And watch them fall away into the Hudson Bay
And plummet out of sight and sound
The open summer breeze will sweep you through the hills
Where I live in the alpine heights
Below the Northern Lights, I spend my coldest nights
Alone, awake and thinking of
The weekend we were in love
Home among these mountain tops can be so awfully dull
A thousand miles from the tide
But photos on the walls of New York shopping malls
Distract me so I stay inside
I wish the rockets stayed over the promenade
Cuz' I would make a hook and eye
And fish them from the sky, my darling, she and I
We're hanging on so take us high
To sing the world goodbye...
I am floating away
Lost in a silent ballet
I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you
Awake to take in the view
Late nights and early parades
Still photos and noisy arcades
My darling, we're both on the wing, look down and keep on singing!
And we can go anywhere
Are you there?
Are you there, or are you just a decoy dream in my head?
Am I home or am I simply tumbling all alone?
I am floating away
Lost in a silent ballet
I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you
Awake to take in the view
Late nights and early parades
Still photos and noisy arcades
My darling, we're both on the wing, look down and keep on singing!
And we can go anywhere...
Are you there?
i'm writing a story
And we'll stir the stars around
And watch them fall away into the Hudson Bay
And plummet out of sight and sound
The open summer breeze will sweep you through the hills
Where I live in the alpine heights
Below the Northern Lights, I spend my coldest nights
Alone, awake and thinking of
The weekend we were in love
Home among these mountain tops can be so awfully dull
A thousand miles from the tide
But photos on the walls of New York shopping malls
Distract me so I stay inside
I wish the rockets stayed over the promenade
Cuz' I would make a hook and eye
And fish them from the sky, my darling, she and I
We're hanging on so take us high
To sing the world goodbye...
I am floating away
Lost in a silent ballet
I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you
Awake to take in the view
Late nights and early parades
Still photos and noisy arcades
My darling, we're both on the wing, look down and keep on singing!
And we can go anywhere
Are you there?
Are you there, or are you just a decoy dream in my head?
Am I home or am I simply tumbling all alone?
I am floating away
Lost in a silent ballet
I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you
Awake to take in the view
Late nights and early parades
Still photos and noisy arcades
My darling, we're both on the wing, look down and keep on singing!
And we can go anywhere...
Are you there?
i'm writing a story
And I'm in. Feels like ages since I joined a short story round, and by sheer luck I got some great inspiration not a day before the prompt was decided. Always great to join in the fun.
Finished in the nick of time! Good luck to everyone still hammering away. You're almost there!
>>MLPmatthewl419
Don't worry, the "existential crisis" is a disgust for everything I write. It will eventually pass. But thank you for your concerns.
Don't worry, the "existential crisis" is a disgust for everything I write. It will eventually pass. But thank you for your concerns.
I'm gonna try something different. Usually I skip these rounds because I'm not much into original fiction. I don't submit anything, and it's "too much work" to read through a whole slate, so I provide zero feedback.
Instead, I'll give one specific kind of feedback this round: how the story hooked me... or not. Did it get me interested, or did I stop caring after a few hundred words? I don't even promise to read any stories to completion, unless one of them really astounds me, so these are hardly reviews. More like first impressions.
Part of me was scared at first that this will come across as haughty, like I didn't even read your whole story yet I'm passing judgement on it anyway! But then again, this might be exactly the kind of harsh feedback that's valuable. You're in the Writeoff in the first place because you want to see if your story succeeds without your name attached to it. And the whole point of the Original Fiction rounds is to prove your work can stand on its own without a pre-existing fandom.
Pretend I'm a publisher. Or an easily distracted internet reader who'd rather go back to browsing fanfics. Maybe you have the most amazing story ever, if only I'd stick around to the ending. But I wouldn't ever know, because the opening failed to grab my attention.
Okay, let's do this.
Instead, I'll give one specific kind of feedback this round: how the story hooked me... or not. Did it get me interested, or did I stop caring after a few hundred words? I don't even promise to read any stories to completion, unless one of them really astounds me, so these are hardly reviews. More like first impressions.
Part of me was scared at first that this will come across as haughty, like I didn't even read your whole story yet I'm passing judgement on it anyway! But then again, this might be exactly the kind of harsh feedback that's valuable. You're in the Writeoff in the first place because you want to see if your story succeeds without your name attached to it. And the whole point of the Original Fiction rounds is to prove your work can stand on its own without a pre-existing fandom.
Pretend I'm a publisher. Or an easily distracted internet reader who'd rather go back to browsing fanfics. Maybe you have the most amazing story ever, if only I'd stick around to the ending. But I wouldn't ever know, because the opening failed to grab my attention.
Okay, let's do this.
It's mashup time!
Gul Hamid Touched Me -- A mysterious woman transforms the protagonist into a monster, but nobody is bothered by it because war is the real monster.
A Wave of Being as Gay as You Want -- The protagonist struggles with her addiction to a drug that makes her a huge lesbian.
Second Chances on the Job -- When a man takes a second chance to follow a mysterious woman on the road to adventure, he discovers that he's suddenly a furry in an action-packed heist film.
Dies on a Theme -- When a man accepts a coat from a mysterious tailor, he is trapped in an endless cycle of suit-jacket themed deaths and ressurections.
Gul Hamid Touched Me -- A mysterious woman transforms the protagonist into a monster, but nobody is bothered by it because war is the real monster.
A Wave of Being as Gay as You Want -- The protagonist struggles with her addiction to a drug that makes her a huge lesbian.
Second Chances on the Job -- When a man takes a second chance to follow a mysterious woman on the road to adventure, he discovers that he's suddenly a furry in an action-packed heist film.
Dies on a Theme -- When a man accepts a coat from a mysterious tailor, he is trapped in an endless cycle of suit-jacket themed deaths and ressurections.
Pah-pa-rah, pah-pa-rah
This is the radio Writeoff announcement. You know the drill, Discord server, podcasters without any knowledge on litterature and writing talk about stories and pretend they know their stuff.
There is also a poll, that you can find here:
Link
The date? This Saturday, the 10th. The hour? 11 am PST, 20pm UTC+1, 19pm UTC. The speakers? Me and Andrew, and anyone willing to join.
Congrats to our winners:
Even though I still haven't read two of them. But I finally picked up the fabled Wooden Spoon even though we don't even give them out any more! :)
Mike
Even though I still haven't read two of them. But I finally picked up the fabled Wooden Spoon even though we don't even give them out any more! :)
Mike