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Post by Kaez on Feb 15, 2013 17:52:51 GMT -5
I think we should avoid knock-out competitions.
Challenges seem better, you can write when you want and not-write when you want. Nobody even isn't allowed to write.
Let's have another Challenge.
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Post by James on Feb 15, 2013 17:58:31 GMT -5
I think we should avoid knock-out competitions. Challenges seem better, you can write when you want and not-write when you want. Nobody even isn't allowed to write. Let's have another Challenge. I'll run the next one, unless anybody desperately wants to run one themselves. ... also, we need to finish up this one. |
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Post by Kaez on Feb 15, 2013 18:00:49 GMT -5
Yeah, it'll be judged either tonight or tomorrow. I want to include some nice stats along with it and stuff, so I'm going to slightly take my time with it, but still. I have zero plans over the next two days. It won't be long.
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Post by James on Feb 15, 2013 18:02:56 GMT -5
I'm going to move all the Competition Archives into their corresponding categories as well. They're all sub-boards anyway, so it doesn't make a mess.
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Post by James on Feb 15, 2013 18:07:37 GMT -5
So, on the assumption I'm running the next one, I want some feedback, people. From people who did and didn't write. What did you guys prefer? The challenging, unusual topics that Pete presented or the more open, broader topics that I tend to go for?
Because I think Pete presented us with some really interesting, awesome challenges, but it's also seems to be the case that my broader challenges tend to get more people writing.
Do we want something challenging or something accessible? Or do we want a situation where essentially Pete and I (and anyone else who wants to run a Challenge) interchange and bring our own style and philosophy each month?
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Feb 15, 2013 18:11:34 GMT -5
I liked the idea of a restriction, which, given the broadness of the story types created by participants, weren't horribly restricting. It was more challenging and narrowed the topic making it easier at the same time. I liked it.
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Post by James on Feb 15, 2013 18:17:29 GMT -5
I liked the idea of a restriction, which, given the broadness of the story types created by participants, weren't horribly restricting. It was more challenging and narrowed the topic making it easier at the same time. I liked it. I was definitely considering keeping the restriction. And then couple that with my pattern of: One word prompt, a genre, a beginning (or ending), an Arena Entry, and a setting. ... or I could use those as the restrictions. Hmm. |
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Post by JMDavis ((Silver)) on Feb 15, 2013 18:19:33 GMT -5
Broader challenges but with the restrictions. I liked the restrictions added, but they still wouldn't make me want to write about 'awe'.
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Post by Kaez on Feb 15, 2013 18:26:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think you have to stray far from mine. Maybe make the restrictions a little looser and the topics less... you know, abstract. Outside of that, I think we've found a good format.
It's all about balancing a certain amount of creative difficulty with not making it so challenging that the writer doesn't want to bother to try.
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Post by Jackal on Feb 16, 2013 1:47:38 GMT -5
I actually take the restrictions as optional prompts in themselves. As in: Of course, I stick to them, but I was thinking of using some dice in the previous challenge somewhere ( or a die)
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Post by James on Feb 17, 2013 20:34:00 GMT -5
I'm really surprised at that score for the last round, actually. While it certainly wasn't a back of an envelope job, I wasn't expecting it to rank highly.
And well done everyone! This is the third Challenge to actually make it to the finish with people still writing!
I'm going to start planning the next one tonight. I want to try and have everything planned before hands in regard to the topics.
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Post by Kaez on Feb 17, 2013 20:44:17 GMT -5
... THE DISEASE. ...anyway, yeah, definitely get some ideas down, but don't stress over getting -every- topic and restriction down before we start. Some will inevitably come to you as we go along. |
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Post by Sekot on Feb 17, 2013 20:45:01 GMT -5
So its the best story I've written this tournament...but it has a lower score than pretty much all of my stories...
wat?
Edit: And I kind of have to disagree with your review. There's a definite story there, at least I thought there was. Its a bit more of a metanarrative than a standard prose story, but that was the point. Maybe your more in depth review just got lost?
Death of the Author and all that, but this is probably one of the few reviews that I just -don't- agree with.
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Post by Kaez on Feb 17, 2013 20:47:48 GMT -5
So its the best story I've written this tournament...but it has a lower score than pretty much all of my stories... wat? The prose is the best. The quality of the individual sentences is elegant and lovely. It blends poetry and pose into something gorgeous. Does it tell a coherent story? Do all the pieces fit together? Notttttttt really. Not this time, no. But I think you knew that. |
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Post by Sekot on Feb 17, 2013 20:49:51 GMT -5
So its the best story I've written this tournament...but it has a lower score than pretty much all of my stories... wat? The prose is the best. The quality of the individual sentences is elegant and lovely. It blends poetry and pose into something gorgeous. Does it tell a coherent story? Do all the pieces fit together? Notttttttt really. Not this time, no. But I think you knew that. I thought they did, to be honest. I agree that it was the best story I've written for this challenge, but I don't find the story to be any less coherent then my Nonsense entry. And the score is still lower than any other score...and since that's the only metric we have to go by then this was my worst story by your opinion...? |
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