King of the Recluse (discussion)

[ASGetty ((Zovo))]

Mar 30, 2016 14:48:27 GMT -5 James said:

So little time and so much to do!

Bet you're wishing you hadn't worked on that thesis so much now, aren't you?

[James]

Also that I hadn't changed stories midway through the week.

On the flip side, this is going to be the shortest story I've written in -years- and I've always wanted to try and write something short.

[James]

First sweeping edit finished. I think I'll have time to try and do a more thorough one.

[James]

Mar 30, 2016 17:04:05 GMT -5 James said:

First sweeping edit finished. I think I'll have time to try and do a more thorough one.

Haha, nope. A pile of work just came in.

Post incoming.

[Sekot]

SKype post I wrote so that Injin reads it.

[8:16:40 PM] Ian Morrison: "A few steps here or there in the mud, brown from rot and disuse, the flat, unremarkable surface hides a secret of hidden proportions."
[8:16:42 PM] Ian Morrison: no kidding
[8:16:44 PM] Ian Morrison: injin
[8:16:47 PM] Ian Morrison: i hope you read this
[8:16:57 PM] Ian Morrison: and that my verbal bitch slap comes through time
[8:17:28 PM] Ian Morrison: that sentence is A) a runon, B) tautological, C) terrible
[8:18:20 PM] Ian Morrison: "Unbroken silence beckons in the ebon darkness".
[8:18:27 PM] Ian Morrison: as opposed to luminescent darkness?
[8:18:39 PM] Ian Morrison: charcoal darkness?
[8:19:52 PM] Adam Getty: Is "hidden" a unit of measurement?
[8:20:11 PM] Adam Getty: Or like a size?
[8:20:31 PM] Ian Morrison: The mangroves in the swamp were once bright, bred for their olive coloring. The groves of man now shine a diseased forested color, identical in their pale humors.
[8:20:32 PM] Ian Morrison: wat
[8:20:38 PM] Ian Morrison: mangroves and then groves of man?
[8:20:40 PM] Ian Morrison: seriously?
[8:23:18 PM] Ian Morrison: The writing is so passive which is bizarre given its in second person
[8:23:20 PM] James Rowland: I am suddenly not looking forward to Ian getting to my story.
[8:23:22 PM] Ian Morrison: i didn't even think that was possible
[8:24:05 PM] Ian Morrison: a lot of "it was once this but is now this"
[8:24:13 PM] Ian Morrison: i don't give a shit about what it once was
[8:24:16 PM] Ian Morrison: is this even a story
[8:24:27 PM] Ian Morrison: are you forcing me into a history book?
[8:24:41 PM] Ian Morrison: am i being written into a shitty timelapse gif?
[8:25:15 PM] Ian Morrison: so many bad adjectives that don't even describe anything
[8:25:21 PM] Ian Morrison: is that even an adjective?
[8:25:24 PM] Ian Morrison: if it has no noun
[8:25:26 PM] Ian Morrison: to describe
[8:26:19 PM] Ian Morrison: you make me drink injin

[Injin]

Apr 1, 2016 19:35:06 GMT -5 Sekot said:

SKype post I wrote so that Injin reads it.

[8:16:40 PM] Ian Morrison: "A few steps here or there in the mud, brown from rot and disuse, the flat, unremarkable surface hides a secret of hidden proportions."
[8:16:42 PM] Ian Morrison: no kidding
[8:16:44 PM] Ian Morrison: injin
[8:16:47 PM] Ian Morrison: i hope you read this
[8:16:57 PM] Ian Morrison: and that my verbal bitch slap comes through time
[8:17:28 PM] Ian Morrison: that sentence is A) a runon, B) tautological, C) terrible
[8:18:20 PM] Ian Morrison: "Unbroken silence beckons in the ebon darkness".
[8:18:27 PM] Ian Morrison: as opposed to luminescent darkness?
[8:18:39 PM] Ian Morrison: charcoal darkness?
[8:19:52 PM] Adam Getty: Is "hidden" a unit of measurement?
[8:20:11 PM] Adam Getty: Or like a size?
[8:20:31 PM] Ian Morrison: The mangroves in the swamp were once bright, bred for their olive coloring. The groves of man now shine a diseased forested color, identical in their pale humors.
[8:20:32 PM] Ian Morrison: wat
[8:20:38 PM] Ian Morrison: mangroves and then groves of man?
[8:20:40 PM] Ian Morrison: seriously?
[8:23:18 PM] Ian Morrison: The writing is so passive which is bizarre given its in second person
[8:23:20 PM] James Rowland: I am suddenly not looking forward to Ian getting to my story.
[8:23:22 PM] Ian Morrison: i didn't even think that was possible
[8:24:05 PM] Ian Morrison: a lot of "it was once this but is now this"
[8:24:13 PM] Ian Morrison: i don't give a shit about what it once was
[8:24:16 PM] Ian Morrison: is this even a story
[8:24:27 PM] Ian Morrison: are you forcing me into a history book?
[8:24:41 PM] Ian Morrison: am i being written into a shitty timelapse gif?
[8:25:15 PM] Ian Morrison: so many bad adjectives that don't even describe anything
[8:25:21 PM] Ian Morrison: is that even an adjective?
[8:25:24 PM] Ian Morrison: if it has no noun
[8:25:26 PM] Ian Morrison: to describe
[8:26:19 PM] Ian Morrison: you make me drink injin

...

You make me sad, Ian.

April fools!

Thanks for your anger.

[James]

[Ad Absurdum]

Tonight or tomorrow.

[James]

Thanks for that, Dragon. Much appreciated.

[Injin]

Apr 10, 2016 17:11:02 GMT -5 James said:

Thanks for that, Dragon. Much appreciated.

Agreed.

[ASGetty ((Zovo))]

Looks as though we have a winner.
James, some new topics, please.

[James]

Cheers, Ad!

Even if you're too small-minded to see the wonders of the name Maybelline.

Also, nice work, Injin!

Apr 11, 2016 13:57:58 GMT -5 ASGetty ((Zovo)) said:

Looks as though we have a winner.
James, some new topics, please.

On it! New topics, incoming!

[James]

awritersrecluse.proboards.com/post/396432/thread

New topics are up!

Now, I'm just going to take a moment to say what I've said in numerous different places before:

This competition has the potential to be great for AWR. It's a rolling, never stopping competition. In theory, it should never be inactive for more than a couple of weeks. It is the perfect format to fill the quiet periods between AWR's bigger competitions, so I really would love to see it work.

Also, this year looks like it's going to be a reasonably busy year for the Admins. So while I hope we'll be able to organise at least one more big competition for 2016, we might not get around to it. This competition can run independently of the Admins having to put some time and effort into making it work.

So, let's try and make this thing work.

[Sekot]

I don't even know how to begin making option 3 into a decent story. I can write you an amazing paper on absolutely nothing, but I don't know if it'd be anywhere near a good -story-. Anyone that can do that will get my respect.

edit: I lied. I actually have a few books from my first-go-around in college that are basically this. Super dry but good reads like the one french dude who spent time in a boxing club learning how to box and extrapolated from there the realities of being poor black men in urban Chicago.

[Injin]

Apr 11, 2016 15:21:19 GMT -5 James said:

Cheers, Ad!

Even if you're too small-minded to see the wonders of the name Maybelline.

Also, nice work, Injin!

Apr 11, 2016 13:57:58 GMT -5 ASGetty ((Zovo)) said:

Looks as though we have a winner.
James, some new topics, please.

On it! New topics, incoming!

I still need to work on my prose, methinks. Thanks for the congrats. I have some thinking to do.